Student Organizations

Each student who enrolls at CTS brings her or his own interests and lived experiences to the Seminary. In many cases, there are organizations and programs that fit the needs and interests of most students. Here are just a few of the currently active student organizations at CTS:

La Organización de Estudiantes Latinas y Latinos

La Organización de Estudiantes Latinas y Latinos is committed to serving as a foundation of support for Latino/a students, sharing the gifts of Latino/a cultures and sustaining a prophetic voice that calls the church and academy to fuller and mutual partnership and dialogue with the Latino/a community.

Dr. C. Shelby Rooks. Bill Johnson, courtesy of the U.C.C.Charles Shelby Rooks Society

The Charles Shelby Rooks Society honors the memory of the first African-American president to lead a predominantly white theological school. The student organization celebrates Diasporic ties to Africa, academic excellence, cultural, community, spiritual and social cognizance and activism. Dr. Charles Shelby Rooks was committed to theological education and the public responsibility of the church. A consistent advocate for the training of African American church leaders, Rooks brought renewed vision of mission and relationship to the local church.

Eco-Justice Student Group

The Eco-Justice Student Group celebrates the wonder of God’s varied creation and seeks to discern and articulate the relationships among ministry, social justice and environmental justices at CTS and throughout the wider community.

Heyward-Boswell Society

Heyward-Boswell Society serves as the outreach and support group for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community and their supporters at CTS. The society strives to bring its prophetic gifts of witness and education to bear in proclaiming God’s work in all lives, regardless of sexual orientation.

Korean Student Organization

The Korean Student Organization brings an international Korean perspective to theological discussion in the classroom and community. The group is committed to encouraging academic integrity and to bearing public witness to the shared yearning for a reunified North and South Korea.

Seminarians for Worker Justice

Seminarians for Worker Justice participates in a national network of interfaith student groups who confront workplace inequalities. They encourage faith communities to be stronger advocates for justice in society, help workers and unions in their efforts to organize, and encourage faculties to include issues of economic justice in the classroom.

International Student Organization

The International Student Organization provides hospitality and otherwise assists students who have come from outside the U.S. to study at CTS. It also promotes intercultural awareness within the CTS community