A Moment of Reflection 

    By Susan Gonzalez
    July 24, 2023
    Sharon Kugler speaks to Yale’s first-year students during her final Opening Assembly as university chaplain in August 2022.
    Photo by Dan Renzetti

    Sharon Kugler, Yale’s first female chaplain and first layperson in that post, retired last month after 16 years as a spiritual guide on campus.