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Supporting Learning With a Smile: Mark C. Russell, 2024 Calian Award Winner

Posted on July 2, 2024June 25, 2024 by ptsblog
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The Calian Award recognizes “an exemplary individual, a member of the Pittsburgh Seminary Community who demonstrates excellence in carrying out responsibilities and volunteer assignments, and also expresses a caring spirit of good will and hope so essential in our life together as a community.” The annual award was established via an endowment contributed by Sam…

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Resisting the Myth of Self-Sufficiency

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by ptsblog
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This week, PTS will celebrate its 228th Commencement (congratulations to the graduates!). Each year, the students of the chapel team, led by the Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith ’12/’13, director of the Seminary’s Worship Program, design a final chapel service before saying goodbye to PTS—the “Service of Thanksgiving”—to mark the transition out of seminary and to…

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Fellowship for Undergraduates Reflection: Visiting the Mexican War Streets

Posted on January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 by ptsblog
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As a 2023 participant in the Miller Summer Youth Institute’s Fellowship for Undergraduates Program, I can say that one of the fantastic parts about the fellowship is how much time we spent experiencing the different parts of the city of Pittsburgh. One such day was when we went on a tour of the Mexican War…

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