A major topic of conversation at the faculty and staff retreat in September was preparing for the transition to a fully hybrid staffing model to match the fully hybrid educational model now in place at CDSP. Starting in July 2025, employees will be able to live anywhere in the United States, traveling to the four […]
Before joining the Episcopal Church, Alyssa Sali ‘26 spent ten years in Jalisco, Mexico, supporting short-term missionaries and raising two children. In her recent chat on Crossings Conversations, she shares about growing up in evangelical traditions, attending Wheaton College, and eventually finding a church that checked the boxes on “a big, long list” of justice and hospitality commitments. Listen […]
The fall semester is off and running. CDSP faculty and staff gathered September 3–6 in Berkeley for a time of focused planning about the coming academic year and beyond. The group’s agenda including time for community building, an update on the school’s budget process and outlook for the next few years, and conversations about preparing […]
In our most recent issue of Crossings magazine, we invited members of the Class of ‘24 and Class of ‘25 to reflect about living and learning on the CDSP campus. Here’s some of what they said. Briefly share the story of a favorite campus memory… For the Feast of the Presentation, Chaplain Steve Hassett needed […]
Among the many blessings of this school year has been my growing awareness that I am surrounded by a sea of grief. In the midst of all the exciting future-oriented work we are doing at CDSP is the parallel reality that we are also losing things. Our residential program is closing; we are leaving the […]
On Tuesday, July 9, Church Divinity School of the Pacific announced the appointment of the Rev. Deborah Jackson, DMin, to the new position of associate dean of formation and recruitment. She will oversee the community-based spiritual development of CDSP’s student body, continue to develop and support the seminary’s groundbreaking post-graduation curacy program, and work with […]