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Thank You PJ Hobbs

07/02/2026

PJ Hobbs has been Acting Director of the Doctoral Programs since 2024.  As he prepares to return to his role…

Connecting Hospitality, Technology, and Community at VTS

07/01/2026

Happy summer, everyone! As Taryn mentioned in commentary this week, “The dean’s office at VTS is more than an administrative…

Cultivating Welcome

06/30/2026

Summer at the Welcome Center has a different rhythm. As campus quiets, the slower pace creates space for me to…

Introducing the Dean’s Office Team

06/29/2026

This week readers of the Dean’s Commentary will hear from the core team that makes up the Dean’s Office staff…

Preparing The Way: A CXM Summer

06/26/2026

Summer at the Seminary tends to slow down. The dorms empty out, campus quiets, and the pace eases. But like…

Summer Breeze

06/25/2026

The summer season often arrives in its own time and leaves without warning. Welcome summer, not as hot, humid, pop-up…

Happy to Help

06/24/2026

What a popular saying, an offer of service, this has become. I often questioned whether it is a genuine offer,…

Remembering Juneteenth

06/23/2026

Last Friday, we celebrated the recently federally recognized holiday of Juneteenth. And, this year, more than ever, I found myself…

Thank you, Maddy!

06/22/2026

In just a few months, the Reparations Program will mark seven years of work. While there is still much to…

A Medieval Scholar Opens Up New Insights into Some of our Rare Book Treasures

06/18/2026

Ever since Bishop Payne Library began preserving, curating, and exhibiting the thousands of rare books that it moved from General…

Researching A Modern Epistle

06/17/2026

Since the discovery of an early typeset draft of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail in early…

The Library as Ministry

06/16/2026

Ministry at a seminary takes on many forms, including some that may not be immediately visible. The library is one…