Greetings! 

I'm Arman, it is a pleasure to meet you all!

I graduated from Cleveland State University in May of 2023. While discerning seminary, I suspected it was too late for a Fall 2023 enrollment–until meeting Palmer’s Dean, Kimberlee A. Johnson in June 2023 Puerto Rico.  While attending the American Baptist Home Mission Society’s Biennial with my pastor, Rev. Dr. James P. Quincy III a Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral alumnus of Eastern University, I visited Palmer’s exhibit table and the Spirit began making a way. 

My sense of call was shaped by Lee Road Baptist Church in Cleveland, OH. He describes it as a community full of educators who had a passion for youth and love for the Gospel. At Lee Road, I was mentored, licensed as a minister in the American Baptist Church, and felt God’s call to finish my undergraduate degree. I first enrolled at Cleveland State in 2017 to study social work.  Due to life circumstances, a few semesters’ break was necessary.  Upon returning, I switched my major to Comparative Religions; my experience with a variety of faith traditions, including Islam, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Hinduism, has empowered me to converse in compassionate and loving ways with people of all faith backgrounds, seeking the common good for the work of God.

The Spirit did, indeed, make a way for me.  That June connection with Dean Johnson not only resulted in a midsummer application and acceptance, I became the inaugural recipient of the Mary Foehl Scholarship!

Since being at Palmer, one of the lessons learned is that “closed mouth’s do not get fed”!  Here at Palmer, there are people willing to help you if you allow them to help.  

I look forward to the great work that we can do together.

Meet you soon !