Ryann Taylor '26 conducting soil tests within a test site. Photo provided by subject.

Archaeology and geology major directs research on-site in Guatemala for summer internship

Ryann Taylor ’26, an archaeology and geology major and religious studies minor at The College of Wooster, spent the summer at the archaeological site of […]

Photo courtesy Matt Dilyard.

Religious Studies Connections course creates sense of belonging

A .25-credit course may seem dwarfish in the grand scheme of a liberal arts education at The College of Wooster, but the religious studies […]

Des Smith ’25, Sydney Berenson ’25, Professor Olivia Navarro-Farr, Teagan Knutson ’25, and Maura Ellenberger ’25 reconnected on campus after researching together in Guatemala.

Four archeology students share I.S. research journey in Guatemala

In more than 20 years of archaeological research with Proyecto Arqueológico Waka’ (PAW), Olivia Navarro-Farr, professor of anthropology and archaeology and chair of archaeology […]

Amy Melena '16

Sociology alumna builds community through urban farming

Amy Melena ’16 came to The College of Wooster with no knowledge or interest in farming, but she did know she wanted to do […]

For the Leadership Across Boarders Workshop Cline traveled to Corrymeela, a coastal community in Ballycastle, Ireland, dedicated to peacebuilding and promoting reconciliation. While she was there, she visited Giant's Causeway and the rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede.

Alaina Cline ’25 gains intercultural competencies and conflict mediation skills at inaugural Leaders Across Borders workshop

At a time when violence is erupting across the globe, Alaina Cline ’25 participated in an inaugural gathering of young global leaders learning how […]

Mark Bergen ’07

Mark Bergen ’07 publishes book on YouTube

Mark Bergen ’07, a technology reporter for Bloomberg News, published Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, the first book to […]

Joy E. Bronson '07

Vocation for All Voices: UMC Reverend chooses joy to equip congregations and transform community-building relationships

Joy E. Bronson ’07 insisted from a young age that she wouldn’t be following in her father’s and grandfather’s footsteps as a pastor because […]

Kelsey Stone

Intersecting interests in biology and religious studies inspire examination of how consumption affects success

Combining biology and religious studies, two fields that would seem to be at odds with each other, into one Independent Study project as a […]

Kelli Baxstrom ’16

Geology alumna researches landslides after natural disasters

As a geologist for the United States Geological Survey, Kelli Baxstrom ’16 put much of the expertise learned from her time at The College […]

Christina Bowerman ’13

Service year adviser for City Year connects with Wooster students

Christina Bowerman ’13 supports future City Year members including Keira Wright ’21

Camille Carr ’22

Religious studies major writes children’s book about sibling with a life-limiting illness

Camille Carr ’22 draws from personal experience in ‘Bev and Lil’

Bhakti Mamtora, assistant professor of religious and South Asian Studies

Bhakti Mamtora reflects on fieldwork experience in ‘Fieldwork in Religion’

Religious Studies and South Asian studies professor makes a case for intellectual humility

Wooster Mourns the Passing of Emeritus Professor L. Gordon Tait

World War II veteran, Harvard graduate, Presbyterian minister was a 35-year member of faculty

David Roush

Wooster Alum Recognized With National Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Highest Honor

David Roush ’71 named winner of NCCHC’s Award of Merit

Wooster Senior Earns Top Prize at Regional Conference of the American Academy of Religion

Emma Folkenroth awarded “Best Undergraduate Paper” for her original scholarship

Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson ’94

Major: Religious Studies Job Title: Teacher, The Breck School When Rob Johnson graduated from the Breck School in Minneapolis and headed off to college, […]

Wooster Event

Fall Academy of Religion Celebrates a Half Century of Discussions

Annual lecture series at The College of Wooster to study “Tikkun Olam: To Heal a Broken World”

Wooster Students Shine Spotlight on Two Unsung Heroes

Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. and Virginia Hall both fought for freedom