Author: Kimberly Macdonald
To the Class of 2020
Over the past few weeks, we have asked our community to extend congratulatory messages, photos, and well-wishes to the graduating Class of 2020. We are proud of the work you will do in the world, and we will miss you greatly! To add your message to this collection, please email sthcomm@bu.edu. Dear Amazing Graduates, The […]
Student Leadership Society Induction Celebration 2020
Monday, May 11 – Congratulations to our 14 students who were inducted into the Student Leadership Society, an honor bestowed on graduates who have contributed leadership in character and service during their years in Boston University School of Theology. The honorees this year are Steve Bingaman, Gretchen Brown, Gretchen Clinkenbeard, Sadiqa Delaney, Tory Dillard, Jeremy Hegi, Minwoo Her, […]
Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters: Message from Dean Moore
Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters 10 May 2020 Dear Grieving Community, In this week, our community has been overwhelmed with grief for Ahmaud Arbery, murdered in an act of hatred by two people who apparently identified themselves as above the law. Further, the wheels of legal action barely moved for 2½ months, seemingly jarred […]
BUSTH Announces New MDiv Degree Program Track
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kimberly Macdonald Director, Office of Communications 617-358-1858 kmacd@bu.edu BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY ANNOUNCES NEW MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE PROGRAM TRACK Boston, MA – May 7, 2020 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce a new Master of Divinity degree (MDiv) track in Organizational Management. The Master of Divinity degree at […]
Federal Government CARES Act Emergency Funding
May 5, 2020 – The federal government has made special emergency grant funding available to Boston University for students affected by campus disruption due to COVID-19. You are strongly encouraged to apply here if you had expenses as a result of BU transitioning from on-campus in-person instruction to remote learning. The priority deadline is May 8, 2020. Qualifying expenses […]
Prof. Courtney Goto Wins BU Metcalf Award
This announcement first appeared in BU Today on May 1, 2020, in an article about the Boston University senior breakfast. Please read the full article here. May 1, 2020 – [President Robert] Brown revealed the winners of the University’s highest teaching honors. This year the top honor, the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, goes […]
New Scholarships Honor Two Consequential Women at School of Theology
This article was originally published by BU Today on April 30, 2020. Please see the full article here. Mary Elizabeth Moore, retiring as dean, and Nancy Ammerman, sociology of religion professor emerita, retired in 2018 By Rich Barlow April 30, 2020 – Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore, retiring as School of Theology dean this spring, made institutional […]
Dean Moore Addresses the BUSTH Community via Zoom
May 3, 2020 – Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore gives heartfelt words of thanks to the School of Theology community directly through Zoom video recording. The transcript is posted below for those needing to follow along. Thank you! Beloved community, I want to say a huge thank you for being such a remarkable community through this […]
Celebratory Renaming of BUSTH Community Center
Tuesday, April 28 – Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore’s retirement celebration was featured in today’s “Close-Up,” BU Today’s weekly photography feature. The moment captured via Zoom on April 22 features an elated Dean Moore, reacting to the news delivered by Boston University President Robert Brown that the BUSTH Community Center was renamed to the Mary Elizabeth and […]
Chinese Christian Poster Project Connects US and China through History
While many people are familiar with Chinese communist propaganda posters, a lesser-told tale exists in the Chinese Christian propaganda posters of the early twentieth century. From 1927 to 1949, bright, eye-catching posters were displayed in tea shops, pasted on city walls, hung on temple gates, or unfurled for street evangelism. They were the most common Christian visual […]