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PTS’s Director of Enrollment Works Hard, Plays Hard

Posted on December 13, 2022November 30, 2022 by ptsblog
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What do seminary admissions departments, a group of parents, and the 1980’s “Bad Boys” Detroit Pistons have in common? All of them, Tracy Riggle Young would say, demonstrate the power of hard work and collaboration to accomplish great things. Tracy is Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s senior director of enrollment services, leading the Seminary’s admissions team in…

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Wandering with Purpose and Joy

Posted on November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 by ptsblog
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Not everyone pursues a seminary degree to prepare for ministry in a local church. Some, like PTS alumna Kate Lockard Snyder of Danville, Ky., use their theological education in unique and creative ways. Kate, who graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 2005 with a master of arts in theological studies, ended up at PTS because…

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D.Min. Student Fights Injustice with Ancestry Research

Posted on October 25, 2022September 29, 2022 by ptsblog
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This aphorism is commonly attributed in some form to Winston Churchill, Edmund Burke, and others. But PTS Doctor of Ministry student the Rev. Raymond (Ray) Allen will remind you that the quote was originally written by Spanish American philosopher George Santayana in his book…

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