MTSO and Seminary Hill Farm invite you to an evening gathering on the greenhouse patio of our 10-acre regenerative farm on Sept. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Enjoy feature farm-fresh hors d’oeuvres, live music by Tim Bachelor and Jeff Dickinson, a cooking demonstration by Chef William Summers, and tours of the farm. Get tickets to reserve your spot here.

View a video message from Seminary Hill Farm Manager Nate Detwiler.

Gregory Cuéllar, professor in the Ruth A. Campbell Chair of Biblical Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, will deliver MTSO’s Williams Institute Lectures Sept. 23 and 24.

Cuéllar’s first lecture, “Lamentations 1: Weaponizing Exile on Confiscated Bodies,” will take place at 7 p.m. Eastern Sept. 23. It will piece together the postcolonial traumatic layers of exile in Lamentations 1.

The second lecture, “Lamentations 2: Macabre Spectacles of Liquidated Bodies,” begins at 10 a.m. Eastern Sept. 24. In it, Cuéllar will evaluate the postcolonial traumatic response to imperial violence in Lamentations 2.

The lectures are open to all, no registration required. While MTSO events are best experienced live and in person, the Williams Institute also will be streamed live. More details are here.

Dunn Dining Hall, awaiting its makeover

Mark your calendars for MTSO’s annual Alumni Day, March 2, 2026. Though Alumni Day is typically held in the fall, it was shifted to spring due to renovations in Dunn Dining Hall.

Damage from the March 2024 tornado that struck campus revealed asbestos in the ceiling that hadn’t been found during past asbestos remediation efforts. While the remediation was completed quickly, replacing the dining hall’s uniquely contoured ceiling has proven to be a more time-consuming process.

Alumni Day will take place the day before the Schooler Institute on Preaching, scheduled for March 3 and 4 and led by HyeRan Kim-Cragg, principal of Emmanuel College of Victoria University at the University of Toronto.

We’ll share more details about Alumni Day in future editions of Campus View. Hope to see you there.

The start of Fall Semester brings new faces and new energy to campus. Here are a few photos capturing a busy start to the year.

From top to bottom:

• New students began the semester with a week-long intensive course, Practicing Ecotheology.
• Students, faculty and staff gathered for Opening Convocation.
• Lunch on the Lawn featured good food, fellowship and an ice cream truck.