Seminary of the Southwest News
Seminary celebrates sixty-fifth commencement
Friends and family of Seminary of the Southwest’s 24 graduates and three honorary doctorate recipients
Soul by Southwest creative journal
The Soul by Southwest creative journal’s editorial team hosted a release party for the Spring
“Anglican Women at Prayer”
Anglican Theological Review (ATR) has focused its Spring 2016 issue on “Anglican Women at Prayer”
Rodriguez wins grant for Latino evangelism
The Evangelical Education Society (EES) has awarded the Rev. Al Rodriguez, interim director of the
Southwest’s communications receive awards
Seminary of the Southwest received four Polly Bond awards for communications work produced in 2015
Hope Benko to lead enrollment office
Dean and President Cynthia Briggs Kittredge has announced the hire of the Rev. Hope Benko
Horacio Pena honored by the City of Miami
Dr. Horacio Pena, senior instructor at Seminary of the Southwest teaching the Spanish language since
New pastoral theology professor announced
Academic Dean Scott Bader-Saye has announced the hire of Seminary of the Southwest’s new Assistant
Joslyn-Siemiatkoski and Patterson win Conant grants
Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski and the Rev. Jane Patterson, PhD are two of the 19 winners
Commencement celebrates graduates and honors leaders
Seminary of the Southwest will hold its sixty-fifth commencement on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at
“A contemplative grounding for praying your life”
Seminary of the Southwest was pleased to welcome Brother Curtis Almquist, Society of St. John
Minnix wins counseling research award
The Association For Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) has awarded Dr. Gena
Professor Anthony Baker named editor of Anglican Theological Review
Dr. Anthony D. Baker, Clinton S. Quinn associate professor of systematic theology at Seminary of
Professor Minnix presents keynote address at trauma conference
Dr. Gena Minnix, assistant professor of Counselor Education at Seminary of the Southwest provided the
Seminary welcomes 37 students and dedicates Harrison Fellows Program at Matriculation
Bishop Dena A. Harrison, Southwest alumna and chair of the board and bishop suffragan of
Southwest student wins preaching prize
The Rev. David Peters, Army chaplain and student at Seminary of the Southwest, has won
Applications invited for assistant professor of counselor education
Seminary of the Southwest is seeking to appoint a full-time Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
Search underway for professor of pastoral theology
SEMINARY OF THE SOUTHWEST invites applications for a full-time Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director
Sixty-fourth Commencement celebrates graduates, trustee and honorary degree recipients
Seminary of the Southwest held its sixty-fourth Commencement on Tuesday morning, May 12 at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin.
The seminary awarded master's degrees to 29 students completing the master of divinity, master's in religion, master's in counseling, master's in chaplaincy and pastoral care and master's in spiritual formation. Four students received diplomas in Anglican studies or in theological studies.
Business leader Teri Lawver to join Southwest’s board
Seminary of the Southwest is pleased to announce that Ms. Teri Lawver will join its board of trustees in May 2015. Ms. Lawver is global commercial strategy leader and global vice president for the cardiovascular and metabolism therapeutic area with Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson.
Ratherview Winter 2015
Ratherview, the biannual publication of Seminary of the Southwest, is available online.
The Winter 2015 issue features an article by the Rev. Jane Patterson about the funding of The Helen and Bishop Everett H. Jones Chair in Christian Ethics and Moral Theology and Professor Scott Bader-Saye who holds the chair.
We hope you enjoy all the articles and photographs from the Austin campus.
Alison Poage to lead Booher Library
Dean and President Cynthia Briggs Kittredge has announced that Alison O'Reilly Poage, interim director of the Booher Library at Seminary of the Southwest, has been offered and has accepted the position of director of the Booher Library.
Barbeque competition raises funds for relief and development
A barbeque competition organized by students at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin has raised over $5000 for Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD). Now in its third year, the March 7th fundraiser, Southwest Showdown, brought friends and neighbors, alumni and trustees and a panel of judges, including ERD staff member Chad Brinkman to the seminary campus for the event.
Rule of Life includes financial wellness
This year the entire seminary community is being introduced to the discipline of establishing a personal Rule of Life as part of the seminary's commitment to Comprehensive Wellness for Ministry.
The focus for Spring 2015 is financial wellness. Subsequent semesters will address vocational, spiritual and physical wellness.