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21-May-1997 
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                 News of Theological Institutions 
 
                          by Alexa Smith 
 
NEW YORK CITY--Auburn Theological Seminary has been awarded a $1 million 
grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., to provide transitional funding for 
Auburn's Center for the Study of Theological Education.  The grant will 
support the Center's operations for the next four years, according to 
seminary president Barbara G. Wheeler, though Auburn has launched a 
development program to raise endowment to fund the Center.  Research at the 
Center focuses solely on theological education -- Protestant, Catholic and 
Jewish -- and it has been supported by Lilly, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 
C.E. and S. Foundation and others. 
 
PRINCETON, N.J.--Seminary president Thomas W. Gillespie addressed the 240 
graduates of Princeton Theological Seminary during commencement exercises 
there May 19 in the Princeton University Chapel.  The seminary conferred 
142 master of divinity degrees, 52 master of theology degrees, 22 doctor of 
ministry degrees, 17 doctor of philosophy degrees and seven master of arts 
in education degrees.  The ceremony was the institution's 185th. 
 
RICHMOND, Va.--"Interpreting the Faith: A Conference on Bible and Theology 
for Preachers," an annual conference at Union Theological Seminary in 
Virginia, will be under way June 16-27 on the seminary's campus.  Tuition 
is $150 weekly and on-campus room and board will be available for an 
additional charge.  Topics include the conceptual poetry of Christian 
theology, addiction as a metaphor for American society, "angelmania," and 
profiles of preachers who helped shape the American preaching tradition. 
For more information, call (804) 278-4301. 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--The Rev. Dale P. Andrews, a Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt 
University, has been called to serve as assistant professor of homiletics 
and practical theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 
the fall semester of 1998, pending completion of his dissertation.  An 
ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Andrews 
is a teaching fellow at Vanderbilt, specializing in black preaching and the 
theological foundations of pastoral care. 
 
AUSTIN, Texas--Cynthia Taipale Little, a graduating senior at Austin 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, has been awarded the David H.C. Read 
Preacher/Scholar Award for 1997.  Now in its seventh year, the award grants 
a $10,000 stipend after a panel reviews two sermons by audiotape.  The 
award is named in honor of the retired senior pastor of Madison Avenue 
Presbyterian Church in New York City.  Little is the first Austin student 
to receive the award. 
 
DUBUQUE, Iowa--Former Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) moderator the Rev. 
Robert W. Bohl, pastor of the Village Presbyterian Church of Prairie 
Village, Kan., addressed graduating seniors at the University of Dubuque 
Theological Seminary May 17.  The seminary graduated 25 master of divinity 
students and five students with master of arts degrees in religion. 
 
SAN ANSELMO, Calif.--Philip Lauri Wickeri was elected as professor of 
evangelism and mission of San Francisco Theological Seminary by its board 
of trustees, May 5-6, according to seminary president Donald W. McCullough. 
The appointment is effective February 1998.  Wickeri is currently serving 
as overseas coordinator of the Amity Foundation, Nanjing and Hong Kong, and 
is a mission co-worker of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Worldwide 
Ministries Division. 
 
RICHMOND, Va.--The Presbyterian School of Christian Education (PSCE) will 
present its four annual Congregation Awards at the General Assembly, June 
18.  The awards are named for outstanding Presbyterians in the 
Richmond-area and each carries a $1,000 gift from PSCE for the church to 
use to expand recognized programming.  The recipients: Presbyterian Church 
of the Redeemer of Brooklyn, N.Y., the Tolly Thompson Award for Excellence 
in Christian Education; First Presbyterian Church of Milledgeville, Ga., 
the Elinor Curry Award for Outreach and Social Concern; Old Presbyterian 
Meeting House of Alexandria, Va., the Sarah Hill Brown Early Childhood 
Education Award; and the Centreville (Virginia) Presbyterian Church, the 
Katharine Hawes Award for Effective Youth Ministry. 
 
CHICAGO--"What's Wrong with the Way We Do Exegesis?" was the focus of 
lectures delivered by the Rev. George Landes during McCormick Theological 
Seminary's Alumni/ae Days 1997, held April 6-8 on the campus.  Landes is 
professor emeritus of Hebrew and cognate languages at Union Theological 
Seminary in New York.  The Rev. Robert and Edith Rasmussen, Class of  53, 
were recognized as "Distinguished Alumnus and Alumna in 1997." 

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