{"id":60267,"date":"2026-04-30T14:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?p=60267"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:26:47","slug":"busth-announces-2026-student-leadership-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/busth-announces-2026-student-leadership-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"BUSTH announces 2026 Student Leadership Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, April 29, the BUSTH community gathered for the final Wednesday Community Day of the academic year. During community lunch, Dean\u00a0<\/span>G. Sujin Pak<\/a>, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rady Rold\u00e1n-Figueroa, and Associate Dean for Students and Community Life\u00a0<\/span>Nicolette Manglos-Weber<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>awarded 11 outstanding students their certificates reflecting their extraordinary contributions to the School and their fellow students.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Belonging & Justice<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to an outstanding student who has made significant contributions to fulfilling the School of Theology\u2019s stated commitment to being a place that celebrates cultural diversity, creates an inclusive environment for all members of the STH community, and\/or furthers racial justice, gender justice, disability justice, and\/or justice for other minoritized communities at the STH<\/td>\nDarby McMonagle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chaplaincy Leadership<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to a graduating student who has exhibited outstanding promise in the work of chaplaincy<\/td>\nKaren Aalto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Community Life and Fellowship<\/strong><\/td>\nCommunity life awards are given to students across residential master\u2019s programs, the PhD program, and online and hybrid programs at STH. Awardees will be graduating students who model leadership within the social and\/or academic life of the STH community<\/td>\nJoseph Iriana,\u00a0 Bright Nogoh, Wesley Bolden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interfaith Leadership<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to an outstanding student who has exercised transformative leadership toward making the School of Theology a place where people across religious traditions are included and their gifts nurtured<\/td>\nJingyi \u201cJade\u201d Huang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International Student Leadership<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to an international student who has exercised leadership in building community among international students and\/or between international and domestic students<\/td>\nElizabeth Opoku-Baffour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justice, Advocacy, and Community Engagement Beyond BU<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to a student who has provided outstanding service to and leadership in the work of social justice in the communities of Boston, New England, and\/or globally<\/td>\nInyeop Choi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Methodist\/Wesleyan Spirituality<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to a graduating student from a Wesleyan tradition who has embodied the spirit of Wesleyan spirituality at the School of Theology and\/or is a promising leader in the broader Wesleyan fellowship of churches<\/td>\nJacob Farmer-Rylands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pastoral Leadership<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated extraordinary promise in the work of pastoral care<\/td>\nMaria Gorret Nampiima<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doctor of Ministry<\/strong><\/td>\nAwarded to one graduating DMin student who has exemplified leadership within the social and\/or academic life of the DMin program or whose work in an external community models the program\u2019s commitments to transformational leadership<\/span><\/td>\nKealani Nunes Willbanks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Back row, left to right: Dean G. Sujin Pak, Elizabeth Opoku-Baffour, Karen Aalto, Joseph Iriana, Darby McMonagle, Bright Nogoh, Inyeop Choi, Associate Dean Rady Rold\u00e1n-Figeuroa. Front row, left to right: Maria Gorret Nampiima, Associate Dean Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Jingyi “Jade” Huang, Kealani Nunes Willbanks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, April 29, the BUSTH community gathered for the final Wednesday Community Day of the academic year. During community lunch, Dean\u00a0G. Sujin Pak, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rady Rold\u00e1n-Figueroa, and Associate Dean for Students and Community Life\u00a0Nicolette Manglos-Weber\u00a0awarded 11 outstanding students their certificates reflecting their extraordinary contributions to the School and their fellow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[395,198,194,301,331,350],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60269,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60267\/revisions\/60269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}