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The Marks of Empire: A Message from the Woman ?Babylon? in the Book of Revelation to the City of Hartford
May 3, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Shanell T. Smith, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, presented a lecture on April 24th entitled "The Marks of Empire: A Message from the Woman 'Babylon' in the Book of Revelation to the City of Hartford."
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Graduation
April 19, 2013
May 16th, 2014 Planning to graduate in 2014? Below is a list of important deadlines to ensure that all of your requirements are met in time for the May ceremony.
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Prof. Michot at Conference on Islamic Jurisprudence
April 11, 2013
At the invitation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, Prof. Yahya Michot participated in the 12th International Conference on the Evolution of Islamic Jurisprudence held in Muscat on 6-9 April 2013. The general theme of the Conference was the jurisprudence of living together (fiqh al-ta'yush).
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Adeel Zeb to visit Auschwitz
April 10, 2013
Divinity Student at Hartford Seminary to Participate in FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Adeel Zeb Joins Groundbreaking Program for Seminarians and Divinity Students
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Amy Chan Wolsdorf '69 Scholarship Fund for Women Established
April 9, 2013
Hartford Seminary alumna Amy Chan Wolsdorf, M.A. '69 has established an endowed scholarship fund at Hartford Seminary to benefit female students coming to the Seminary to prepare for careers as Christian educators or ministers.
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Jay Ebersole?s Gift for the Building Abrahamic Partnerships Program
April 8, 2013
Hartford Seminary alumnus the Rev. Dr. Jay Ebersole '53, in memory of his wife, the Rev. Dr. Eleanor Ebersole, '51, '53, along with their son Mark and Judy Ebersole have made a gift to the Seminary to support participation in the Building Abrahamic Partnerships Program (BAP). He has created an endowed fund, The Rev. Drs. Eleanor and Jay Ebersole and Family BAP Fund, that will provide annual income to underwrite student tuition, travel and accommodation expenses to participate in this program. Dr. Ebersole's preference is that the scholarship be awarded to current United Church of Christ pastor in the Southern Conference, within which Dr. Ebersole resides in retirement.
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Hartford Seminary student highlighted on MSNBC
April 8, 2013
This week's Melissa Harris-Perry Foot Soldier is Asma Hanif, an advanced practice nurse who has devoted her life to operating Al-Nissa Holistic Health Center, a free clinic for women who are homeless, uninsured, or victims of domestic abuse, and Muslimat Al-Nisaa, a shelter for Muslim women. Asma became interested in medicine after watching her grandmother pass away from a treatable condition because she lacked access to health care. She later went on to become a nurse and establish a center where all women could have access to quality care, regardless of means.
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Seminary Marks Full Funding of Islamic Chaplaincy Faculty Chair
March 25, 2013
On Sunday evening, March 17, 2013, the Hartford Seminary community and guests from across Connecticut and the nation celebrated the successful completion of funding for an endowed faculty chair in Islamic Chaplaincy. The chair is currently occupied by Dr. Timur Yuskaev, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam and Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at the Seminary.
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President Heidi Hadsell Speaks on Christian Ethics at Conference in Iran
March 4, 2013
President Heidi Hadsell presented a paper on Protestant ethics and lectured at several classes of male and female scholars during a recent trip to Iran.