Academic Calendar and Events
Updated May 7, 2008
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Spring Semester | May 2008 | June 2008 | July 2008 | August 2008 | September 2008 | October 2008 | November 2008 | December 2008 | January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 | April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009 |
Exhibits
Women in Ministry: The Role of Union Biblical Seminary — now through June 6, 2008
Edmund S. Lorenz: Dayton’s Dean of Church Music — now through July 18, 2008
Germans in the Valley: German Immigrants, Their Descendants and Culture in Montgomery County, Ohio 1796-1918 — now through July 18, 2008
Spring Semester
February 4-May 23
Spring Semester Module BC-12
April 7-May 23
Spring Semester Module C-6
May 2008
May 6-16
Registration for the Fall 2008-2009 Semester
May 10
Explore United
Visit the West Virginia campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God
May 14
End of Year Events
11:15 a.m. Chapel service led by the graduating students for the spring 2007-2008 semester (student awards announced)
12:15 p.m. Celebratory luncheon (graduating students are guests at this luncheon; award winners present; scholarship recipients for 2007-2008 recognized; graduating students welcomed into the alumni/alumnae association)
May 21
Transcultural worship and consecration service
May 23
Jonah
What: Dessert and Drama with the New UTS Players
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: The multi-purpose room at United Theological Seminary
Cost: $5.00 donation
May 24
Commencement Events
10:00 a.m. - Senior Eucharist at Salem Heights, Sisters of the Precious Blood Chapel
12:30 p.m. - Pictures of robed graduating students and faculty at Precious Blood
1:30 p.m. - Graduation service at Precious Blood Catholic Church, Salem Avenue, Trotwood, OH
3:00 p.m. - Reception at United
Commencement Speaker: Dr. Michael Slaughter preaching on “Sustaining Momentum For Lifelong Ministry”
Mike Slaughter is lead pastor of Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio, a United Methodist congregation attended by over 4,000 people each Sunday. He will also teach a course at United called “The Missional Church” in June 2008.
June 2008
June 2-27
Spring Semester Module D-3
July 2008
July 18-19 and August 1-2
Urban Theology: The Streets in Scripture
What’s so special about urban ministry? What makes ministry in the city different than ministry in other settings? This course examines the theological foundations for urban ministry with special attention to biblical theology and a wholistic and contextual model of theology that centers on renewal.
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Peter Bellini
Roots or Wings: Wings
Specialty: Urban Ministry
July 20-24
Summer Seminar in the Smokies
What: A leadership seminar during SOULfeast for the purpose of integrative reflection on the full conference experience. The United seminar is being offered as continuing education for pastors, or as a Wings class in the Roots and Wings program.
July 21-25
Principles and Practices of Supervision
Sponsored by: Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation
July 28 - August 1
The Equipping Leader: Part 1
Instructors: Dr. Elizabeth A. Wourms and Rev. Dr. Chris Hardy
August 2008
August 4-6
Sixth Annual Preaching Retreat-Seminar
Sponsored by: Center for Worship, Preaching, and the Arts
August 4-29
Fall Semester Module A-3
August 18-22
Doctor of Ministry Intensive
Theme: Ministry and Strategy for those Affected by the Criminal Justice System
August 14-16
Second Annual Regional Urban Training Conference
Sponsored by: Center For Urban Ministry
August 22-23
Introduction to Theological Education
September 2008
September 8-October 24
Fall Semester Module B-6
September 8-December 19
Fall Semester Module BC-12
September 10
Fall Convocation
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Dozeman, Professor of Old Testament at United
Where: United Theological Seminary
September 12-13
Forty Years After Dallas: Retrieving the EUB Heritage for United Methodism
What: An international conference of scholars recovering evangelical and Pietist traditions for the renewal of the church
Presenters: William J. Abraham, Paul Wesley Chilcote, Wendy J. Deichmann Edwards, Tyron Inbody, James Kirby, Scott Kisker, Kendall K. McCabe, William E. Naumann, J. Steven O’Malley, Kenneth E. Rowe, Ulrike Schuler, K. James Stein, Jason E. Vickers
Who should attend: United Methodist (and other interested) church history scholars, students, United alumni/ae, EUB Center members, UMC General Council on Archives and History
When: Friday, September 12, 1:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.;
Saturday, September 13, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Where: United Theological Seminary
Sponsored by: The Center for the EUB Heritage
September 29-October 3
Fall Semester Reading Week
October 2008
October 4
Explore United
Visit the West Virginia campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God
October 7-9
The Inaugural Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor Symposium and D.Min. Reunion
When: October 7-9, 2008
Where: Dayton, OH
Contact: Dr. Josephine Whitely-Fields, Director of Doctoral Studies (937-529-2275)
October 18
Explore United
Visit the Ohio campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God
October 22
Explore United
Visit the Ohio campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God
October 24-25
Exploring the call to vocational ministry
What: Think God may be calling you to grand adventure in vocational ministry? Explore what that may mean for you in this unique breakout session with members of United Theological Seminary’s faculty at the Change the World Conference. Change the World is a missional movement that is taking the church into the world instead of coaxing the world into the church.
Speakers: Dr. Wendy J. Deichmann Edwards, president of United Theological Seminary, and faculty member Dr. Jason Vickers, Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies
Where: Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, Tipp City, Ohio
Sponsored by: Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), and United Theological Seminary
October 27-31
Fall Semester Reading Week
November 2008
November 3 - December 19
Fall Semester Module C-6
November 24-28
Fall Semester Reading Week and Thanksgiving Break
December 2008
December 19
Advent Commencement
Speaker: Bishop Linda Lee, Episcopal Leader of the Wisconsin Conference of The United Methodist Church
Linda Lee was the first African American woman to be elected as bishop in the North Central Jurisdiction. Her first assignment following her election in 2000 was to her home area of Michigan, an unusual action which had not occurred for 40 years and that required special action of the Jurisdictional Conference. Bishop Lee was assigned to the Wisconsin Area in 2004, after one quadrennium of service in Michigan. She is a graduate of United Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1984 and D. Min., 1994); a frequent speaker for schools, retreats, and conferences; a two-time delegate to General Conference; and a contributing writer in several publications.
December 22, 2008 - January 5, 2009
Christmas Recess
January 2009
January 5-30
Spring Semester, Module A-3
January 26-30
Doctor of Ministry Intensive
Theme: Recruiting and Training Youth for Evangelism
February 2009
February 9-March 27
Spring Semester, Module B-6
February 9-May 29
Spring Semester, Module BC-12
March 2009
March 2-6
Reading Week
March 7
A Taste of United: Spring Open House
Come for the day or drop in for an hour. Bring your family members, congregational partners in ministry, and invite friends!
March 7
Explore United
Visit the Ohio campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God
March 14
Explore United
Visit the West Virginia campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God
March 25
Explore United
Visit the Ohio campus, attend a class, meet with other people who are considering answering a call to serve God