Student Session
The Student Session of McCormick Welcomes you!
The Student Session at McCormick is a student organization seeking to serve the Masters level students and their families of McCormick Theological seminary through representation, communication, advocacy, and nurture. General concerns and questions can be sent to session@go.mccormick.edu
What We Do
The purpose of the Student Session is to:
Facilitate timely communication among students, faculty, administration, and the Board of Trustees; Foster open communication and mutual respect among various interest groups of the McCormick community; Respond to and serve as an advocate for needs and concerns of students; Encourage and enable participation of students in the life of the whole community, providing opportunities for nurture, growth, renewal, fellowship, and connectedness among students and their families.
Student session also seeks to provide opportunities for future church leaders to discuss styles and skills with those who have valuable knowledge of Church and Faith-Based Organization leadership. Student session is a chance to practice some of the skills we learn in seminary before we are out on our own in ministry.
Who We Are:
Student Session Representatives
Senior Class
Jeannine Oakes, joakes@go.mccormick.edu
Jon Phillips (Executive Council, Clerk), jphillips@go.mccormick.edu
Alex Wirth (Co-Moderator, Board of Trustees), awirth@go.mccormick.edu
Middler Class
Matthew Downey (Executive Council), mdowney@go.mccormick.edu
Kristin Riegel (Co-Moderator), kriegel@go.mccormick.edu
Angela Ryo, eryo@go.mccormick.edu
Junior Representatives:
Mario Amaro, marioamaro@go.mccormick.edu
Wes Pitts, wespitts@go.mccormick.edu
Peter Shin, petershin@go.mccormick.edu
Group Representatives
Acts 10:15: Tracy Nolan, tnolan@go.mccormick.edu
A.E.L.M.: Jesus Marquez, jmarques@go.mccormick.edu
Anti-Racism: TBA
Board of Trustees: Tracy Nolan, tnolan@go.mccormick.edu
Commuters: Doreen Sterba Dezur, dsterba@go.mccormick.edu
Ecojustice: Ryan Wallace, rwallace@go.mccormick.edu
Global Community: Jungjae Lee, jlee2@go.mccormick.edu
Herald: Joe Medearis, jmedearis@go.mccormick.edu
K.A.S.A.: Sangho Lee, slee1@go.mccormick.edu
P.A.S.O.: Darice Wright, dwright@go.mccormick.edu
Peacemakers: TBA
Residence Life: Jeniffer Rodriguez, jrodriguez@go.mccormick.edu
Women in Ministry: Sylvia Miller, smiller@go.mccormick.edu
Session Meetings and Events
Student Session wants to see as many McCormick students at our meetings as possible. Everyone is Welcome! This year we are going to change some things to make that happen. Our meetings will be based on the Open Table discussion model...more of a gathering than a meeting, more driven by discussion than an agenda, more about learning and equipping than action items and to do lists. Plus FREE DINNER!!! These gatherings take place in the Buchanan Lounge from 4:00-6:00pm. Watch for future meeting dates in your emails. We will talk about how to be a leader here at McCormick as well as how to be a leader in the changing and exciting church we will minister in after seminary.
Monthly Meetings
When possible, the Session meets the first Monday of every month from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Yearly Events
Each year the Student Session plans events that provide fellowship opportunities. Annual events include a Fall Retreat, an Advent Dinner in December as well as our school year-end celebration, "Feast Of Fools." More detailed information will be posted in the Herald and e-mailed to students as events approach.
