Linda Chisholm commencement speaker at Trinity University of Asia
Episcopal News Service. April 4, 2007 [040407-04]
Linda A. Chisholm, founder and past president of the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership (IPSL), was the commencement speaker and recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, at Trinity University of Asia (Philippines) on March 30, 2007.
Chisholm, who retired from IPSL on January 1, 2006, holds a Ph.D. in History and Higher Education Research from Columbia University; and a B.A. in History and M.A. in Renaissance and Reformation History from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been awarded the D.D. (Hon) from General Theological Seminary; Doctor of Human Letters from Cuttington University College in Liberia; and a University Fellowship from the University of Surrey in Roehampton, England.
Chisholm served as president of the Association of Episcopal Colleges (AEC) from 1987 to 2000 and was the founder and first general secretary of Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC).
Trinity University of Asia is a member of both the AEC and CUAC and host of one of IPSL's undergraduate international service-learning programs.
Further information on Trinity University of Asia is available here.