Congratulations to Colton Lott (2016; trustee) and Kelsey Cobbs, who married on October 1st.

Andrew Packman (2009) writes that “the Monday Night Dinner table has been extended to South Minneapolis,” where he and Sarah Rohde and their sons moved recently.

2022 PhD Graduate Joel Brown (2014) was called as President of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society and began his work on September 1st. He served as DDH's associate for publications and programming and was formerly the managing editor for the Martin Marty Center's publication, Sightings, and of the Religion and Culture Forum.

Texas Christian University Press has published Preaching and Teaching: The Collected Writings of Paul G. Wassenich, edited by Linda Pilcher Wassenich. The late Paul Wassenich (1936) held the Bible Chair at the University of Texas-Austin, helped establish University Christian Church in Austin, and became a beloved professor at TCU.

Daisy Machado (1989), Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary, was honored with the AAR’s American Lectureship on the History of Religion, for which she delivered four lectures.

MDiv alumna Laura Jean Torgerson (2002) successfully defended her PhD dissertation at the Graduate Theological Union. It considers Nicaraguan Pentecostal Biblical Interpretation.

Congratulations to 2021 MDiv graduate Aneesah Ettress (2019) who was ordained on June 26th by the Central Rocky Mountain Region at Evergreen Christian Church, Colorado. Jack Veatch (2017) and Joan Bell-Haynes (1995; trustee) presided, and Yvonne Gilmore (2001) preached.

Aneesah also became the Academic Engagement Coordinator in the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art.

Chris Dorsey (2001), formerly president of Higher Education and Leadership Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been called as the next president of Disciples Home Missions

Ayanna Johnson Watkins (2000) gave remarks in the Chapel of the Holy Grail at the Alums and Friends Gathering in June of 2022. Titled "Elbows Deep," Ayanna asked "How, in the midst of this suffering, can we still find goodness, joy, hope, life?"

Yvonne Gilmore (2001) gave the convocation remarks, titled "Extending Exodus" to close DDH's 127th academic year. Yvonne exhorted the graduates to re-read religion and "make the exodus movement legible."