Duke Divinity School celebrated its 98th Baccalaureate Service on May 11 with a total of 180 Duke Divinity School students graduating and celebrated graduates with a Closing Convocation Service and two Graduate Cross Services (hybrid and residential).

Several dozen Duke Divinity students learned about church governance, met with bishops, and expressed hope for their vocational call in a course to prepare for the United Methodist Church General Conference.

Promotion or appointment to full professor requires an extensive review and recommendation from faculty peers both inside and outside Duke and approval from academic leadership from the department or division, the school, and Duke University.

Warner, associate dean for Wesleyan engagement and hybrid programs, has been unanimously endorsed as a candidate for bishop by the Texas Annual Conference delegation of the United Methodist Church.