One of America’s First Unification-Inspired Schools Seeks a New Head of School and Encourages Qualified UTS Students and Alums to Apply. The Principled Academy (TPA) is a non-sectarian, nonprofit religious school in San Leandro, CA. It was established in a garage in 1988 with 5 kindergarten students. Today, housed in the handsome facility of the Bay Area Family Church, it proudly serves 130 students from preschool through 8th grade. TPA is seeking a new Head of School (HOS) who can embody principled ideals, apply the Divine Principle in solving problems, and share the vision of...

An Appeal from the UTS President Dear Alumni, Students, and Friends of UTS, From Friday, October 22 until Giving Tuesday, November 30, UTS is conducting a 40-Day Development Drive seeking support to continue scholarships for young leaders who, upon graduation from UTS, will assume leadership within the North American Heavenly Parent Holy Community. Those of us who are early graduates of UTS greatly benefited from the significant financial support provided by our Founders. We hope that you will be inclined to help us to “pay it forward” to the next generation of...

Steven Boyd, Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Life at Unification Theological Services, was recently appointed to the US Advisory Board of UniQuest, a leading higher education service provider specializing in international enrollment management. UniQuest is headquartered in the UK and partners with colleges and universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe that seek to attract qualified international students to their campuses. The US Advisory Board is comprised of top experts in international student recruitment, admissions, and...

On July 20th 2021, the 37th anniversary of the day Rev. Sun Myung Moon began his 18-month sentence at the Danbury Federal Prison, Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) hosted “Justice Not Served, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Danbury Papers.” Nearly 800 Unificationists, scholars, faith leaders, and legal professionals gathered for this online event, to hear from experts in their respective fields, who studied this case carefully. This event was co-sponsored by the American Clergy Leadership Conference and Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, USA, and took place during the...

With the emergence of digital technology, truth-telling through digital stories in the classroom has become an effective method of learning and teaching Religious Education. It has also become a teacher’s way to spark the waning interest of students on religion as a course or subject. Dr. Charles Chesnavage shared his experience of digital storytelling as narratives of faith among his students at the Mercy College and Unification Theological Seminary in New York City where he teaches World Religions. Chesnavage was a presenter at the panel ‘Catholic Community of Practice’ titled...

Six UTS faculty and faculty-administrators attended a three-day virtual Summer Institute sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame from June 14-16. Attendees were Drs. Thomas Ward, Michael Mickler, Keisuke Noda, Andrew Wilson, Dryssa Kone and UTS Registrar and Assistant Academic Dean Ute Delaney. UTS co-founder, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon’s has expressed interest in UTS moving forward in the field of international peace studies. The Kroc Institute is one of the world’s leading centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict...

Dr. Richard Rubenstein, renowned Jewish theologian, rabbi, and former president of the University of Bridgeport, passed away on May 16th at the age of 97. The world remembers him as president of the University of Bridgeport and even more for his seminal book After Auschwitz (1966) which influenced an entire generation of Jews as they sought to understand the purposes of God in light of the Holocaust. In After Auschwitz, Rubenstein dared to ask difficult questions about the nature of God, whose promises to His people seemed empty in the face of the utter destruction of a Jewish world. In...

Congratulations to the UTS class of 2021, and congratulations to our Unification Theological Seminary on its 45th commencement ceremony. It is my honor to recognize this year’s graduating class on behalf of Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, the Seminary’s co-founders. The world is still suffering through the global pandemic due to COVID-19 and for the second straight year UTS is forced to conduct a virtual graduation. I offer my appreciation and admiration to the Seminary’s faculty, staff, administration and especially students for persevering under these circumstances. You...

This article was published on june 2nd 2021 has been re-published here with permission from FFWPU-USA. You can find the original article here. – UTS Communications Congratulations to the Unification Theological Seminary Class of 2021! UTS, which was established in 1975 by the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, co-founders of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), held its 45th graduation ceremony online May 29. “Today is definitely a milestone, a critical chapter in your lives,” said UTS President Dr. Thomas Ward. “I congratulate...