On Saturday, May 18, 2013, more than 100 School of Ministry continuing education and graduate program students celebrated the completion of their coursework at our annual graduation mass and pinning ceremony. Certificates and pins were presented to those students who successfully completed the four-year advanced biblical studies program of the Catholic Biblical School as well as those who completed the three-year Spanish Certificate in Pastoral Theology. School of Ministry graduate students who successfully completed their degrees, also received pins in anticipation of their commencement ceremony, which took place on Sunday, May 19th. Rev. Msgr. Greg Kelly, Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Dallas and University of Dallas Trustee, celebrated the mass.
Former Affiliate Assistant Professor of Spanish Nicole (Hammerschmidt) Lasswell, BA '03, and her husband, Martin, have two sons, Will and Stevie, both of whom have autism. For World Autism Awareness Day, the family was interviewed on Telemundo; because the boys are thriving, it seemed particularly important to the Lasswells to share their story and their hope with others.
+ Read MoreThe first time Monica Ashour, MTS '95 MH '04, read St. John Paul II's "Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body" was in 2000 with a small, grassroots group of parents and teachers, including DeAnn (Barta) Stuart, Ph.D., BA '98 MH '04, and Annie (Duffin) Vining, MTh '03. This group went on to found The Theology of the Body Evangelization Team Inc. (TOBET) on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, 2001.
+ Read MoreUD is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Wu Trujillo as its new vice president for university advancement. Trujillo currently serves as chief development officer and director of the Honor the Future campaign at the University of Virginia (UVA) Law School Foundation, which conducts alumni relations, external affairs, fundraising and endowment management for the benefit of the UVA School of Law. He begins his new role at the end of June.
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