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for the College of Arts
and Sciences Newsletter to
Linda Thien by Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. via e-mail:
thienlr@slu.edu; fax: 977-3649; interoffice
mail: Fusz Hall, Second Floor
Don't forget to submit important
departmental news to
Grand Connections
LightWorks
A new retreat experience for faculty and staff, based on the Spiritual Exercises, will debut this academic year. LightWorks, an Ignatian way of praying throughout the year, invites participants to grow in their relationship with God and find greater freedom and clarity in their lives. LightWorks participants get a taste of what the full Ignatian Spiritual Exercises offer.
This retreat will encompass three sessions over 14 weeks during the academic year. The first four-week session will begin Oct. 18. A second seven-week block begins Jan. 24. A final three-week block starts April 18. Retreatants are asked to commit to the entire 14-week program, and to a half-hour of daily prayer according to suggestions given.
Weekly
gatherings will include input on spiritual experience and prayer in
the Ignatian tradition, as well as large- and small-group sharing.
These will be held on Wednesdays, 4-5:30 p.m.
in the Knights Room of Pius XII Memorial Library. Retreat cost is
$20.
The program is sponsored by the Division of Mission & Ministry
and the St. Louis Center for Ignatian Spirituality.
To register, email your name, department, building and room number, and work phone to terneusl@slu.edu.
For more information, contact Mary Flick at flickmj@slu.edu.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
2006-07
Office of the Provost Lunch Program Series
for Department Chairs and Program Directors
Wednesday,
November 8, 2006
12-1:30 p.m., BSC 352/353
"Actualizing Mission/Hiring
Jesuits"
presented by:
Frank Reale, S.J., Vice President
Mission & Ministry
Wednesday,
February 7, 2007
12-1:30 p.m., BSC 352/353
"Optimizing Banner Data"
presented by:
Julie Weissman, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Planning and Decision Resources
Laurinda Smith
Data Manager, Office of Planning and Decision Resources
Brett Magill
Data Manager, Office of Planning and Decision Resources
Thursday,
March 22, 2007
12-1:30 p.m., BSC 352/353
"Globalizing:
Getting to the Next Level"
presented by:
Thomas Finan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History and Interim Director,
International Studies
Seung Kim, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Boeing Institute for International
Business, Cook School of Business
Lunch
will be served at 12:00 noon, followed by the program between 12:30-1:30
p.m.
Please RSVP for the November 8th program to
Mary Ann Fox, 977-3718, foxma@slu.edu
in October 2006.
Reminders for the lunch programs will be emailed just prior to the
program date for those reserved.
FROM THE COLLEGE
The
Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence: Learning to Teach On-Line
A
Conversation About On-Line Pedagogy
December 4, 3:00-4:30 p.m.,
Verhaegen 212
Mary Rose Grant, School of Professional Studies
Faculty of all experience levels are invited to join an informal conversation
around "what works" in the on-line environment.
Service-Learning Workshops
Service-Learning:
Logistics of Learning Through Serving
October 26, 2:15 p.m., Brown Bag in VH 212.
Exploring
Essentials of Service-Learning Curriculum Development
November 15, 12:00 p.m., Brown Bag
in VH 212.
Reflection
in Action: The Learning-Doing Relationship
November 29, 12:00 p.m., Brown Bag in DuBourg
261
TEACHING
& TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
November 2 and 3, 2006
Sponsored by Saint Louis University, University of Missouri-St.
Louis & other institutions.
FREE to Saint Louis University faculty, staff and graduate students.
Details coming on http://cte.slu.edu
The
Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence is
pleased to announce two new resources for faculty. The Center is now
publishing a monthly electronic newsletter on Learning Technologies.
The October 2006 issue can be accessed online at:
http://cte.slu.edu/lt/oct06lt.html
Please send an e-mail to Sandy Gambill at gambill@slu.edu if you would like to receive the newsletter via e-mail each month or if you would like to suggest a topic to be covered.
The Center has also debuted a new website resource area called “The Reading Room” at http://cte.slu.edu The Reading Room will offer a small select group of resources on different teaching topics. The current topic is Teaching Millennial Students. Upcoming topics include plagiarism and classroom civility. Again, contact Sandy Gambill at gambill@slu.edu if you would like to suggest a topic for the Reading Room.
The
Office of Research Services Administration with The Reinert Center for
Teaching Excellence:
Graduate
Survival Skills Conference
Tuesday, October 24, 2006; 11am-3pm, in the Busch Student Center’s
Saint Louis Room. A free lunch will be provided.
Conference
Itinerary:
11:00-11:30 Welcome Address: Carol Knight, ORSA & Mary Stephen,
CTE
11:30-12:30 Lunch
11:45-12:30
Developing a Mentoring Relationship:
Brian Robinette, Theology
11:45-12:45 Break
12:45-1:30
Cross Cultural Issues in Teaching and Research:
Ed Brantmeier, Educational Studies
1:30-2:15
Time Management-Balancing Personal Relationships and Graduate School:
Doug Pettinelli, Counseling Family Therapy
2:15-3:00
Ethics in Teaching and Research:
Cynthia Ricard, Ophthalmology
To register please contact Bridget Turner, Administrative Secretary, ORSA, at turnerbk@slu.edu or 977-2241.
Workshops sponsored by Office of Research
Services Administration and the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence
(ORSA and CTE):
November
9, 12-1:30pm, Verhaegen 324:
“How to Write Your Dissertation in 30 Minutes a Day”
Dr. Shawn Nordell, Biology
November
15, 1-2:30pm, Verhaegen 324:
“Grant Writing for Graduate Students”
Katy Stigers, ORSA Graduate Assistant
Brownbag Luncheons:
November 29, 12-1:30pm, Verhaegen 212:
“IRB”
Heather Rich, IRB Education Specialist
December
5, 4;30-5:30pm, Verhaegen 324:
“Dissertation Dialogue”
Shelia Lischwe, Associate Director of ORSA
Andy Warhol's "Silver Clouds"
has returned to MOCRA this semester. The
exhibition runs now through December. Regular hours
are Tuesday-Sunday,
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
More information is available at http://mocra.slu.edu
or by calling 314-977-7170.
Now
through November 4
Department
of Fine and Performing Arts 2006 Studio Art Faculty Exhibit:
Recent work by the studio art faculty members will be on exhibit in
Boileau Hall, 36 Vandeventer, at the western edge of West Pine Mall.
Artwork includes works in clay, oil on canvas, silver photography,
digital photography and digital printmaking.
Regular exhibit hours are noon-4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays and by appointment. For more information, contact Sharron Pollack, 314-977-3026 or pollacks@slu.edu.
October
17
Department
of Fine and Performing Arts: Robert
Hughes, Assistant Professor, has organized some of the best jazz musicians
in St. Louis today to revisit the music of Jazz Central.
They will present a concert at Sheldon Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $6.00 at the door. The concert features original Jazz Central
compositions and arrangements by Lee Hyde and Harry Stone, members
of the original Jazz Central.
October
18
Helping
Our Own Book Fair: 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. in the lower
lobby of Busch Memorial Center.
October
20
The
Department of Biology Seminar:
Adnan Chowdhury, Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, will
present "Osteopontin Expression is Differentially Regulated in
the RD1 Mouse Prior to Degenerative Changes" and Tara Herring,
Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, will present "Cypripedium
in Missouri: An Exploration of the Pollination Biology of Two Species"
at 1:00 p.m. in Kelley Auditorium LH-1.
October
25
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Fall 2006 Seminar:
Dr. Masao Kanamitsu, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will present
"Reanalysis: Data Assimilation of Diverse Observations for Earth
Science" at 12:10 p.m. in O'Neil Hall, Room 206. Cookies and
coffee at 12:00 p.m.
October
27
Department of Biology: Dr. Elaine Abusharbain,
Department of Biology, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville,
will present "What Smells Good to Granting Agencies: Techniques
in Science Outreach Teaching to Engage and Motivate
K-12 Students" at 1:00 p.m. in Kelley Auditorium LH-1.
November
2
Faculty
Council Meeting from 3-5 p.m. in DB 157.
November
17
Department
of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Fall 2006 Seminar:
Dr. Mahar Lagmay, University of the Philippines, will present "The
17 February 2006 Debris Avalanche in St. Bernard, Leyte, Philippines"
at 12:10 p.m. in O'Neil Hall, Room 206. Cookies and coffee at 12:00
p.m.
ACADEMIC NEWS
Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards
American
Studies
Dr.
Joseph Heathcott participated by invitation in a symposium on "The
Future of Urban Historic Preservation" held at the University of
Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research. Earlier in the fall Dr. Heathcott
spoke at the Saint Louis University Urban Plunge sponsored by Campus
Ministry. In the Spring he served as a reviewer for Jacqueline Tatom's
graduate urban design studio "Housing and Urban Morphology"
at the Washington University School of Architecture.
Biology
Dr. Thomas Valone and his student, Michele Schutzenhofer,
authored "Positive and negative effects of exotic Erodium cicutarium
on an arid ecosystem" which was published in Biological Conservation
(2006) vol. 132, pages 376-381.
Fine
and Performing Arts
The Music Department, under the direction of Dr. Pamela Dees, D.M.A.
and Dr. Jeral Becker, Ph.D., held the First Annual Guentner Gala Benefit
Concert. The concert was to honor Father Guentner, to benefit the long
established Guentner Music Scholarship Fund, and to celebrate music
at SLU. The event showcased the talents of our current music students,
including pianist, instrumentalist, singers, and the Master Singers
and University Chorale.
History
Dr. Lewis Perry presented a paper on "Slave Resistance, Woman's
Voice, and the 'Dear Old Flag'" at a two-day symposium on "The
Legacies of Slavery and Sisterhood: The Life and Work of Harriet Jacobs"
sponsored by Pace University in New York City on October 6, 2006.
Philosophy
Michael Barber, S.J. authored "Rationality in Enrique Dussel's
Thought: Liberation Reasons for Avoiding the Naturalistic Fallacy"
in Concordia 50 (2006): 39-51. He also commented on a paper
by Charles Siewert, "Who's Afraid of Phenomenological Disputes?"
at the Spindel Conference at The University of Memphis, September 28.
The Conference focused on "The First-Person Perspective in Philosophical
Inquiry."
Sociology
and Criminal Justice
Dr. Martha L Shockey was a recent guest on the Sunday morning radio
show, Kelly's Chronicles, hosted by Kris Kelly of KEZK.
Topics discussed included school violence and domestic abuse.
Theological
Studies
Dr. Robert R. Phenix Jr. and Dr. Cornelia B. Horn (Theological Studies),
together with Katharina Horn-Phenix, were invited guest speakers at
the
International Conference (September 29 - October 2, 2006)
on "Christian Apocryphal Texts for the New Millennium:
Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges," held at the
University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Phenix presented a talk on
"The Problem of the Source of Balai’s Sermons on Joseph
and the Nachleben of Pseudepigraphical Joseph Material"
while Dr. Horn's paper was titled "From Model Virgin to
Maternal Intercessor: Mary, Children, and Family Problems in Late
Antique Infancy Gospel Traditions." Both of these academic contributions
will be published in the conference proceedings. The work of
the conference, organized most graciously by Prof. Dr.
Pierluigi Piovanelli of the University of Ottawa, had been
made possible through a generous grant of the Canadian
Social Sciences Research Council.
Dr. Angelyn Dries, Danforth Chair in the Humanities, was guest editor for the summer, 2006 issue of U.S. Catholic Historian. The theme of the issue is "Missionary Thought and Experience in the late 19th and 20th Centuries." Professor Dries also presented a paper, "How the West Saved the World (Almost): Findings from the Religious Archives of the Greater Saint Louis Area," at the Western History Association Conference, held in St. Louis, October 11-14, 2006.
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