News & Notes

Around Campus – With each academic year, some changes occur. As we say “goodbye” to some in our campus ministry family, we also welcome some new members.

Please welcome Mr. Nhat Nguyen back to the Campus Ministry community as the Roanoke College Campus Minister. Nhat recently completed a year internship as the Young Adult Campus Minister at James Madison University, his alma mater.  His internship followed several years of active engagement in Catholic Campus Ministry as a student leader at JMU.  He also completed a summer internship in pastoral ministry working with several parishes in Chesapeake, VA.

Josh Johnson, Pastoral Associate at Sacred Heart Parish in Danville, is campus minister at Averett University. He earned a BA in Government from Liberty University and is completing a MTS from Duke University Divinity School. He and his wife Kathryn are the parents of twins. He enjoys playing with his kids, reading, traveling, hiking, philosophy, theology (naturally), history, dogs and late night discussions with friends and family.

David Ballintyn, new associate campus minister at VT, graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Mathematics and has earned his Secondary Education Teaching License. Upon graduation, Dave entered Notre Dame’s Echo program, a graduate service program dedicated to renewing catechesis. While earning his Master’s degree in Theology, he served for two years as an apprentice catechetical leader at St. Mark’s parish in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He returned to the ND Vision office as the Assistant Director in charge of recruitment and outreach.