For Kocher, chaplaincy should gracefully engage questions of difference
The Rev. Craig Kocher is a Chapel Hill, N.C., native, a charismatic minister and a sports fan who wants to become the next chaplain for the University of Richmond.
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The Rev. Craig Kocher is a Chapel Hill, N.C., native, a charismatic minister and a sports fan who wants to become the next chaplain for the University of Richmond.
The first of two candidates for the university's chaplain position spoke to about 60 students, faculty and alumni Tuesday afternoon, citing his vision for the chaplaincy as a place where all students would feel welcomed and supported.
University officials announced early Tuesday morning that the Rev. Linda Morgan-Clement, chaplain and director of interfaith campus ministry at The College of Wooster in Ohio, is the second finalist for the University of Richmond's permanent chaplain position.
President Edward Ayers said late Monday that the search for a permanent chaplain to the University of Richmond has been narrowed to two candidates, neither of whom are Acting Chaplain Kate O'Dwyer Randall, an announcement that casts uncertainty on the future role of one of the university's most revered and visible leaders.
Correction Appended
To the UR students who showed their support for the appointment of Acting Chaplain Kate O'Dwyer Randall to the permanent position of Chaplain to the University of Richmond in a petition circulated at the end of last semester, congratulations. Some have called the student body of UR apathetic. It appears they have been proven wrong. Five hundred and fifty. That's how many of you signed the petition. More than 20 percent of the entire student body. When it comes down to something we care about, we get fired up.
A New York University law school professor and author spoke to a crowd of students, staff and community members last week about how society forces members of the GLBTQ community and all minority groups to "cover" distinguishing personal qualities that set them apart.
A female student reported being raped on campus on Jan. 12 and is choosing not to press charges, University of Richmond police said.
It was 1974 when David Burhans became the university's first chaplain, charged by then-President E. Bruce Heilman with attending to the spiritual needs of the university community. The Office of the Chaplaincy was born.
Acting Chaplain Kate O'Dwyer Randall considers herself to be in the mold of the new face of the Roman Catholic Church — a mold that is moving away from the traditional seams and toward a different understanding of the world through a greater exposure to diversity. O'Dwyer Randall could definitely be described as non-traditional, she said.
The University of Richmond's Office of the Chaplaincy started the new semester with new staff members and a myriad of ideas to bring students back to the chaplaincy.
Whether he was unsuccessfully attempting to dye his hair red with Kool-Aid or writing interesting words he heard that day all over his hands and arms, Michael Robertson kept his friends laughing.
With the start of the new semester came a new home for the Bonner Scholars Program. After its students launched a letter-writing campaign last semester, the program moved from the Office of the Chaplaincy to the Center for Civic Engagement.