Go All the Way to Success!

Dear Students, Staff and Ecumenical Partners, As we enter the final days of the very First Semester at UTI, we celebrate our common successes and experiences that have deepened our knowledge of the Word of God, expanded our horizons and allowed us to make connections with others who have challenged our assumptions even as we wrestle with deep questions.

UTI students prepared set for exams

As an intellectual community with commitment to service, we have considered how what we learn in classrooms and our various denominations help shape our dispositions academically. 

At this point, on the part of our students, we also recognize that stress is an inevitable part of exams and many members of our community have experienced extra stress this time because of the troubling events across the country, on college campuses and around the world. These upsetting occurrences have not only evoked a plurality of theological discuss in class about issues bothering on the sanctity of life, sense of the secred among other issues bedeviling our nation and how theology can frontally investigate and address these perspectives. 

The conversations have been enlightening and important, yet also difficult, raising issues that are challenging to discuss, even as they are vitally important to our existence and nationhood. We will definitely continue these conversations, engaging respectfully with one another and listening with empathy as we strive to move our College closer to its founding vision. 

As president, I am committed to that vision and will continue to work each day, with each of you toward its realization. During these final days of the semester, I encourage you to reach out for help and support if you feel stressed up by physical or emotional distractions interfering with your ability to prepare your exams. I wish you all great success in your exams and greater accomplishments as we conclude the semester. 

I wish you all an enjoyable restful first semester break.  

To our Chairman and Advisory Board Members, the Chancellor, Grand Patron, Patrons, Ecumenical Partners and all great friends of UTI, we appreciate your show of love and support. God bless you all. 

Fr. Calixtus Oke (Assoct. Prof.) President/Rector, UTI 05/06/2021