Commencement

Favorite Class or Professor Professors Jon Levenson, Noah Feldman, Aleksandra Kremer, Shaul Magid, Carleigh Beriont, and Rabbi David Wolpe were the ones who made Harvard such an intellectually enriching experience. It was an immense privilege to learn...

Favorite Class or Professor My favorite class by far was "Lutheran Confessions" with Pr. Alissa Oleson and Pr. Robin Lütjohann. It is so important, in a multifaith institution like HDS, to have access to classes and resources from our own specific...

How I've Changed I have grown significantly as a young scholar of historical theology. Increasingly growing through the profound "existential skin" in the questions scholars have asked, I have realized how importantly history and theology interact - not...

How I've Changed During my time here at HDS I have experienced the most significant spiritual and personal transformations of my life. I would not have thought it possible to grow and change and accomplish so much in just three years! It is impossible to...

How I've Changed HDS afforded me two years to focus on both intellectual and personal growth. Intellectually, the courses were bracing and informative. Harvard’s flexibility afforded the chance to take courses at arts and sciences and the law school...

Memorable Moment For the "Walking the Inland Sea" class, we went on a spring break pilgrimage to Great Salt Lake in Utah. On one of the days, we took a bus several hours into the desert to go to the sun tunnels, a land art piece created by Nancy Holt. The...

How I've Changed Honestly, I feel more myself since coming to HDS. Courses allowed me to think deeply on matters of traumatic experience, grief, and the resilience of healing. In studying these matters in many of my chaplaincy classes, I found it both...

Memorable Moment I have had the good fortune to play violin in a number of musical ensembles at Harvard. This spring, I performed with the Lowell House Opera in their world premiere of "The Unknowable." It was a privilege to work alongside outstanding...

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...

How I've Changed Being at Harvard Divinity School has been transformative. The path of these past three years has been riddled with intellectual, spiritual, and emotional challenges that, with the support and guidance of friends, family, and mentors, have...