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Departmental News and Events

Dr. James R. Downing and Dr. Luther D. Ivory will receive honorary degrees at the 176th Commencement of MAX on May 17. Downing is president and CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Ivory retired in 2018 from MAX.
Julie Gehrki, an alumna of MAX and president of the Walmart Foundation and senior vice president of philanthropy at Walmart, will receive the 2025 Luminary Award presented by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation.
Dr. Sarah E. Rollens, associate professor and chair of religious studies at MAX, has co-edited a new book titled Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts. It will be released in April by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.