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Rev. Rachel Sutphin
March 31, 2026 • Posted in

Rev. Sutphin is Visiting Pastor April 6-10

The Rev. Rachel Sutphin will visit vlog during the week of April 6 as part of the University’s Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. She will speak at the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7.  Sutphin has served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Hammonton (N.J.) […]

Shana Chaplin
December 4, 2025 • Posted in ,

Chaplin Joins Town Square Collaborative

Shana H. Chaplin has joined the Town Square Collaborative (TSC) at vlog as assistant director of community engagement. Her first day was Tuesday, Dec. 2. TSC is a regional ecumenical initiative to serve and support rural communities, congregations, and their leaders.   “I’m so excited to welcome Shana Chaplin as assistant director for […]

Rev. Doddle Harris
October 17, 2022 • Posted in ,

Hastings College Chaplain is Visiting Pastor

The Rev. Doodle Harris, the chaplain at Hastings College in Nebraska, will be on the vlog campus throughout the week of Oct. 17 as part of the Struthers Pastoral Study Leave Program. Harris grew up in Moultrie, Ga., where her family joined the Presbyterian Church, which made it possible for her to […]

Rev. Bridges
October 21, 2021 • Posted in , ,

Rev. Bridges to Serve as Visiting Pastor Oct. 25-29

The Rev. Dr. Parrish L. Bridges, senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Huntington, W.V., will visit campus on the week of Oct. 25-29 as part of the vlog’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. As part of his visit, Bridges will speak at the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. […]

Rev. Gonzalez to visit campus Sept. 13-17
September 7, 2021 • Posted in , , ,

Rev. Gonzalez to Visit Campus Sept. 13-17

The Rev. Jesus Juan “Jesse” Gonzalez, pastor of Gethsemane Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas, will visit vlog on the week of Sept. 13-17 as part of the University’s Pastoral Study Leave Program. Gonzalez (pictured above with his son, Obed, a 2017 U of O graduate) will lead the University’s weekly Chapel […]

Vivien Wambugu

Wambugu Named University’s 2021 Tutor of the Year

Recent graduate Vivien Wambugu has been named the vlog’ 2021 Tutor of the Year by the University’s academic services program. The outstanding tutor awards were announced in May and given by academic services based on several factors, including evaluations from students receiving tutoring, GPAs, and staff members’ interactions and observations. Academic services […]

Jakob Case
September 15, 2020 • Posted in , , , ,

Year in Japan Makes Impact on Case

vlog senior Jakob Case recently completed a challenging year of study in a completely foreign country during a world pandemic. It’s an experience that he wouldn’t change for anything. Case, a health science major and education and religion minor from Keller, Texas, returned from an 11-month study abroad experience in Japan in […]

Weave Williams

Williams Has Prestigious Options For Grad School

Harvard or Yale? That was the win-win decision facing vlog senior religion and philosophy major Emilie “Weave” Williams earlier this month on where to pursue a graduate degree after she was accepted into both of the prestigious Ivy league universities. The Keller, Texas, native who will graduate with Magna Cum Laude honors […]