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Academic Information
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Final Exam
Schedule
Second Semester, 2006-2007
Monday, May 7
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Rel. 600 |
O.T. Interpretation (J. Collins) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 600 |
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Latourette S223 |
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Rel. 601 |
N.T. Interpretation (Swancutt) |
Great Hall |
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Rel. 601 |
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Niebuhr Hall |
Tuesday, May 8
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Rel. 686 |
Greek Exegesis: II Peter - Jude (Hultin) |
S200 Bushnell |
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Rel. 605 |
Elementary N.T. Greek (Nongbri) |
Wood Sem. S117 |
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Rel. 677 |
Seminar on First Isaiah (Roberts) |
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Wednesday, May 9
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Rel. 604 |
Elementary Biblical Hebrew (Stokes) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 739 |
Evangelicalism (Balmer) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 673 |
Hebrew Exegesis: Amos/Hosea (Roberts) |
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Thursday, May 10
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Rel. 726 |
Systematic Theology (Jones) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 726 |
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Latourette S223 |
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Rel. 674 |
Intermediate Hebrew II (Hoffer) |
S101 Bushnell |
Friday, May 11
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Rel. 723 |
Music in Western Christian Tradition (Fassler) |
Great Hall |
Commencement 2007 Preachers
and Celebrant: On behalf of the Senior
Class Officers, I am happy to announce the decisions of the Class of 2007 and
its Officers for Commencement Worship Preacher, and for Commencement Communion
Preacher and Celebrant. The Commencement
Worship Preacher for Sunday, May 27th, at
New M.A.R.
Concentrate in Black Religion in the African Diaspora: This concentration is an interdisciplinary
program based in the
Request for Student Feedback: The faculty who serve as the core staff in
the feminist studies M.A.R. concentration have been meeting this semester to
talk about the state of the concentration and to discuss ways to revamp and
renew it. We are now at the stage where we would like student input to
help us with this task. Below, you will find a draft of the new
description of the concentration and the current listing of courses from all
the YDS faculty that will qualify for meeting the requirements of the
concentration. Keep in mind that we are engaged with several faculty
searches at the moment, faculty developing new courses, and the realities of
faculty coming and going from the
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in
Religion
The interdisciplinary
concentration in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in Religion (WGSSR)
requires 27 credit hours of studies in its approved courses. A list of
approved courses at YDS will be published each year by the registrar's office,
and students may also count toward these credit hours courses taken in Yale's
various departments, so long as they are approved in advance by one's adviser.
Additionally, students must complete 21 credit hours, which include at least
one three-credit course in each of the five areas of the curriculum.
Students are encouraged to complete a major paper or senior project
(worth three credits) in their final year.
Current Courses that Fulfill the Requirements for WGSSR
Feminisms and Moral and Social Thought
Feminist Liberation Pastoral Theology
Feminist Pastoral Psychology
Feminist Theology and Ethics
Gender and Queer Theory in Contemporary Hebrew Bible Scholarship
Gender and Liturgical Tradition
Gender, Sex, and Power in the Books of Ruth and Esther
Intercultural Pastoral Care
Jesus’s Death as Saving Event
Liturgical Theology
Liturgy and Gender
The Political Economy of Misery
Queer Readings of Scripture
Reading Differently: Postcolonial Engagements with the New Testament
Sex and Body
What’s In a Text? (when the text for the class is within the purview of this
concentration)
Womanist, Feminist Pastoral Care
Women and Gender in Emergent Christianity
Women and Religious Education
Women's Ways of Preaching
Trauma and Grace
From the Registrar: This is to remind you that
sometime between Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 24 you are to meet with
your faculty adviser to review how the year has gone and plan fall
courses. Your adviser has your
transcript and a degree audit for you if you are an M.Div. or M.A.R.
Comprehensive degree student.
From the
Lectures and Events
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Lobby for Gun Control in CT:
If you want
to do something to respond to the VT tragedy, but you cannot travel down to
Special New
Testament/Ancient Christianity Lecture: You are invited to the lecture “Light on the Tomb of
St. Paul: Recent Archaeological and
Archival Discoveries” with Dr. Giorgio Filippi, Curator of the Epigraphic
Collection of the Vatican Museums Director of Excavations at St. Paul’s Outside
the Walls. This event will take place on
Conducting Recital: Erin
Westmaas,
who has been conducting the Marquand Chapel Choir this year, is giving her
degree recital this Sunday, April 22, at
Liturgical Celebration of
Classwork: Please
join the REL 938:"Musical Skills & Vocal Development for the Parish
Ministry" class in a Liturgical Celebration of Work. We know you are all working hard on your
papers and finals, but we thought this would be a wonderful break for you. This event will take place on Monday, April
23 at
Spring Fling Announcement: Spring Fling is just a week
away! We are looking for people to help out with set-up, clean-up and
bartending during the event. The
time commitment is minimal and would be greatly appreciated. Here are the times: Set-up:
The Katrina Reading Course will present what they have
learned this semester on Tuesday, April
24th at
The
Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism/Institution for
Social and Policy Studies Seminar Series presents Gerald Steinberg, Professor of Political Studies and Director of
the Program on Conflict Resolution Bar Ilan University to discuss "NGOs
and the Durban Strategy: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Distortion of
Human Rights." This event will take
place on Thursday April 26 in
Linsley-Chittenden Hall, Room 101 from
Book
From
our friends at
Harvey Cushing, the Artist: Harvey
Cushing was many things to many people; respected by all, loved by few. On
The event will begin at
Hear
young people speak out at the Union of Black Episcopalians Northeast Regional
Conference on Saturday, April 28 at
YDS. Feel free to attend anything from
one lecture or one service to the whole day.
If you plan to attend at all, please RSVP to jane.eppley@yale.edu. This event is free of charge to Yale Divinity
School Students. Otherwise the cost is $15
for youth and $40 for adults.
The
All-Options counseling workshop is
on for Friday, April 27,
Be a Conference Steward at
IWJ Conference: Become
a Conference Steward and join IWJ’s 2007 National Conference for free! Conference Stewards are undergraduate or
seminary students who work as support staff at the Interfaith Worker Justice
National Conference. Conference Stewards
volunteer their time in exchange for free registration and lodging at the
conference. This event will take place
from June 12-
CD Release: I am thrilled to announce
the release of The Lithuanian Empire's first (self-titled) full length CD! Copies can be purchased for $15 directly
on-line through http://cdbaby.com/cd/lithuanianempire
or by responding directly to this email at rebecca.wexler@yale.edu. Thanks!
The Annand Program for
Spiritual Formation provides spiritual
direction to YDS students at no cost. All second and third-year students
are welcome to make use of this ministry. Spiritual direction usually involves
meeting for about an hour once per month with another person who is skilled at
helping you listen for the voice of God in your life. This may include things like discernment
regarding vocation, relationships or deepening your prayer life. If you are interested in receiving spiritual
direction, please sign up for a brief
interview with the Rev. Jane Stickney, Coordinator of the Annand Program.
The sign-up sheet is outside S-105. Jane will consider your background (e.g.
religious tradition) and provide you with names to contact for an appointment.
All appointments are at YDS.
The
YDS Peacemakers and the Community Conversation Committee invite you to come to "Vicious Trauma, Spiritual Hope:"
A Panel Discussion with Prof. Jan Holton, Prof. Richard Mollica (
Dr. Mollica at the
Bookstore: On
Tuesday, April 24, Dr. Richard F.
Mollica will welcome students, faculty and staff to a reading and book talk in celebration
of the publication of Healing Invisible
Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World. This event will be held in the YDS
Bookstore at
Classifieds
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Needed/Lost and Found:
Lost Shirt: I was hosting a
prospective/admitted student on Friday, who was sad to find as she was leaving
that the shirt she had just bought from the bookstore had been left in the
Neighborhood Ethics class she attended.
Did anyone pick that up? We're
sending her something else anyway, so if you found that shirt, can you get it
to me so I can stick it in? (It's a long
sleeve blue shirt with a bulldog with a halo on the front, in a bookstore bag.) Thanks!
Johanna Johnson
Lost Stole from Marquand: Last Friday, one of the
stoles, marked stole #877 to be exact, may have gone missing from the
exhibition of the "Shower of Stoles" project on display in Marquand
during the worship service. If you
inadvertently took this stole, or if you have any information about where it
may have gone, please contact matthew.haugen@yale.edu
or patrick.evans@yale.edu about the
stole's whereabouts, or simply return it to the chapel, no questions asked. The plain, unmarked stoles given out at the
end of Friday's service were meant to be kept by service participants, but the
Shower of Stoles project is a set of irreplaceable often unique and handcrafted
stoles collected by the project as a memorial, and must be returned by us to
the project's caretakers for further exhibits.
If you confused Stole #877 with one of the plain stoles, please return
it to the chapel, and we can give you a plain stole in exchange, if you mistook
the two. Thank you for your assistance. Matt Haugen
Car Needed: I will be a commuter student
next year and will need a car but will no longer need one once I graduate. So I was thinking leasing a car for a year
might be a better option than buying a car.
Alternatively, does anyone have a sweet excursion out of the country
coming up? One that lasts, oh, say a year? Need a carsitter? Look no further! Also, have you ever leased a car before or do
you know how it works? If so, I would
love to talk to you. Thanks! Jeannine Oakes
Housing:
Summer Housing: Must love cats! 2-3 bedroom furnished house for rent in sunny
Westville. July-Aug (start and end dates flexible). Rent (for whole house)
$500/mo + electric, caring for 2 cats, and some minor yard work. Please contact Devin at devin.singh@yale.edu.
Room for Rent: Room available in beautiful
apartment near YDS, on Edwards Street between Whitney and
Purple House for Rent: (No, we're not just doing a
take-off of Blue on
Employment:
Workers Needed for
Commencement: Students workers are needed for Commencement
exercises on May 27th and 28th. Students are needed for ushering, food and
beverage service, set-up and clean-up, hospitality, and general assistance in
helping Commencement go smoothly and enjoyably.
These are work-study positions for which wages are paid. If you are interested in working one or both
days, please let my assistant Mike Giaquinto know. You may email Mike at michael.giaquinto@yale.edu. Thank you, Dale Peterson
Worship Opportunities
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Two Services at the
This
Sunday, April 22nd, the third Sunday in Eastertide, you are most welcome to
come and attend University Public Worship
in Battell Chapel at
All
are welcome at an Earth Day evening
prayer service this Sunday. All
liturgical aspects of the service will be creation and earth care themed: prayers,
reflections, processions, and hymns!!
The service is a half hour beginning at
Bilingual Mass at St. Thomas
More: We're in the process of organizing the first annual
bilingual (Spanish/English) Mass at St. Thomas More--currently scheduled for
the Wednesday of Reading Week at 8 PM--and need lectors, volunteers and
organizers to meet to finalize plans. The
Mass will include authentic Mexican mariachi music, a Colombian priest
co-celebrating with Father Bob and Peter and will hopefully incorporate many
other countries and cultures of
This Week in Marquand:
Monday, April 23: Almost Saints Series: Commemorating Fr. Robert
Drinan, S.J., led by the Roman Catholic Student Group.
Tuesday, April 24: Eastertide Labyrinth, with Music for Prayer and
Reflection.
Wednesday, April 25: Sung Morning Prayer: Songs from the
Thursday, April 26: Barbara Blodgett, Director of Supervised Ministries,
preaching.
Friday, April 28: Community Eucharist for the End of Term, Dean of
Chapel Siobhán Garrigan, preaching, and Dean of Students Dale Peterson,
presiding.
Services
begin at
2007-2008 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
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Tue: 5
Wed 11 Tue: 14 Fri: 18
Tue: 19
Wed: 28
Fri: 29
Sat: 26
Wed: 5
Fri: 8
Mon: 11 Thur: 15 Mon: 23 Tue: 24 Wed: 30 Tue: 1 Thur:
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Fall 2007
AUGUST
BTFO
Orientation begins, 9 AM BTFO
Orientation ends SEPTEMBER
On-line
registration begins, 9 AM Opening
Convocation, Fall
classes begin Faculty
meeting, On-line
registration ends, Last day for: rebate,
downtown course permission, add/drop course without charge, approval of
reading course BPO
meeting, Last
day for approval of credit/no credit Fall
faculty dinner Fall
faculty retreat Last
day to add a course OCTOBER Reading
period begins, Convocation
begins Convocation
ends Faculty meeting, Last day to drop a course BPO meeting, NOVEMBER Open
House for Prospective Students Faculty
meeting BPO
meeting, Reading period begins, Thanksgiving recess begins,
Thanksgiving
recess ends, Classes
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Tue: 17 Mon: 21 Fri: 7
Mon: 14 Mon: 15 Tue 21 Mon 22 Tue: 25 Fri: 29 Tue:
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Mon: 8
Fri: 18 Mon: 19 Tue: 26 Tue: |
DECEMBER
Faculty
meeting, Advising
Period ends Classes
end, Reading
period begins Advent
Service, Marquand Chapel, BPO
meeting, Reading
period ends, 9:00 AM Final
exams begin, 9:00 AM Exams
end/Semester ends, All
course work due Spring 2008 JANUARY Grades due for Fall 2007 Spring
classes begin, 8:30 AM On-line
registration begins, 9 AM Faculty Meeting, Martin Luther King
Day. No classes BPO meeting, On-line registration ends, Last day for: rebate,
downtown course permission, add/drop course without charge, approval of
reading course Last day for approval of credit/no credit FEBRUARY Last day to add a course Reading period begins, Faculty meeting, BPO
meeting, |
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Mon: 4
Tue: 7
Fri: 24 Mon: 24 Mon: 25 Tue:
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