Providence University College and Theological Seminary recently held its spring graduation exercises, beginning on Wednesday, April 18 and concluding on Sunday, April 22.
In total, 175 students graduated from the school’s programs this year, including 44 Master of Art degrees, 45 Bachelor of Arts degrees, six Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, and 43 Certificate of TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language).
Although most graduates attended school at the school’s main campus in Otterburne, nine students from Finland and one from Greenland earned their Diploma in Biblical Counselling through a Providence program offered in Finland.
Every year, Providence bestows an honorary Doctorate of Divinity, and the 2018 recipient is Rev. Dr. Samson Hkalam, the top administrator of a 400,000-member Christian denomination in Myanmar.
“Rev. Dr. Samson Hkalam has more to teach me than I have to teach him,” remarked Providence President Dr. David Johnson last November at a special ceremony in Myitkyinam, a city in northern Myanmar. “He is truly an example of who a Christian is and what a Christian does.”
This year’s speaker at the seminary graduation ceremony on April 21 was Patrick Franklin, an experienced pastor and expert in Trinitarian theology, ecclesiology, ethics, and theology of culture. He is also the editor of Providence’s peer-reviewed academic journal, Didaskalia.
