Yesterday, I spoke to Chris Pote, our Archivist. Given the desire of the Board to be more involved in the oversight of the Bicentennial Celebration, I had let the existing committee know that an ad hoc committee of the Board will oversee celebration plans going on. Chris had served as Chair; he reassured me that […]
Yesterday, I had the first meeting with our AAAS science advisors. AAAS is the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the program was the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion. Thanks to an imaginative grant application to the “Science for Seminaries Seed Grant” initiative, written by Dr. John Allan Knight, the Seminary had been […]
On Friday, I had my IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory) debrief. In this year’s Intercultural Competency training course (where I joined all the juniors, many new employees — and some old ones), we took the IDI before the course and then had the opportunity of a debrief with a specialist in interpreting the data anytime after […]
At the lynchpin of all educational institutions is the Registrar. The work and talents of the most brilliant instructors and gifted students all fall down when the degree programs aren’t thought through, the classes aren’t scheduled coherently, and the classrooms are overbooked. And the various offices of student services are also key to ensuring that […]
Yesterday morning at 7:30 a.m., I met with Facilities and Housekeeping. As we discussed the work they had for the day, I asked our team in Housekeeping where they are working. “We are working in the Library” came the answer. “I love the Library,” I replied. There was a pause and finally Ana observed, “Yes […]
I was delighted to see our own Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D., being given due prominence in the latest issue of “Berkeley at Yale” (Spring 2021, Vol. 12, No.2). The issue is dedicated to the celebration of fifty years of partnership between the two institutions – Berkeley and Yale – told in rich detail. Then the […]
There was so much right about yesterday’s lunchtime event. The invitation was to give just twenty minutes of your life to attend to a really important issue. The setting was Scott Lounge, immediately after or before lunch. The issue was the resolution from Executive Council to lobby for “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to be […]
Last week, I had supper with two friends of the Seminary. Founders of “Grace-Based Films,” they were here to do some filming for a movie on “The Case for Love.” Brian Ide and Steve Fleenor had been staying in our guest housing. We had supper in 1823, and then we went for a tour of […]
Anyone who has been in a meeting or a lecture with me knows that the Markhams have recently followed in a VTS tradition and now have a labradoodle puppy. It is partly the pandemic; if maintaining human contact is harder, then it is lovely to have a companion you are still allowed to hug. It […]
I’m happy about so many things this semester and one of them surely is the fall programming from the Center for Anglican Communion Studies (CACS). CACS is back to hosting their lunchtime conversations, safely, and with a great slate of discussions. You may remember that the Center’s focus for the year is the Anglican Communion […]