News of Alums & Friends

2025-2026 Disciples Divinity House Scholars and Ecumenical Residents attended a Chicago White Sox game together as their spring quarter "inning." Go Sox!

Thanks to Beau Underwood (2006) and Casey Osterkamp, the new chaplain's office at Eureka College honors Winfred Ernst Garrison (1897), a graduate of Eureka who became one of the first PhD graduates of the new University of Chicago and the Disciples Divinity House. We think he's the first in the Eureka-DDH "pipeline" that continues to this day.

Lee Hull Moses (2001) was installed as Senior Minister of Central Christian Church in Indianapolis on May 3. She gave the Baccalaureate Address at Bethany College on May 8.

Laird Thomason included a visit to DDH on his road trip from the Washington, DC, area to Iowa in May. His visit coincided with graduate Delaney Beh’s Senior Ministry Presentation, The courage to be church: Renewing liberal Protestant discipleship in an age of uncertainty, on May 11.

Lilia Ellis, a graduating MDiv student and ecumenical resident of DDH, will enter the PhD program in Theology at the Divinity School this fall.

Mandy Burton's latest contribution to The Divinity School's Sightings is Pluribus, Technology, and the Inconvenience of Love.

David Hall (1989) presented, “Hermeneutics in the Post-Truth Era: The Perils of Making Sense in an Environment of Unmitigated Bullshitting,” on April 17 for a Divinity School conference honoring Professor William Schweiker on being named an emeritus professor. He joined several other Schweiker students on the program.

Vy Nguyen, Executive Director of Week of Compassion, gathered in Bossey, Switzerland, with other leaders of the ACT Alliance, the World Council of Churches, and the Lutheran World Federation for a consultation on ecumenical work in relief and international development.

Noah Sveiven, ecumenical resident and graduating MA student, will enter Princeton University's History of Science PhD program this fall.

Joy Omslaer (1997) returned for her class reunion at the Crown School and to visit DDH. Joy serves as a social worker for a brain injury clinic at The Ohio State University and as the pastor of a local congregation.