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15-April-1998 
98134 
 
    News of Theological Institutions 
 
    by Alexa Smith 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Susan R. Garrett, professor of New Testament at Louisville 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, is one of seven recipients of the 
1998-99 Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology in the category of "Bible and 
the Church."  Garrett will research the project "Angels at the Dawn of an 
Age: Reflections on Biblical Angels and Messengers of the Divine."  The 
fellowship allows Garrett to devote one year to research and publication. 
 
PITTSBURGH - Alice Ogden Bellis, associate professor of Old Testament 
language and literature at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Joan 
Humphrey, director of education ministries at the Bower Hill Presbyterian 
Church in Pittsburgh, will lead a course in the 1998 "HORIZONS" Bible 
Study: "Jeremiah: Prophet of Resistance and Recovery," May 7-8 at 
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.  Bellis is the author of the study.  The 
cost is $70. 
 
PRINCETON, N.J. - Princeton Theological Seminary is holding its 18th annual 
Hunger Run April 25, beginning on the seminary campus and returning there. 
A one-mile fun walk-run will begin at 9:30 a.m., with a 5K run set at 10 
a.m.  Registration for both events begins at 8 a.m.  Registration fees for 
the two races are $10 and $15, respectively.  Proceeds from the run will go 
to the Princeton-Trenton Crisis Ministry, according to Erin Roberts of 
Harrison, Ohio, a second-year seminary student. 
 
DUBUQUE, Iowa- Bradley J. Longfield, associate professor of church history, 
has been named interim dean of Dubuque Theological Seminary and vice 
president of the University of Dubuque, effective June 1.  Longfield served 
on the university's Strategic Thinking and Planning Team and is currently 
coordinating the seminary's reaccreditation self-study for the Association 
of Theological Schools. 
 
AUSTIN, Texas- A $150,000 Lilly Endowment grant has been awarded to Austin 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary to help create and research 100 
parish-based campus ministry programs in the Southwest, including Arkansas, 
Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico.  Further backup for the project 
is coming from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 
the Synod of the Sun and ecumenical campus ministry commissions in four 
states.  Coordinated by Michael Miller, the seminary's lecturer in church 
and higher education, among the project's goals is to develop a book - 
"Models for Parish-Based Campus Ministry" - to be published by the year 
2001. 
 
CHICAGO- "How Do We Sing the Lord's Song in a New Day? Worship for the Next 
Millennium" is the theme for this year's McCormick Days, a three-day 
gathering for worship, lecturing and alumni reunions.  It will be held 
April 26-29 at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.  J. Frederick Holper, 
who will join McCormick's faculty in July, will deliver two addresses on 
worship in the next millennium, and retiring professor Thomas D. Parker 
will lecture on "The Presence of God in Worship."  Parker is the Cyrus H. 
McCormick Professor in Systematic Theology.  The Rev. Eugene Bay, 
McCormick's Distinguished Alumnus for 1998, will be honored at the banquet. 

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