The Latest News of Union-PSCE 

May 2008

• Travel Seminar Visits Lands of Faith and History
• A Historic Moment
  Union-PSCE Inaugurates President Brian K. Blount
  In a festive outdoor ceremony on the seminary quadrangle, Brian K. Blount was inaugurated as President of Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education, on Wednesday, May 7, at 4 p.m.
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2008 April E-Newsletter

April 21, 2008

• President Blount’s Inauguration is May 7
  Brian K. Blount will be inaugurated as President of Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Wednesday, May 7, at 4 p.m.
  
• African American Theologians Gather
  More than 19 African American Presbyterian scholars from theological seminaries, colleges, universities, and the church will make presentations at a national conference in Richmond, VA, May 5 – 7.
  
• Still Time to Register for Sprunts
  There's still time to register and make plans to attend the Sprunt Lectures, May 5-7, 2008. Richard B. Hays, a professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School, will lecture on "Israel’s Scripture Through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers."
• Early Center Construction Complete
  Construction of the Allen and Jeannette Early Center for Christian Education and Worship has been completed. See a slide show of the building in its final stages of construction.
  
• Cornel West Tickets Went Fast
  Tickets for the Cornel West lecture at Union-PSCE were gone in a matter of minutes. West, a nationally known professor at Princeton University, will lecture at Union-PSCE on April 23 in Watts Chapel.
• Commencement Plans
  Union-PSCE will hold its third graduation ceremony in Charlotte, NC, on Saturday, April 26. Graduation in Richmond will be held on Saturday, May 31. Both events are slated for 10 a.m.
  
• International Connection
  Members of a Union-PSCE travel seminar, now back on campus, want to support their sisters in Ghana.
  
• Glenn Birch Departs Union-PSCE
  Glenn Birch, director of communications since December 1997, will leave Union-PSCE in May to become director of public and media relations at the Virginia Credit Union.

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