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At Convocation 2025, HIU's 192nd Year Begins with a New President
September 4, 2025
Hartford International University opened its 192nd academic year by welcoming a new president, Dr. Sherry L. Turner, who began her tenure on July 1. President Turner is HIU's 12th president and the first African American woman to lead the institution.
General HIU News
President Sherry Turner Holds Listening Sessions, Looks to the Future
August 25, 2025
In seven weeks on the job, President Sherry Turner has already conducted at least 100 conversations with various stakeholders.
Alumni News
Jamir Dean Meah '23 Returns to Teach Spiritual Care Practice
August 5, 2025
Jamir Dean Meah ‘23, a graduate of the MA in Interreligious Studies program, is back at HIU to lead a course on Theology and Scripture in Spiritual Care Practice. Designed for aspiring chaplains and ministers, the course explores how individuals in America’s diverse religious communities reflect on existential questions.
Alumni News
Imam Amir Durić '19 Promoted at Syracuse University
July 23, 2025
Syracuse University has named alum Imam Amir Durić '19 as the new assistant dean for religious and spiritual life at Hendricks Chapel. Durić, who has served as the Muslim chaplain at Hendricks Chapel since 2017, will now take on a broader leadership role, advancing interfaith engagement, spiritual wellness, and ethical development across the university community.
Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy Students Experience a Transformative Retreat
July 22, 2025
Eleven students from Hartford International University’s Master of Arts in Chaplaincy program gathered in June for their second annual retreat, a three-day immersion in spiritual reflection, creative collaboration, and communal healing.
Faculty In The News
Journal of Interreligious Studies Releases New Issue
July 14, 2025
Dr. Lucinda Mosher, HIU’s professor of interreligious studies and senior editor of the Journal of Interreligious Studies (JIRS), is pleased to announce the release of Issue 46 — a rolling submissions issue containing five essays and six book reviews.
Alumni News
Tom Verde '09 Publishes Book on Lost Histories of Prominent Muslim Women
July 14, 2025
Tom Verde, a 2009 graduate of Hartford International University, was surprised when he first encountered the story of 13th-century Egyptian queen Shajarat al-Durr, Egypt’s first queen since Cleopatra, after reviewing a book on Cairo’s architectural history.