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What do seminary admissions departments, a group of parents, and the 1980\u2019s \u201cBad Boys\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

Tracy is Pittsburgh Theological Seminary\u2019s senior director of enrollment services, leading the Seminary\u2019s admissions team<\/a> in recruiting, enrolling, and resourcing students as they discern their calls to ministry and engage in theological education. Since coming to PTS in 2017, she has enjoyed using her natural talents as a teacher and leader while the team progresses collectively toward its goals.<\/p>\n

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She says, \u201cWe are very intentional about resourcing students: with financial aid and merit aid; vocational discernment; and field education. And we draw students who care about both scholarship and service. At PTS we see that commitment to three publics\u2014academy, church, and society\u2014embodied in our faculty and our students. They\u2019re committed to all three realms.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A Scholar and Teacher<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tracy commits to all three realms too, including the academy. She holds a bachelor\u2019s from Denison University, and an M.A. in theological studies and a Ph.D. in social ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York, where she also worked as an admissions recruiter for five years.<\/p>\n

Upon moving to Pittsburgh in 2015, she spent two years teaching at The Neighborhood Academy, a high school just a few blocks away from PTS whose commitment to expanding access to education aligns well with Tracy\u2019s passions. While there she taught religion, the Black philosophical tradition, and senior research seminars.<\/p>\n

Applying Social Ethics to Work and Community<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tracy dedicates herself to church and society as well. She spends much of her time away from PTS serving on the leadership board of Bower Hill Community Church, where she and her family attend, and on the executive board of her daughter\u2019s school.<\/p>\n

In all these ways, Tracy draws on her doctoral work in ethics:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was trained as a social ethicist, so that\u2019s how I see the world and how I approach my role at PTS too,\u201d she says. \u201cI bring questions like, \u2018What are the ethics built into how we serve students and admit and retain students?\u2019\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Life as a \u201cSwiftie\u201d Mom<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Though Tracy\u2019s primary research interests are feminist theology and Black liberation theology, she can also comment on the social ethics of buying concert tickets. \u201cI was recently part of the seven million soccer moms trying to get Taylor Swift tickets for my daughter for Christmas,\u201d she says, smiling to hide the frustration she and millions of \u201cSwifties\u201d experienced on Ticketmaster when tickets went on sale last month. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of a group of parents, Tracy did score one ticket for her daughter, who will go with several friends and one to-be-determined parent as the chaperone.<\/p>\n

Tracy and her husband, Brad, have lived in Pittsburgh for eight years, and have two children. From the beginning, it\u2019s felt like home for her. She says, \u201cI’m originally from the Midwest. I know that Western Pennsylvania is not really the Midwest, but I was excited to be in a context that had the diversity that I loved about New York City, but also the accessibility and friendliness of what it was like for me growing up in Toledo, Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of Hoops and Home<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Growing up in Toledo is how she came to appreciate the \u201cBad Boys\u201d Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s. First through her older siblings, and then through her own fandom, Tracy developed a passionate loyalty to what she calls the \u201cBill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn \u2018We\u2019re gonna rough you up on the court!\u2019 style of play.\u201d Even today, Tracy\u2019s blood boils at the mere mention of former Pistons rivals Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller.<\/p>\n

So to calm herself down, she turns to hobbies like gardening, antiquing, and interior design. She and Brad also recently purchased a new home, and have been refinishing the floors and doing other home renovation projects. And when they can, they squeeze in family trips to Deep Creek Lake, where they can hike and she can read the next scintillating novel on her reading list.<\/p>\n

Like those hard-working \u201cBad Boys\u201d Pistons and parents of \u201cSwifties,\u201d Tracy pursues everything in life and work with 100 percent effort and a belief that anything is possible when people come together in pursuit of a goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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