Candler School of Theology will open the 2020 spring semester with a convocation service on Tuesday, January 14 at 11:05 a.m. in Cannon Chapel. Rebecca Chopp, chancellor emerita and professor of religion at the University of Denver, will give the convocation address.
Chopp was a professor of systematic theology at Candler from 1986-2000, and also served the school as dean of faculty and academic affairs from 1995 to 1997, and Emory University as provost and executive vice president from 1997 to 2000. She went on to serve as president of Colgate University and Swarthmore College, and most recently as chancellor of the University of Denver.