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    GTU Student Zeinab Vessal Awarded Prestigious Ahlul Bayt Fellowship by the Mohsena Memorial Foundation

    Zeinab Vessal, a Presidential Scholar in the PhD program at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), has been awarded the Ahlul Bayt Fellowship for Graduate Studies by the Mohsena Memorial Foundation (MMF). Funding from this fellowship will support her field research on the Shi’a finial of ‘Alam in Karbala, Iraq.

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    The 2025 Application is now available! GTU offers diverse academic programs and non-degree courses of study to fit your educational goals. From our PhD and MA programs to our certificates, we have a program to fit your academic project. 

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    Interreligious Chaplaincy Program Welcomes Kurdish Scholars to the GTU

    The GTU’s Interreligious Chaplaincy Program recently hosted a group of scholars from the Iraqi Kurdistan Friday Prayer Council for an open discussion about religious minority expression in the US, dismantling anti-Muslim prejudice, and other key issues. The visit was organized by Dr. Kamal Abu-Shamsieh in collaboration with the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. 

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    A Vision for Tomorrow: GTU Alum Myoung-Ho Sin on Nurturing Faith and Leadership at BPMH

    Rev. Dr. Myoung-Ho Sin (PhD ’21) is the Executive Director of the Berkeley Presbyterian Mission Homes (BPMH). At the GTU, Myoung was able to combine his engineering background with his faith and identified climate change as one of the most pressing challenges that humankind must face because of its likelihood of occurring and its impacts on the world. Now, as the Executive Director at the BPMH, he helps other theology students, scholars and missionaries on their journey. Myoung aims for BPMH to be carbon neutral by 2029.

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Community Chapel at PSR: Courage as Waiting and Reflection

Badè Museum at PSR
11:10am

The Creatives’ Cove: Creative Expression on Campus | Brown Bag Lunch with Lydia Webster

How do you get students into your university gallery or museum and ensure they feel comfortable using it as their own space? Student-led groups offer students the agency to set their own agenda and gain a level of comfort with the gallery setting, leading to lasting engagement with campus life.

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Doug Adams Gallery
12:00pm to 1:00pm

Women's Studies of Religion Mentoring Reception 

Join us in the WSR Fall Mentoring Event!

December 4th, 2024, 3-5 pm, at Dinner Board Room at the GTU 

Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
3:00pm to 5:00pm