Student Life

 From clubs and activities to our student-run coffee shop, Grounds of Being, students are critical to the professional, academic, and social spheres of life at the Divinity School. 

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DIVINITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

The Divinity Students Association (DSA) is an organization – run by and for University of Chicago Divinity School – committed to fostering a true community of Divinity students from every degree program.

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STUDENT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND ACTIVITIES

The Divinity School is home to a number of area clubs, student-run clubs, academic workshops, and interest clubs, from the intellectual to the athletic. We're also proud to be host to the best coffee shop on campus, run entirely by our students.

Clubs and Student Activities Intramurals

Grounds of Being

Grounds of Being coffee shop

Grounds of Being is an operating wing of the Divinity Students Association. As such, we are entirely student managed and operated, as well as a not-for-profit organization. As a non-profit, the coffee shop dedicates its entire operation to creating funds for Divinity School student life. The shop has been in business, to varying degrees and capacities, since 1962.

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OPEN SPACE

Thirty minutes to relax, reflect, and be in community. Weekly speakers respond to a theme, which changes quarterly.

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DISCIPLES DIVINITY HOUSE

"DDH" offers a residential scholarship program offered in cooperation with the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). 

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Divinity School PhDs

View more information about our current PhD students.

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