#  Graduate Profile: Jude Terna Ayua, MTS '24 

 





May 07, 2024

 

 

     ![Headshot of Jude Ayua](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/judeayua-900x600.png?itok=GUXZHnWr) 

Jude Ayua. Photo courtesy of Jude Ayua

 



 

## How I've Changed 

My time at HDS has changed my perspective about other faith traditions and I am leaving with the wondering about if there is only one name under heaven by which "you shall be saved!" I have also learned to be more compassionate and gracious with people; more affirming and accepting of people's beliefs and orientations.

## Memorable Moment 

My most memorable moment at HDS was in my final semester, Spring 2024, when I went on a study tour with my class, to South Carolina and Georgia. I had an immersive, historically conscious, and spiritually awakening experience learning about the history of slavery in American South.

## Favorite Class or Professor 

Every class I offered at HDS impacted me in a unique way. My favorite were Leadership and Administration with Professor Crowley and Africana Religions and Healing in the American South with Dr. Hucks and Dean Bartholomew.

## Message of Thanks 

"I thank the Lord God Almighty for seeing me through my studies. I appreciate the Ancestors of the land for letting me stay, and my Ancestors for accompanying me. I honor my wife for her patience with me these past twenty months, and for her unwavering all-round support. I thank my mother for urging all along. I appreciate all the professors that taught me and everyone I met, the staff who supported me, and my classmates. I owe profound gratitude to my recommenders, and my Academic Advisor for guiding me through."

## What I Hope to Be Remembered By 

Just smile :)

## Future Plans 

HDS has further equipped me, and I am now more inspired to go back to my ministry in the Temple of Justice. I will be working as a private attorney and also running my non-profit, Keep Hope Alive Nigeria.



 

 

 



 

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- [ Commencement ](/topic-tags/commencement)
- [ Commencement 2024 ](/topic-tags/commencement-2024)