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Emmanuel Grad Spotlight: Betsy Ann DeVries, Emm 2T0
Since graduating in May 2020 with a PhD in homiletics, Betsy DeVries designed and remotely taught four courses while continuing her pastoral work.
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Emmanuel College Virtual Convocation
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Michelle Voss Roberts: Convocation Reflections
In my Commencement address on May 20, I asked for the graduates’ attention.
https://vicu.utoronto.ca/news/michelle-voss-roberts/
Many of them had joined our Zoom watch party along with their family and friends. If teaching, learning, or completing a degree remotely has taught us anything, it’s how distractable we can be! Even so, I knew that our graduates were capable of paying attention, because paying attention is perhaps the most important skill they have honed over their years at Emmanuel College.
According to the French philosopher Simone Weil, attention is the entire point of school studies. For her, the practice of attending to a single thing has an almost sacramental quality. Our students have attended to particular terminology in Greek, Hebrew, Pali or Arabic. They have attended to the inner workings of the philosophy of Nagarjuna, al Ghazali, or Augustine. These things may have little to do with why they applied to their program; but when they gave their attention to a subject, opened themselves to it, and became absorbed in it, they grew in their capacity to attend. For Weil, this kind of single-pointed attention is a lower form of prayer. -
2021 Sanford Gold Medal in Divinity: Timothy Wisnicki
Few would expect a U of T undergraduate student with a B.Sc. in immunology to pursue a master’s degree in theology, but Timothy Wisnicki Emm 2T1 is not your typical theologian.
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Victoria College Graduates Christmas Luncheon
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Ryerson House Name Changed to First House
The Board of Regents of Victoria University has approved a motion that will end the use of Egerton Ryerson’s name for honorific purposes at the University. The residence called Ryerson House will be returned to its original name, First House, with immediate effect. The Board of Regents is Victoria University’s most senior governance body.
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Victoria University Releases Strategic Framework 2021–2026
Victoria University has released its Strategic Framework for 2021–2026. The framework is an institutional document that describes the University’s ethos, mission and objectives, as well as a high-level vision of the overarching strategic aspirations of the University for the next five years.
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Graduating Award Recipient: Shahd Fulath Khan Vic 2T1
As a bright student with varied interests and a desire to be involved in extra-curriculuars, Shahd Fulath Khan Vic 2T1 was looking for a college that valued student achievement both within and beyond the classroom: “I needed an environment that supported students who are dedicated to co-curricular learning and involvement just as much as they are to their studies.”
https://vicu.utoronto.ca/news/graduating-award-recipients/
