On Friday May 7, 2020 Dr. Chung Sik Yong, President of the North American Region of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification and UTS Board of Trustee Member, hosted a luncheon at Belvedere for the leadership of the Unification Theological Seminary. Those who attended included UTS President Thomas Ward, Academic Dean Keisuke Noda, Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Life Steven Boyd, Registrar and Senior Associate Dean Ute Delaney, Professor Andrew Wilson, Director of Special Projects Christina Miyake, and Financial Director Frank Zochol.  Dr. Yong listened to...

Mrs. Ute Delaney, UTS Senior Associate Dean and Registrar, presented at the fifth Virtual Faculty Roundtable of this academic year on Tuesday May 4th. She spoke on the topic, “All I Ever Really Need to Know I Learned….on YouTube: Reimagining Higher Education: Badges, Microcredentials, CBE and CLR.” Delaney is a native of Germany and graduated from High School with a Great Latinum (9 years of Latin studies) and a Graecum (5 years of Ancient Greek). She has a B.S. in Sociology and an MRE from UTS, and has been working at UTS for more than 30 years, first as secretary and since 1995...

UTS is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Mickler, UTS Vice-President and Professor of Church History, has contributed a chapter to a newly published book, Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements: Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions, edited by Eileen Barker and James T. Richardson. Out of a total of thirteen chapters, Dr. Mickler’s “No Stranger to Litigation: Court Cases Involving the Unification Church/Family Federation in the United States,” is one of two pieces that have been contributed by Unificationists. Mr. Peter Zoehrer is the contributor of the other chapter...

Dr. Edwin Ang’s National Seonghwa Ceremony took place on January 25, 2021. Dr. Ang was remembered by the Unification Theological Seminary on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, recognizing the key roles that he played at UTS where he worked with Founding President David S.C. Kim from 1977 until 1994. Dr. Ang rose to serve as Executive Vice President of Unification Theological Seminary during that period. He and his wife Marie Ang number among the earliest followers of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon in the United States. The UTS Tribute to Dr. Ang was led by UTS President Thomas Ward...

On January 4th, 2021, UTS hosted its second online theologian’s conference, which brought its students into dialogue with mainstream scholars. The topic of this conference was “Women’s Leadership in the Age of Mother Moon.” It was co-convened by Dr. Andrew Wilson, Professor of Scriptural Studies at UTS, and Dr. Eileen Barker, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. Dr. Barker, author of The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing?, has a longstanding relationship with UTS, and was the co-convener of the first online theologians conference, “Passing...

Dr. Edwin Ang, a key leader from the early history of Unification Theological Seminary has ascended after a long and meaningful life. Dr. Ang is remembered for the enormous difference that he made in the lives of so many. Dr. Ang was a key leader at UTS where he began as Dean of Students and eventually rose to Executive Vice President. Along with founding UTS President David S. C. Kim and Dr. Therese Stewart, he was a key figure in the formative years of UTS. He played a leading role in the process that led to UTS receiving its absolute Charter from the New York of Board of Regents as well...

In the third Faculty Roundtable series for this academic year on December 16th, 2020, Dr. Ronald Brown, adjunct professor at UTS in World Religions, spoke on the topic of Chrismahanukwanzakah: The World’s First Global Holiday. The topic at this December Round Table was Chrismahanukwanzakah, which is what Brown calls the New York-created global holiday and “includes all religions, all ethnic roots, and everybody else.” Brown, who is recognized as an authority on New York City and its history, discussed Christmas’s Roman Catholic roots in the Roman holiday Saturnalia, and the...

As UTS Co-Founder Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon initiated sweeping leadership changes in Heavenly Parent’s Holy Community this October, a wave of UTS graduates and current students are stepping in to new leadership positions globally. Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, who was the Continental Director of Family Federation USA (FFWPU) in North America for the last eight years, has been named the Cheon Eui Won Chair of North America. Dr. Kim studied Chemical Engineering at Kyung Hee University before earning his Masters of Divinity from UTS, as well as an honorary doctorate of Theology from Sun Moon University. ...