As the summer commentary weeklong takeovers continue, this week, you will be hearing more about the Dean & President’s Office. Today we would like to highlight the VTS eStore which is one facet of the Seminary that the Dean’s office oversees. The VTS Shop has had many iterations – from being housed in the former bookstore, the […]
Today is Friday, June 28. We are just two days away from the end of our fiscal year. The Annual Fund closes at midnight on June 30. If you’ve already given to the Annual Fund, thank you! If you’ve not yet given but are planning to, please don’t hesitate. Make your gift now! It’s easy […]
The Apostle Paul spells it out for us: “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor. 8:1). If we are cheerful before we give, we will be doubly so afterward because the feel-good effects of giving begin in the brain. Stephen G. Post, director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics at New […]
Alumni Hall, 3620 Bishop Walker Circle, is the home base for all things advancement-related. The gorgeous new “Alumni Hall” sign is firmly planted in front of the building, so you can’t miss us. Some of the Dean’s Advisors, the Union for Black Episcopalians (UBE), and the Chancellor for the Presiding Bishop join Institutional Advancement in […]
Louisville, Kentucky’s 624,000 population has grown by 10,000 plus this week thanks to the 81st General Convention. The General Convention is the governing body of The Episcopal Church and usually meets every three years as a bicameral legislature that includes the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops, composed of deputies and bishops from each diocese. The […]
This week the Dean’s Commentary reflects Institutional Advancement’s (IA) work, mission, and ministry. Stick with us through Friday to read what’s happening, what’s changed, and what is coming. IA includes Alumni and Church Relations and Development. We work closely with the communication team as we develop relationships that, over time, bring financial support to VTS. […]
The best part of the library’s culture is our thoroughly user-centered approach. Everything we do, both the visible and the behind-the-scenes, is carefully designed to improve our quality of service and provide our researchers with seamless access to theological resources. Here are two projects the staff are working on this summer with the goal of […]
As of April, Bishop Payne Library’s Rare Book Room is the home of a remarkable special collection of approximately 5,500 rare books known as the Early English Theology collection. These are being preserved, curated, and made available for scholarly use at BPL on behalf of The General Theological Seminary. The books span the years of […]
Juneteenth was first celebrated as a national holiday in 2021, and I quickly realized that I had been saved from my annual July 4 discomfort. I don’t recall at what age I started squirming at the very thought of all the Independence Day hoopla. I do know that I was not quite a teenager when […]
eBooks present the library with costs and benefits. The cost for eBooks can vary greatly. An individual can purchase an Amazon Kindle version of Joshua by Daniel L. Hawks from the Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry series for $28.49. The cost to the library for a single user license – which is […]