HJI Program Draft

48TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT May 25, 2024 4 W 43rd Street, NY, New York

HJ INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dr. Franco Famularo, Chair Dr. Christine Hempowicz, Vice Chair Rev. Richard Buessing Rev. Demian Dunkley Mr. Steven Jares Dr. Michael Jenkins Dr. Markus Karr Dr. Ki Hoon Kim Prof. William D. Lay Dr. Thomas Walsh

PRESIDENT'S CABINET Dr. Thomas Walsh

President

Dr. Thomas Ward

Provost

Dr. Frank LaGrotteria

Vice President for Administration

Dr. Keisuke Noda

Associate Provost

Ms. Ute Delaney

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Registrar

Mr. Steven Boyd

Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Life

Ms. Sarah Alexander

Director of Institutional Research

Ms. Angelika Buczynski

Executive Assistant to the President; Director of Special Projects

HJI founders Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon

MISSION STATEMENT HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership provides advanced academic and professional education for current and future leaders of the Unification community and all faiths, that seeks to enhance their relationship with God, their effectiveness in ministry, public leadership, and interreligious peacebuilding. As a home of thought, we strive to foster deeper understanding, contextualization and application of the Unification worldview within a world of diverse faiths.

ABOUT HJI HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership (HJI) was founded in September 1975 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han. Interreligious encounters have been a central component of the school’s history and vision and in recent years HJI has been committed to interreligious peacebuilding.

On February 14, 2023, HJI received approval from the New York State Department of Education to change its name from Unification Theological Seminary to HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership.

HJI prepares its graduate for professional careers in the ministry and in public leadership. HJI serves as the Home of Thought for the teachings of Unificationism.

While at HJI, all students master the teachings of Christian tradition and learn about the core underpinnings of the World Religions. HJI confers four accredited graduate degrees: Doctor of Ministry, Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Peace Studies and Master of Arts in Religious Studies.

HJI has stregthened its developments under the leadership of Presidents David S.C. Kim (1975-1994); Theodore Shimmyo (1994-2000); Tyler Hendricks (2000-10); Richard Panzer (2010-15); Hugh Spurgin (2015-19); and Thomas Ward (2019-22).

Dr. Thomas Walsh was appointed the seventh HJI President in May 2022.

ORDER OF CEREMONY

Procession

Trustees, President, Provost, Faculty, and Graduation Candidates

Mace Bearer

Dr. Michael Mickler Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies

Opening Remarks

Dr. Thomas Walsh President, HJI

Invocation

Dr. Franco Famularo Chair, Board of Trustees

The National Anthem

Mr. Raul Joseph

Emcee

Mr. Steven Boyd Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Life

Special Remarks

Rev. Demian Dunkley Chairman and President, Family Federation USA

Introduction to Amb. Joseph DeTrani

Dr. Michael Jenkins President, UPF International

Conferral of Honorary Doctorate

Dr. Thomas Walsh

Commencement Address

Amb. Joseph DeTrani Former Special Envoy, Six Party Talks with North Korea

ORDER OF CEREMONY

Presentation of the Master Degree and Certificate Candidates

Dr. Keisuke Noda Associate Provost

Presentation of the Doctoral Degree Candidates

Dr. Drissa Kone Chair, Doctor of Ministry Program

Conferring of Degrees

Dr. Thomas Walsh

Congratulatory Remarks

Dr. Thomas Walsh

Graduate Responses

Mr. John Koester MA in Peace Studies TBD 2nd Graduate Response TBD

Theta Alpha Kappa Inductees

Dr. Thomas Ward Provost

Public Leadership and Distinguished Service Awards

Mr. Steven Boyd

Closing Musical Offering

Mr. Raul Joseph

Benediction

Dr. Christine Hempowicz Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Recessional

AMB. JOSEPH DETRANI Former Special Envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea

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Ambassador DeTrani is the former Special Envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization from 2003-2006. He was an Associate Director of National Intelligence and the Mission Manager for North Korea (2006-2010) and the Director of the National Counterproliferation Center and a senior adviser to the Director of National Intelligence (2010-2012).

Ambassador DeTrani was a member of the Senior Executive Service at the Central Intelligence Agency; Director of East Asia Operations, Director of European Operations, Director of the Office of Technical Services, Director of Public Affairs and Director of the Crime and Narcotics Center. He was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a recipient of the Commandant’s Award and a Distinguished Military Graduate from New York University.

Ambassador DeTrani was president of Intelligence and National Security Alliance and president of the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security. He’s a professor at Missouri State University’s Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies and on the Advisory Boards of Sandia National Laboratories and the National Security Agency. He is a moderator for the Washington Brief, a national security webinar, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Committee on North Korea and a fellow at the Institute of Corean American Studies. He received numerous government awards and awards from foreign partners. Ambassador DeTrani has published and spoken publicly about North Korea, China, East Asia, the Middle East, international crime and narcotics trafficking and nuclear nonproliferation.

Candidates for Graduation Master of Arts in Religious Studies Degree Bruna Allen Primitivo Alvarez Athanasius Francis Catalan Mark Lincoln Master of Religious Education Degree David Rosenblum Jim Dougherty Linda Zochol Master of Arts in Peace Studies Degree Ek Nath Dhakal John Koester Mélanie Komagata Marlies Ladstaetter Avo Martinson Brayan Rueda Solano Samat Zinullin Master of Divinity Degree Eduardo Busque Certificate in Unification Leadership Christina Miyake Doctor of Ministry Degree Oommen Abraham Prasad Abraham Silvana Colmenares Alice Fleisher Edred McNair Marivir Montebon Auxilio Nabiyah Yehuda Harbin

THETA ALPHA KAPPA INDUCTEES

NEED NEW LIST New Student Members Oomen Abraham Kenneth Alexander Katarina Connery Mika Deshotel Robert Duffy Dale Hoffman Muriel Iturralde Alhassan Kamagtey Mark Lincoln Radomir Stantchev

Graduating Inductees Mari Curry Evelyn Gasatan Sungmi Holdhus Kaeleigh Moffitt Natascha Phillips Roland Platt Bruce Sutchar

Faculty and Honorary Recipients Frank LaGrotteria Steven Jares

FACULTY Drissa Kone Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Ministry Michael L. Mickler Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Keisuke Noda Professor of Philosophy

Thomas G. Walsh Professor of Religion and Peace Thomas J. Ward Professor of Peace and Development Studies Andrew Wilson Professor of Scriptural Studies

ADJUNCT FACULTY Steven Boyd Lecturer in Management

Jacob David Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ministry and Homiletics

Luonne Abram Rouse Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ministry

Ronald Brown Adjunct Associate Professor of World Religions

Demian Dunkley Lecturer in Ministry

William Selig Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry

Demetrius Carolina Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ministry

Frank Kaufmann Adjunct Assistant Professor of Interfaith Ministry

Charles Chesnavage Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religious Education

William Lay Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Human Security

Andrew Compton Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ministry Mari Curry Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ministry

Christina Miyake Lecturer in Korean Language Claude Perrottet Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Jennifer Tanabe Adjunct Assistant Professor of Educational Assessment Basil Ugorji Adjunst Associate Professor Robert Wagner Lecturer in Information Literacy Lynn Walsh Lecturer in Family Counseling

FACULTY EMERITI Tyler O. Hendricks Professor of Ministry, Emeritus

Theodore T. Shimmyo Professor of Theology, Emeritus

Joseph McMahon Professor of Education and Philosophy, Emeritus

Kathy Winings Professor of Religious Education and Ministry, Emerita

STAFF Sarah Alexander

Director, Office of Institutional Research

Angelika Buczynski

Executive Assistant to the President, and Director of Special Projects

Steven Boyd

Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Life

Henry Christopher

Chief Administrator of Financial Aid, SEVIS, and Admissions Records

Thomas Delaney

Assistant Registrar

Ute Delaney

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Registrar

Mika Deshotel

Associate Dean of Student Life

Miyoung Eaton

Administrative Assistant to the Vice President

Drissa Kone

Director of Doctor of Ministry Program

Frank LaGrotteria

Vice President for Administration

Karen Mathew

Administrative Assistant; Faculty Secretary

Keisuke Noda

Associate Provost

Emiljun Rapada

Bursar

Kenneth Sohn

Director of Information Technology

Robert Wagner

Library Director

Frank Zochol

Director of Finances

Thomas Walsh

President

Thomas Ward

Provost