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Yolanda Williams (’20) Merges Music, Scholarship, and Ministry

By | on 21, Nov 2025 |   Methodist Studies VOICES

From an early age, Rev. Dr. Yolanda Williams’ (’20) life revolved around making music. “I've been taking piano lessons since second grade,” she shares, “and I started to play violin in seventh grade.”[...]

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Student Cas Burr Gains Inspiration from United’s Gifted Faculty & Relational Ethos

By | on 13, Nov 2025 |   Unitarian Universalism VOICES

Cas Burr, who is just four classes away from graduating with an MDiv in UU Studies, traces his first spiritual nudge back to high school. “I was on my Unitarian Universalist church’s Boston pilgrimage[...]

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Mary Ann Murray (’76) Treasures the Relationships She Established at United

By | on 23, Jun 2025 |   VOICES

In 1969, when Mary Ann Murray (’76) enrolled at United, America was embroiled in the Vietnam War, and the seminary, which opposed the war, had spent its first seven years led by and attended by men. I[...]

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At United, Kateri Boucher Is Inspired to Chase Her Childhood Dreams

By | on 09, Jun 2025 |   VOICES

Kateri Boucher, who is pursuing an MDiv in Church Leadership, felt a call to ministry very early. “I was three when I told my mom I wanted to be a priest,” she recalls. She adds, “I would preach homil[...]

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Rossmann Faculty Development Award Launches in 2025

By | on 05, May 2025 |   VOICES Liberation Theology

We are thrilled to share that Jack and Marty Rossmann have endowed a fund to support faculty development at United. Jack, a current United board member, is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Macale[...]

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Rev. A. Leon Tredwell, PhD (’06) Publishes Good News in His New Book

By | on 23, Apr 2025 |   VOICES Liberation Theology

Rev. A. Leon Tredwell, PhD (’06) realized his spiritual calling at age 10. “I came up in the church,” he explains, at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia—a Black church wrestling with the [...]

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