Duke Divinity School celebrated over 150 graduating students at the 2026 Baccalaureate Service on May 9 in Duke Chapel. Other events included Closing Convocation, an academic awards ceremony, and Graduate Cross services.
The first graduating class has completed the Hispanic Latino/a Pastoral Initiative Certificate in Theology, a program that provides online training in Spanish and Portuguese to pastors and church leaders from across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the U.S.
Alma Tinoco Ruiz Named ACC Leadership Fellow
Professor Tinoco Ruiz will serve as a fellow in the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network program, developing as a leader with faculty peers from across the ACC.
Nearly three years into the grant-funded initiative, Duke Divinity School’s Transformative Preaching Lab focuses on building community to support pastors as they address challenging topics in their preaching.
The Women's Center, established 50 years ago at Duke Divinity School, serves as both a healing place for women-identifying people and as an educational space for everyone in the Divinity School community.
The grant from the Lilly Endowment's Compelling Preaching Initiative will help launch the Transformative Preaching Lab to prepare theologically informed and culturally competent preachers.
New director of Hispanic House of Studies and homiletics lecturer Alma Tinoco Ruiz on the call to faith, reconciliation, and unity.
A dynamic cohort of new faculty strengthens our community with their interdisciplinary experience and theological expertise.