Email: aloewenthal@wpi.edu
Rabbi Ahuvah Loewenthal delights in helping students explore Jewish identity and Jewish religious culture. Rabbi Ahuvah finds beauty and meaning in ancient traditions while imagining ways of practice useful in our contemporary lives. Ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2012, she has served as a congregational rabbi and as a chaplain in varied settings. Rabbi Ahuvah is available to students navigating their Jewish identity, as well as to all members of the WPI for consultation and education.
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Email: rhedrick@wpi.edu
Rocky Hedrick joined the Vox Church pastoral staff in January of 2020 as the Worcester Campus Pastor. Rocky originally moved to New England in January of 2017 to work for Callaway Golf in Chicopee, MA. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas and worked as an automation engineer in manufacturing. Rocky has been a member of Vox Church since 2017 and was a part of the Hartford and Springfield campuses prior to joining staff to launch the Worcester campus. Rocky is an avid college sports fan and musician. He and his wife, Kirsten, live in the Worcester area with ...
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Email: ndpipho@wpi.edu
Pastor Nathan Pipho is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and serves as the pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street, Worcester on the campus of WPI. He is involved in ministry in the city of Worcester, including serving as the Secretary of the Board for Worcester Interfaith. He participates in antiracism efforts of the New England Synod ELCA and is a past chair of the New England Synod Team for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Inclusion. He received his Master in Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and ...
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Email: alfredoporras@wpi.edu
Fr. Alfredo Porras is a priest of the Diocese of Worcester who serves as Catholic Chaplain at WPI and as Diocesan Master of Ceremonies. Born in Venezuela, he has lived in Worcester for most of his life. Fr. Porras is a proud alumnus of WPI, and while he was a student he was also involved with the Newman Club, the Concert Band, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. He graduated in 2013 with a BS in Computer Science and Interactive Media & Game Development and then continued to study Philosophy and Theology. He received his STB from the Pontificia Universita S. ...
view profileReligious Club Advisors
Amy L'Heureux
Advisor for the Pagan Circle
I support our students by working with them, teaching history, traditions, folklore, and spiritual exploration, and supporting them in their journey in any ways they may need while at WPI. I’ve got a great Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: 'The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.'
Chris Robertson
Advisor for Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Having worked at WPI for the better part of twenty years, I have come to love this place and feel at home around such amazing people, staff, faculty, and especially, students. Having faith is such an important part of keeping a balance to our busy lives and believing in something greater than all of us can help us keep that perspective to have the strength to persevere anything that life sends our way.
Advisor for Hillel
Being Jewish runs the spectrum from the religious to the cultural to the learner. I am here to support students on their journey of learning what being Jewish means to them.
Nicholas Bertozzi
Advisor for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Paula Fitzpatrick
Advisor for the Meditation Club
David Ortendahl
Advisor for Christian Bible Fellowship
Feel free to reach out to me! Faith is so personal and I'm happy to meet you in a quiet corner of campus with a coffee to learn more about you and the questions, joys, or concerns you might have.
Elder Mayase Sikazwe
Religious Advisor for Students of the Black Diaspora
Did you know that God cares about you? In Jeremiah 29 v 11 He says, 'For I know the thoughts that I have for you,' declares the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Advisor for Muslim Student Association
As an anthropologist who has done research with Muslim communities, I'm always fascinated with the rich tradition of spirituality in Islam. I believe that this rich tradition has the potential to help students learn to ethically respond to challenges they encounter in life. I hope to support Muslim students as they explore such a rich tradition and translate it into their own lives.
Advisor for the Origins Club
Advisor for Hindu YUVA Club
When we lead with civility and query, alongside a critique of the ways that things have always been, we can discover new pathways forward together where few are left behind. We can learn from each other. And I am happy to support the religious/religio-cultural, the spiritual, any and all forms of meaning-making expression on campus at WPI"
