Certificate Programs and Other Study Options
The GTU offers a variety of certificate programs designed for students who either want to explore theological study for a year before embarking upon a degree program, or who want to add an additional area of expertise to their degree. For some this is for a discernment opportunity, for others a way to enhance learning. As these are graduate certificates, students entering must hold an accredited bachelor's degree. All applicants must submit official transcripts from institutions in which a degree was earned to the Admissions office. International students who have not earned a degree from...
certificate programCertificate in Interreligious StudiesCertificate in Interreligious ChaplaincyInterreligious Chaplaincy Program
GTU at 50
From the President June 2012 Dear Friends, In September of 1962, visionaries from differing Christian traditions came together to form the Graduate Theological Union in order that they might accomplish more together than separately. When I did my doctoral work in ethics at the GTU in the early '80s, and in my teaching years after that, we leaned on the perspectives of thinkers who had gone before. Certainly ethicists have always asked the normative questions about what is right and good. That hasn't changed. But our scholarly analysis in the Christian tradition then was primarily drawn...
50th anniversaryGTU history
General Information Students must be in a degree program to cross-register for a UCB course. For further information, see the GTU/UCB Cross-registration agreement. If you encounter problems or questions in the process, please contact John Seal, GTU Consortial Registrar (510/649-2462). UCB Course Schedule https://classes.berkeley.edu Deadlines & Important Dates The Friday of the first week of the semester at noon is the deadline for filing the Cross Registration form in the GTU Consortial Registrar's Office. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this deadline. Cross-...
<<first <<previous 1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-present next>> last>> Flora Lamson Hewlett and the Hewlett Family The Library serves as the academic core and the physical center of the shared effort that comprises the GTU. The building remains an architectural gem, serving all students of the consortium and members of wider community. This critical building would not have been possible without the lead gift from the Hewlett Family Foundation in honor of Flora Lamson Hewlett. Flora Lamson Hewlett was born in 1914. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1935 with a degree in...
50th anniversaryGTU historyPeople
1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-present next>> last>> John Dillenberger (Dean '63-'69, President '67-'71) John Dillenberger was integral to the GTU's creation. Born in 1918, he was a Dean of the Faculty at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He served as the GTU's dean from 1964 to 1969 and as its first president from 1967 to 1972. He would later serve again as Acting President from 1999-2000. He also served the GTU as Acting Library Director. At the GTU, he was a professor of historical theology, particularly interested in the history of science. Much of his academic...
GTU history50th anniversaryPeople
<<first <<previous 1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-present next>> last>> Bishop John Cummins John Stephen Cummins, a native to Berkeley, was born in 1928 to Irish immigrants. He began to study for the priesthood at St. Joseph's College in Mountainview, California, graduating in 1949. He attended seminary at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California, graduating in 1953 with an MDiv. He was ordained in 1953 and began to serve at Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco. His brother Bernard also became a priest and would later become superintendent of the schools...
<<first <<previous 1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-present John Weiser John has been involved with the GTU since 1998, and was Chairman of our Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2007. Among his many efforts to ensure the GTU's academic, programmatic, administrative, and financial success, he endowed a Presidential Scholarship, and helped launch the capital campaign with a major gift; helped draft the Common Agreement between member schools and the GTU; and spearheaded the committee to find GTU President James A. Donahue. He embodied the GTU's interfaith mission by creating an...
GTU historyPeople50th anniversary
<<first <<previous 1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-present next>> last>> Glenn R. Bucher (President '92-'99) Glenn Bucher was President of the Graduate Theological Union from 1992 to 1999. He received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and philosophy from Elizabethtown College, the M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary and the Ph.D. in the sociology of religion from Boston University. From 1999-2005 he was Executive Director of The Boyer Center at Messiah College. Previously, Dean of Faculty at The College of Wooster and Professor of Religious Studies at Howard University (...
50th Anniversary Honorees
Many, many people were instrumental to the success of the GTU during its first 50 years. The GTU created this space in 2012 to honor the contributions of the most seminal figures of the GTU's first half-decade. You can also view key figures in GTU history by decade: 1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-2012 In addition, for our 50th anniversary in 2012, each member school choose one person who embodies the spirit of the GTU to be recognized for a lifetime of contributions in service of the GTU. John Dillenberger (Dean '63-'69, President '67-'71) John Dillenberger was...
A Timeline of the GTU's First 50 Years
This timeline, created in celebration of the GTU's 50th anniversary in 2012, highlights the milestones in the GTU story and notable figures who played a unique role in shaping the path of the GTU during its first 50 years.
(-) Remove Riess Potterveld filter Riess Potterveld
(-) Remove Basic Page filter Basic Page
(-) Remove Cal Cross-Registration filter Cal Cross-Registration
(-) Remove GTU history filter GTU history
(-) Remove certificate program filter certificate program
Emergency Procedures (2) Apply Emergency Procedures filter
Inauguration (2) Apply Inauguration filter
University of California Berkeley (2) Apply University of California Berkeley filter
Campus safety (1) Apply Campus safety filter
Harassment (1) Apply Harassment filter
James Lawrence (1) Apply James Lawrence filter
Lauren Guerra (1) Apply Lauren Guerra filter
Title IX (1) Apply Title IX filter