Physical Change Leads to New Thinking: Walter W. Moore

W.W. Moore In 1898, Walter W. Moore presided over the removal of the Seminary from Hampden Sydney, Virginia to Richmond expressly so that students would encounter the urban complexities that Moore believed modern ministers needed to engage. It was during this era that the seeds of a new way of thinking, and a new theological undergirding for that thinking, took…

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Alumnus, longtime Presbyterian minister J. Harold McKeithen dies

…on January 27, after a recent illness. He had served on the pastoral staff of Williamsburg Presbyterian for 14 years. Previously, he was the pastor and head of staff for the Hidenwood Presbyterian Church in Newport News for more than 20 years. There will be a Memorial Service at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church at 2:00 p.m. on February 6, 2019 obituary…

Union Seminary honored for fundraising performance and improvement

RICHMOND, VA (June 24, 2020) – Union Presbyterian Seminary (UPSem) has been selected to receive two 2020 CASE Educational Fundraising Awards for demonstrating the highest levels of professionalism and best practice in fundraising, and contributing to the betterment of educational advancement worldwide by serving as a model to which others can aspire. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education…

Former trustee, businessman Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. dies

RICHMOND, Va. (October 22, 2019) – Bruce C. Gottwald Jr., former trustee of Union Presbyterian Seminary, businessman, and scion of a prominent Richmond family, has died. He was 61. Gottwald was one of three people killed Sunday in a head-on automobile crash in Reno County, Kansas, according to local news reports. He served on the seminary’s board of trustees from…

Statement from President Blount on passing of Lamar Williamson Jr.

RICHMOND, VA (July 13, 2020) — The following statement was made by Union Presbyterian Seminary President Brian K. Blount on the death of Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies Lamar Williamson Jr.   Dear Union Presbyterian Seminary Friends, I have learned that on Saturday, July 11, 2020, Lamar Williamson, Jr., missionary, teacher, scholar, pastor, activist, and former professor of Presbyterian School…

Union Seminary announces new admissions directors

RICHMOND, VA (February 26, 2020) — Union Presbyterian Seminary has announced Erin Burt has accepted a call to serve as the next director of admissions for its Richmond campus. Marcy Wright has accepted a call to serve as interim director until Burt begins her duties June 1, 2020. Previously, Burt served as a chaplain at VCUHealth and a student affairs…

Professor Charles Swezey remembered as master theological teacher

RICHMOND, VA (January 22, 2022) – Charles M. Swezey, the Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education (now Union Presbyterian Seminary), died January 20 after a short illness. Dr. Swezey received an A.B. from Washington and Lee University. He received several master’s degrees, beginning with the B.D….

Integrated Community Recreation

…session as well. Many children, youth, and adults from all walks of life reaped the benefits from PSCE students teaching courses in sewing, tumbling, pottery, wood carving, jewelry-making, leatherwork, puppetry, cooking, music, writing, dancing, and drama, and got to know one another in the process.34 32. Sweetser, 361. 33. Glenn Bannerman, personal correspondence, June 26, 2018. 34. McComb, 63. BACK…

Former Union Faculty Member, Dr. Charles Mason Swezey, dies

Former Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) faculty member, Dr. Charles Mason Swezey, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on January 20, 2022, at Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville, Virginia. He was 86. Dr. Swezy was a professor of Christian Ethics and served as dean of the faculty at Union Theological Seminary, before retiring in 2003. OBITUARY…

Diane Giannola called as chaplain of Union Seminary Charlotte

RICHMOND, Va. (August 27, 2018) – Diane Bell Giannola, a recent graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary, has been called to serve as chaplain for the school’s Charlotte, North Carolina, campus. Giannola brings more than 20-years of healthcare and pastoral experience to her new position, having served as a parish nurse for Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center and First Presbyterian Church…

Alphonso Saville Named Assistant Professor of American Religious History and Mission

Richmond, VA (May 2, 2024)—Union Presbyterian Seminary is excited to announce Dr. Alphonso Saville as the newest member of the faculty. Saville is a graduate of Emory University (Ph.D.), Memphis Theological Seminary (M.A.) and New York University (B.A.). He is the author of a forthcoming book, The Gospel of John Marrant: Conjuring Christianity in the Black Atlantic (Duke University Press,…

Alerts

Dear Charlotte students, You should have received a message regarding the weather through our alert system. If you didn’t receive a message either by email, voicemail, or text, or would like to change your contact information, please let us know asap! Union Presbyterian Seminary at Charlotte will be open December 9, 2017. However, the following classes have been canceled due…

Degree Program CIP Codes

Master of Arts in Christian Education (M.A.C.E) – CIP 390401 Master of Divinity (M.Div.) – CIP 390602 Master of Theology (Th.M.) – CIP 390601 Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) – CIP 390601 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – CIP 390601 [note: program closed as of Spring 2013, but teaching out currently enrolled students]   More information about our degree programs is available…

Former chairman of PSCE Board of Trustees Emile Dieth passes

RICHMOND, Va. (February 8, 2019) – Union Presbyterian Seminary has just learned of the passing of Emile H. Dieth, Jr., former chairman of the PSCE Board of Trustees and president of Montreat Conference Center. He died February 7, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Dieth was a graduate of Tulane University, where he served as director of major gifts from 1994-96 and…

Professor Katie Cannon, first black woman ordained in PC(USA), dies at 68

RICHMOND, VA (August 9, 2018) – The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary, first African-American woman ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and a foremost scholar of the womanist movement, died Wednesday after a brief illness. She was 68. “Dr. Cannon was greatly admired and loved by…

Lilly Endowment Grant to Provide a Bridge for Early Career Preachers

Richmond, VA (December 8, 2022)—Pastors in their first years of ministry face steep challenges. The week-to-week work of preaching requires significant time. Congregants and communities are shifting in their members’ ages and cultural demographics. The rise of digital technologies raises questions about how ministers can best meet the needs of their church in worship. Addressing social issues from the pulpit…

BTSR cross-registration information session

BTSR students are invited to join us for an information session about cross-registration, transfer credits, and applying for fall 2019. We will be meeting in the café of Richmond Hall at Union Presbyterian Seminary and refreshments will be provided. All who are interested in learning more about their options at Union are invited.

Dr. Blount to Preach at Highland Presbyterian Church in Lancaster

President Blount will preach at Highland Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, PA on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Dr. Blount is the President and Professor of New Testament in the Walter W. Moore and Charles E.S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs at Union Presbyterian Seminary….

Dr. John Carroll to Participate in the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Theologians

Dr. Carroll will participate in the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Theologians in Princeton, New Jersey, on February 22-23, 2019. Dr. John Carroll is the Harriet Robertson Fitts Memorial Professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary….