For more information on our chaplaincies and faith communities, click HERE.
Chaplains are listed in alphabetical order:
Rabbi Ethan Bair
Chaplain
Advisor, Hillel Jewish Student Union
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life*
etbair@syr.edu
315.443.4853
Elder Melvin Baker
Associate Chaplain
Advisor, Glorify God
Historically Black Church*
msbaker@syr.edu
315.395.0466
Rev. Rhoda Barron
Associate Chaplain
Historically Black Church*
rbarron@syr.edu
Rev. Devon Bartholomew
Chaplain
Advisor, Christian Outreach
Baptist Convention of New York*
dtbartho@syr.edu
716.983.7786
Rev. Devon Bartholomew moved to Syracuse when he became a student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF). He later became an ordained minister at Hendricks Chapel in 2018 after years of working with the Baptist Chaplain. Devon also serves the community as Hendricks Chapel’s Christian Protestant Chaplaincy coordinator and teaches First-Year Seminar (FYS) at Syracuse University & Intro to Arboriculture at SUNY ESF. Devon loves talking about trees and mushrooms, foraging for apples and berries, and hiking with his wife Kate and two daughters, Mira and Anastasia.
Sensei JoAnn Cooke
Chaplain
Advisor, Buddhist Meditation Association
Zen Center of Syracuse*
jmcooke@syr.edu
315.559.7013
Imam Dzemal Crnkić
Assistant Chaplain
Muslim Student Life*
dcrnkic@syr.edu
Imam Amir Durić
Chaplain
Advisor, Muslim Student Association
Muslim Student Life*
aduric@syr.edu
856.266.8625
Pastor Daren C. Jaime
Chaplain
Advisor, Glorify God
Historically Black Church*
dcjaime@syr.edu
512.992.8743
Pastor Daren C. Jaime moved to Syracuse 17 years ago and hails from Harlem, New York. His ministerial journey began in 1994, when he acknowledged his call to ministry at the Saint Frances A.M.E. Zion Church in Port Chester, New York. He is currently the senior pastor at People’s A.M.E. Zion Church in Syracuse and is very active in the local community. Pastor Jaime has also been privileged to reach a global community as an award-winning journalist, educating minds across the world through his former radio show “Power Perspectives” and his weekly live television broadcasts of “Perspectives” and “Open” on Bronxnet.
Rev. Jeff Kane
Interim Chaplain
Advisor, Campus Connect
Upstate New York Synod (Lutheran)*
jkane@syr.edu
518.522.9300
315.355.7900
Jay Koshy
Chaplain
Advisor, Bridge
Evangelical Christian*
jekoshy@syr.edu
Sanjay Mathur
Chaplain
Advisor, Hindu Student Association
North American Hindu Chaplains*
smathu02@syr.edu
Rev. William Payne
Chaplain
Advisor, Fellowship of Christian Athletes*
wmpayne@syr.edu
315.664.2338
In March 2018 Rev. William Payne was appointed as campus director of the University’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Payne started playing baseball at an early age, sustained a love of sports throughout his youth in Maryland, and continues to blend athletics and ministry. After graduating from Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1996, he went on to graduate from Baptist Bible Seminary in Pennsylvania in 2004. He served as a pastor in Michigan and Syracuse before joining the FCA. Payne is enthusiastic about ministering alongside students of the campus community.
Rev. Dave Schubert
Assistant Chaplain
Zen Center of Syracuse*
dschub01@syr.edu
Reverend Doshin David Schubert was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk in 1994. He is currently the head monk at the Zen Center of Syracuse. Schubert was born in Syracuse and graduated from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) with a degree in environmental and forest biology and later received a master’s degree, also from SUNY ESF, in forest entomology. After years of working at Beaver Lake Nature Center and Burnet Park Zoo, he retired in 2023 to join the Hendricks Chapel team and spend more time with his wife, two daughters, four dogs, three cats and two guinea pigs!
Sensei Jikyo Bonnie Shoultz
Assistant Chaplain
Zen Center of Syracuse*
bshoultz@syr.edu
315.492.6341
Fr. Gerry Waterman
Chaplain
Advisor, Catholic Association at Syracuse University
Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse*
fwaterma@syr.edu
315.443.2649
Fr. Gerald (Gerry) Waterman, OFM Conv. is a Conventual Franciscan Friar of the East Coast Province of Our Lady of the Angels, headquartered in Ellicott City, MD. Fr. Gerry hails from Bridgeport, CT, and in 1973 entered the Novitiate. He professed Solemn Vows in 1981 in Chicopee, MA and in 1985 was ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, NY. After ministering at Elon University, he joined Syracuse University. Fr. Gerry enjoys being outside in nature, especially by the sea.
For more information on our chaplaincies and faith communities, click HERE.
*Denotes Sending Organization or Tradition
Syracuse University seeks to host chaplaincies that represent religious and spiritual expressions that contribute toward Hendricks Chapel’s mission to “lead in service to the common good through religious, spiritual, moral and ethical life.” In addition to their presence on campus, chaplains are also expected to meet the professional expectations within their particular Sending Organization (i.e., the external religious organization from which the chaplain comes). Chaplains serve at the pleasure of the Dean of Hendricks Chapel in collaboration with the respective Sending Organization. To qualify as a Chaplain at Hendricks Chapel of Syracuse University, one must be, among other things, appointed by, and be in good standing with, a Sending Organization with an established presence, appropriate resources, and transparent beliefs, traditions, and operations.