One of my former professors is being honored:
Eden Theological Seminary has created the Dr. Enoch Hammond Oglesby Endowed Scholarship to honor the contributions of the scholarship's namesake.
Oglesby has been a prominent theologian for decades. Having earned his doctorate from Boston University, Oglesby began his teaching at Eden in 1978, where he served on its faculty for almost 30 years.
Oglesby, a member of the African-American clergy community, has been instrumental in providing guidance to many theologians and pastors serving the African-American communities around the world. Oglesby has published more than 10 books and has been a keynote speaker at various conferences and events.
"I'm just so delighted that after a great deal of hard work and persistence, the first endowed scholarship in Eden's over 160-year history, created specifically to support our African American students, has been initiated," said the Rev. Dr. David Greenhaw, Eden's president. "Dr. Oglesby has meant so much to the Eden community — and the entire African-American community — that it's only fitting this scholarship be in his name."
Oglesby grew up in Earle, Ark., on a cotton farm. He followed his belief that education should be accessible to all and he worked to follow his call to higher education, which ultimately led him to Boston University.
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Eden Theological Seminary is a graduate school related to the United Church of Christ and is where I earned my Master of Divinity degree. Dr. Oglesby was a professor for two classes that I took. I believe he was the first African-American faculty member hired at Eden. Eden Theological Seminary, which today has a diverse faculty and student body, admitted an African-American student for the first time in 1933.
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