BARRYTOWN – As we approached our graduation from the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) in the spring of 1992 most of us already had a strong suspicion we would be sent to Russia. The Berlin Wall had been shattered in 1989 and the communist world, tilting on the edge of an abyss, had split open like an overripe piece of fruit, just as the UTS, Founder, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, had predicted many years before. Since seminarians had already been in Russia for some time – and stood hand-in-hand with our new brothers and sisters when the military tried, and failed, to depose...

We are sad to announce that Dr. Dietrich Seidel (UTS’77), a professor at UTS for 12 years, passed on November 19 in San Diego with his family by his side. He had been suffering from leukemia for some time. Dietrich Seidel, DI. (M.S.), Ph.D. (UTS’77) was born in 1943, the middle of World War II, in the small Austrian town of Pernitz, in the Piesting valley, about 40 miles south of Vienna. Pernitz, especially the home for mothers in Feuchtenbach, was known for creating a new beginning for humanity by raising babies that came from selected parents. His German father,...

BARRYTOWN – The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) is proud to announce that Dr. Kathy Winings, Vice-President for Academic Affairs at UTS has been elected to the position of Vice-President of the Religious Education Association (REA), at their Annual Meeting which was held recently in Pittsburgh, PA from November 4-6. The REA is an international, interfaith organization made up of more than 400 professors, practitioners and researchers dedicated to advancing ideas of religious teaching, research and scholarship in today’s world. This year’s REA conference was centered around the...

BARRYTOWN, NY – Over the past several months the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) has put into place an outreach program to its alumni with the goal to reconnect with graduates, while also promoting its fundraising efforts to help increase the annual fund contributions through the 40/40 Campaign.  The yearlong 40/40 Campaign was officially launched on September 20, 2015 and celebrated the 40 years since the founding of UTS with donors pledging $40 for 40 months. While the fundraising results have been mixed, a surprising number of respondents have expressed their...

On Wednesday October 26,  Imam Shamsi Ali (pictured) was invited to be a guest speaker at the UTS Extension Center in New York City at 4W43. His topic was “Challenging Religious Extremism and Radicalism in the 21st Century.” Imam Shamsi Ali, an Indonesian from Sulawesi, had an articulate approach, gentle but firm, deeply committed to his religious thought and practice, thoughtful, open to other ideas, and concerned for the future. He took a stand against “extremism of any type”. He made it clear that his commitment to anti-extremism is firmly based on the principled teachings of...

Late in 2013, Dr. David J. Billings, a founding member of the American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) and Chairman of the Academic Committee on the Board of Trustees of the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), was looking to expand the seminary’s outreach and partner with an already existing health and educational program, of which he was the chairman. He and Dr. John-Paul James, President and Dean of Logos Christian College of Washington, and a current Doctor of Ministry student at UTS, met with Dr. Kathy Winings, UTS Vice-President for Academic Affairs, to present their...

The annual Convocation for the New York UTS campus was held on Wednesday, October 19th in the Oak Room. As the opening ceremony for the academic year, the Convocation provides all new students to sign the Student Code and to be officially welcomed into the UTS “family” as they begin their academic journey. The Convocation and Student Code signing at UTS is a special time for everyone at the Seminary. Dr. Winings, VP for Academic Affairs at UTS, explains: “Why does UTS ask students to sign a student code? It is because as students learn to lead themselves, their families, their...

UTS is proud to announce that the current Director of Advancement and Communications, Mr. Robin Graham, will take on new responsibilities as the Director of Enrollment Management. Robin’s new title will be Director of Advancement and Enrollment Management. Robin’s role in enrollment management will focus on initiatives that enhance student enrollment: recruitment, admissions, financial aid, retention and student life. I have been impressed with Robin Graham’s drive and creativity.  Although Robin and I have only been working together for a short time, Robin has emerged as an...