The Board of Regents of Trinity International University (TIU) has unanimously appointed Eric Halvorson, current Dean of Trinity Law School, as President of the University, effective January 27, 2026. Halvorson will continue to serve as Dean of Trinity Law School. Halvorson previously served as Dean of Trinity Law School from
Trinity International University has completed the sale of its Bannockburn campus property. The transaction closed this week with a private real estate investment entity. The sale of the Bannockburn property is part of a broader set of actions the University has been taking to support long-term institutional sustainability and mission
DEERFIELD, IL – December 8, 2025 – The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) will be relocating and joining LeTourneau University (LeTourneau) in Longview, Texas. LeTourneau is acquiring CBHD from TIU through a grant transfer, effective January 1, with the goal of furthering CBHD’s vital mission and launching a
BANNOCKBURN, IL, June 18, 2025 — Dr. Tite Tiénou, the Tite Tiénou Chair of Global Theology and World Christianity, Research Professor of Theology of Mission, and Dean Emeritus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), received the honorific title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de l’Étalon from the government of Burkina Faso
DEERFIELD, Ill., June 10, 2025 — Trinity International University (TIU) announced that Dr. David W. Pao, current dean of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), has been appointed interim president of the university, effective July 1, 2025. The appointment follows the work of the TIU Presidential Search Committee, which had identified
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Wilson Jeremiah By Gabriela Clarke Meet Wilson Jeremiah, a third-year PhD student in the Systematic Theology program at TEDS. who works at Southeast Asia Bible Seminary as a lecturer of theological studies. He is using his TEDS education to fulfill his calling of training up fellow pastor-theologians in Indonesia.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Gary R. Collins (1934–2021) on Dec. 13. Gary was the founder of Trinity’s counseling program, when Kenneth Kanzer tapped him in the mid-1960s to launch the program at TEDS. It began with one course in the MDiv curriculum and
Eddie Copeland (MA ’11) As early as he can remember, Eddie’s life was marked by turmoil. Even in elementary school, he was painfully aware of the brokenness in his parents’ marriage, and the church’s reaction to their pain. Rather than offering counsel, empathy, support, or understanding, Eddie watched the
Trinity International University has received a $998,020 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., to help Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) explore the ways in which it can better form students for ministry in its newly launched remote Master of Divinity (MDiv) program. The project is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways
Trinity International University has received a grant of $1,250,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc., to help Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) continue to work with Christian congregations as they reimagine their approaches for reaching out to and nurturing the religious lives of young adults (ages 23–29). Over the past five years,