Waukesha—(April 24, 2014)—Carroll University announced the keynote speaker for its Commencement Ceremony that will take place Sunday, May 11. The Reverend Dr. Deborah Block is a 1974 Carroll graduate who is an ordained minister. She now serves as the pastor and head of staff at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee, WI.
“Dr. Block is both an excellent choice and timely to speak at this year’s commencement. Our university’s theme for the 2013-2014 academic year is humanity and she demonstrates that in her everyday life,” said Doug Hastad, president of Carroll University.
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A few years after graduation, Dr. Block began her ordained ministry in 1978. She continued her education and received a master’s degree from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1977, and a doctorate from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1989.
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Currently, Dr. Block is a member of the Carroll University Board of Trustees, and chairs the board of trustees of McCormick Seminary. She has written for a new lectionary commentary series titled “Feasting on the Word,” and the companion “Feasting on the Gospels” (2014). Dr. Block is also the contributor to “Celebrating Our Call: Ordination Stories of Presbyterian Women” (2006), “Proclaiming the Great Ends of the Church” (2010), and “A Spiritual Life: Poets, Prophets, and Preachers” (2011).
Dr. Block is part of a Carroll legacy family. Both of her parents graduated from the university in 1950-51, and her brother is an alum who graduated in 1976. In 2012, Dr. Block and her brother traveled to Ribe, Kenya, to celebrate The Carroll Water Project and the dedication of a school built in their mother’s memory.
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Carroll University was incorporated in 1846, making it Wisconsin’s first four-year institution of higher learning. The independent, co-educational comprehensive university is grounded in the liberal arts tradition, and offers 61 undergraduate programs, eight graduate programs, and a clinical doctorate in physical therapy. For more information, visit www.carrollu.edu, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
