An integral part of community life on campus is the role that the student government takes. We are deeply appreciative of all students who are willing to take on a leadership role. Please join me in congratulating the following students. M.Div. Class 2023 President, Mitchell Felton Vice President, Stephen Pecot Junior At-Large Representative to the […]
An integral part of community life on campus is the role that the student government takes. We are deeply appreciative of all students who are willing to take on a leadership role. Please join me in congratulating the following students. M.Div. Class 2023 President, Mitchell Felton Vice President, Stephen Pecot Junior At-Large Representative to the […]
Yesterday I visited the Mail Center. Once the Welcome Center Library emerged, we had to relocate the mail operation. I had the opportunity to visit with Griffin Warder. He showed me around the operation behind the mail boxes. It was impressive. Mail deliveries have become the primary means of shopping. The sheer quantity of parcels […]
Please join us in welcoming the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE) to campus. The Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman ’01, President of UBE, now has an office in Sparrow. The Union of Black Episcopalians stands in the continuing tradition of more than 200 years of Black leadership in The Episcopal Church. The mission of UBE […]
Tonight at 6 p.m., there will be a Town Hall meeting for the VTS community. There is one substantive item: the construction on Maywood and House 25 on Trotter Road will begin soon. It is important for the residents on the campus to have a good sense of what this will involve and how everyone […]
Yesterday my wife and I had to pop into the Deanery to retrieve a table, which was in the basement. We did glance around the “School House,” and we were impressed. It looks lovely. One arrives to see an array of masks and hand sanitizer. Each child has a cubby in what was my study. […]
Yesterday I went to the Welcome Center Library, to Bicentennial Study Hall, and to the Flamingo. Each space has a capacity of ten people. So a total of thirty could have been in these spaces. It was a total of four (all in the Flamingo) people using those spaces. Human psychology is interesting. We see […]
As we begin using the wonderful newly renovated Addison building this fall, the requirements for physically distancing mean that we have to adopt to some new protocols. These are intended to keep a one-way flow in the building as much as possible, especially in hallways that are narrower than 6 feet. Posted signs announce […]
Back in the 1990s, there was a national capital campaign to create funds to support the Episcopal Church. And out of those funds came the Conant Grants, which fund faculty research. The awards made to the Seminary were announced by the national church at the end of the last week. They are an impressive array […]
Today, weather permitting, we gather outside for the start of the semester service. Please bring your masks and please ensure you are at least six feet away from the other worshippers. We are going to worship together; and we are going to do this safely. I want us today to commit to working hard to […]