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The
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology
Student
Life - Facilities
 The
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology campus is a
beautiful, tranquil place. A cluster of stone buildings
surround a grassy, landscaped campus. These buildings
may look historical, but they house up-to-date facilities.
The library, Coburn Hall, (chapel) and the Cokesbury
Campus bookstore offer students ideal environments for
study, research, and spiritual contemplation. School
of Theology students also have privileges at the VUU
Wilder Library, which houses a special 5,000-volume
collection of African-American history and literature.
 Housing
On-campus
housing is available for single students and/or married
students living alone in Richmond. Each room has a private
bathroom with shower and is equipped with telephone
and cable access. Students form a House Council to ensure
that dorm life is harmonious and that the residential
community has a medium for social, spiritual, and housekeeping
concerns. In addition to a TV lounge, Kingsley Hall
is equipped with one full kitchen with a refrigerator,
and a kitchenette with one refrigerator and a freezer
for student use.
Students
maintain their own cable and long distance telephone accounts.
Meal plans are available through the undergraduate food
service or with Union/PSCE food service. Married students
who are accompanied by their spouses may secure housing
in one of the many residential areas located around the
city.
 The
William Smith Morton Library
Our William Smith Morton Library has been acclaimed
as one of the leading theological libraries in the U.S.
Containing 295,000 volumes and subscribing to some 1,400
religious and secular periodicals, magazines, and newspapers,
the library also offers reading rooms, stack spaces, individual
carrels, and seminar rooms. Combined with the collections
at the VUU's Wilder library, our uncommonly large resources
in Black Studies are widely used by educators, clergy,
and laity alike.
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Abner Coburn
Hall Abner
Coburn Hall provides a spiritual center for both graduate
and undergraduate students of Virginia Union University. This
beautiful Virginia granite structure with its original stained
glass window houses the Allix B. James Chapel. Students are
expected to attend services here on Wednesday mornings for
day students and Saturday mornings for Non-Traditional Hours
students. Chapel services afford students, faculty, and staff
an opportunity for worship and prayer as an academic community,
and many find Chapel the highlight of the academic week. Filled
with singing, prayer, and, of course, good preaching, chapel
services also expose the student body to a variety of preaching
models. The Worship Committee invites faculty members to preach
in the fall and community ministers in the spring.
Cokesbury
Campus Bookstore Our
recently remodeled bookstore is conveniently located and strives
to be a real working partner in the educational process. It
offers a complete selection of textbooks and a wide variety
of volumes with an academic and/or professional focus. All
faculty and students receive a 20% discount on most books.
Open during business hours most of the year, the bookstore
extends its hours during the beginning of the term and during
special events on campus.
Life Changes/Outcomes
Graduates
of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology leave the
institution prepared to share their faith in a wide variety
of ways. Whether they choose to go into Pastoral Work or become
Community Service Professionals, our graduates are ready for
the challenge. They leave with a firm foundation of both theological
theory and hands-on experience in the field that shapes them
into excellent ministers of the Christian faith.
To assist
graduates in preparation of their resumes and to facilitate
responses to position announcements received from churches,
para-church organizations, denominations, and other related
organizations, the School has established the seminary Placement
Office. All students are invited to submit their resumes to
the seminary Placement Office, which makes every effort to
assist students in the preparation of their resumes by providing
resume guides.
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