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2024
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Clare Gromoll Honored as United’s 2024 Spirit of United Alum
April 9, 2024
Sue Swanson Named as United’s 2024 Distinguished Alum
April 9, 2024
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Winter 2024 VOICES Published
March 14, 2024
United Issues Statement on Anti-LGBTQIA+ Violence and the Death of Nex Benedict
February 23, 2024
Donors Make Possible United’s New Sophia Chair in Religious and Theological Studies
February 22, 2024
United Launches Scholarship Initiative for Local Black Theological Students
February 15, 2024
United Creates Two New Theological Certificate Programs
February 8, 2024
United is One of Only 18 ATS-Accredited Seminaries with Five Consecutive Years of Growth
January 25, 2024
United’s Leadership Center for Social Justice Presents “Acting Together: A Series on Accompaniment”
January 17, 2024
United to Host Livestream & Discussion of the Rainbow Push Coalition's Emergency Summit for Gaza
January 5, 2024
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2023
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United and Collegeville Institute Celebrate a Nearly Six Decade Connection
November 8, 2023
Fall 2023 VOICES Published
November 6, 2023
United’s Enrollment Climbs to Best Level Since 1996
October 24, 2023
Statement by President Molly T. Marshall on Israel-Hamas War — October 23, 2023
October 23, 2023
United Debuts Newly Redesigned Website
August 16, 2023
Spring 2023 VOICES Published
June 8, 2023
Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings Delivers Stirring Commencement Address at United’s 61st Annual Commencement
May 5, 2023
Jermaine Ross-Allam Honored as United’s 2023 Inaugural Spirit of United Alum
April 27, 2023
Beth Long-Higgins Named as United’s 2023 Distinguished Alum
April 25, 2023
Inaugural Class Graduates from United’s Leadership for Social Justice Program / Applicants Sought for 2023–2024 Program
April 13, 2023
Winter 2023 VOICES Published
March 14, 2023
Dr. Munjed M. Murad Installed as Johnson-Fry Endowed Chair in World Religions and Intercultural Studies
February 9, 2023
DMin in Spiritual Direction Launched at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
January 12, 2023
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2022
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Celebrating bell hooks, “The Praxis of Love” Kicks off the Leadership Center for Social Justice’s Three-Part Praxis Series on December 1, 2022
November 17, 2022
VOICES Fall 2022 Newsletter Published
November 9, 2022
“Catching God’s Breath in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter”—
United’s Gustafson Lectureship in New Testament Studies Takes Place October 24, 2022
October 7, 2022
John Aeschbury Named As United’s 2022 Distinguished Alum
September 7, 2022
Sixty Years on the Vanguard: United Turns 60
August 10, 2022
Anti-Racist Initiatives Launched at United
July 7, 2022
New Teaching Fellows Announced at Leadership Center for Social Justice
June 10, 2022
VOICES Spring 2022 Newsletter Published
May 24, 2022
Humanist Studies Degrees Established at United
May 12, 2022
Congregational Pastors Invited to Apply for Inaugural Leadership for Social Justice Program
May 9, 2022
Rev. Nikki Darlene Frontz Named Chaplain for United
May 1, 2022
New Eco-Justice Concentration at United Will Prepare Faith Leaders, Academics for Work in Environmental Care and Justice
March 2, 2022
VOICES Winter 2022 Newsletter Published
February 16, 2022
RNS Feature: “Are today’s seminarians tomorrow’s corporate leaders?”
February 11, 2022
Statement: United responds to ongoing police violence
February 11, 2022
Rev. Dr. Molly T. Marshall named President of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
January 20, 2022
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2021
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United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities receives a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish a Leadership Center for Social Justice
December 1, 2021
Alum’s gift establishes an endowed Chair in World Religions and Intercultural Studies at United
September 28, 2021
Dr. Eleazar Fernandez to retire after nearly 30 years at United
September 13, 2021
Rev. Dr. Jessica Chapman Lape to be installed as a new faculty member during Fall Convocation
Bishop David A. Bard named the 2021 Distinguished Alum
August 25, 2021
United celebrates Bard’s long and significant commitment to justice, love, and living out his call to help people answer their own call to care deeply about a hurting and wounded world.
United announces the creation of the Soul of Transformation: Exploring Vocations in Social Justice Fellowship
Rev. Dr. Jessica Chapman Lape to lead the Interreligious Chaplaincy Program at United
June 29, 2021
Chapman Lape will bring vision, clinical experience, and academic research to strengthen a program that teaches ministerial competencies in a multifaith, multicultural world.
“We call for an immediate ceasefire:” Palestine, Israel, and the Complicity of U.S. Christianity
May 19, 2021
Former Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton receives an Honorary Doctorate from United
United Statement on Chauvin Trial Verdict
April 20, 2021
Rev. Dr. Molly T. Marshall to serve as Interim President of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
February 15, 2021
The Board of Trustees unanimously selected Marshall as its Interim President effective March 1.
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