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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
Maureen Burkhardt (burkhams@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
Planning
Your On-Line Course
Part 2: October 11, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Verhaegen
212
Sandy Gambill, Reinert CTE
These seminars will explore pedagogical issues on-line teachers need
to consider, including organization and delivery of curricular materials,
developing a virtual classroom culture, assessment, and time management.
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 11, 3:00 p.m. in Verhaegen 212 &
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
10
The
Department of History
will
present a lecture titled "Xavier in India: East meets West in
the 16th Century" to be given by
Rev. Delio de Mendonca, S.J., Ph.D., in the Pere Marquette Room of
DuBourg Hall at 4:30 p.m. This
lecture is free and open to the public. For further information, please
contact the History Department at 977-2910.
October
12
The
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice: Dr.
Patricia Yancey Martin, (Sociology, Florida State University)
will present "A Conversation on Gender, Social Justice and Rape
Work: Why 30 Years of Feminist Activism Failed to Stop Harm to Victims"
from 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. in the St. Louis Room in Busch Memorial Center.
October
13
The
Department of Biology Seminar:
Dr. Gene Wilhelm, Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University,
Slippery Rock, PA, will present "The Theology of Ecology: Perspectives
Biological and Theological" at 1:00 p.m. in Kelley Auditorium
LH-1.
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.
November
2
Faculty
Council Meeting from 3-5 p.m. in DB 157.
ACADEMIC NEWS
Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards
English
Dr. Paul Acker authored "Horror and the Maternal in Beowulf"
which was published in the May 2006 issue of PMLA, the journal
of the Modern Language Association.
Dr. Harold K. Bush presented "Remembering Emmett Till" at the annual fall meeting of the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture on the campus of Michigan State University. His essay on Joan Didion and her book The Year of Magical Thinking appeared in the latest issue of Touchstone magazine.
Earth
And Atmospheric Sciences
Dr.
Tim Kusky and his students published a series of papers on "Emerging
Technologies in Remote Sensing Applications to Geology and Environmental
Studies":
Bakoariniaina,
L.N., Kusky, T.M., and Raharimahefa, T., 2006, "Disappearing Lake
Alaotra: Monitoring catastrophic erosion, waterway silting, and land
degradation hazards in Madagascar using Landsat imagery," Journal
of African Earth Sciences 44, 241-252.
Gad, S., and Kusky, T.M., 2006, "Lithological Mapping using Landsat
thematic mapper (TM), El Baramyiah Serpentinites, Eastern Desert, Egypt,"
Journal of African Earth Sciences, Special Issue on
Applications of New Remote Sensing Techniques to the Geology of
Africa.
Gad, S., and Kusky, T.M., 2006, "The contribution of Advanced Spaceborne and Thermal Emission Radiometer (ASTER) for Lithological mapping of arid areas: A case study Wadi Kid area, southeastern Sinai, Egypt," Journal of African Earth Sciences, Special Issue on Applications of New Remote Sensing Techniques to the Geology of Africa.
Raharimahefa, T., and Kusky, T.M., 2006," Integrated Structural and Remote Sensing studies of the Betsimisaraka suture in Northeastern Madagascar," Journal of African Earth Sciences, Special Issue on Applications of New Remote Sensing Techniques to the Geology of Africa.
Modern
and Classical Languages
Dr.
Julia Lieberman (Associate Professor of Spanish) participated in Brandeis
University’s Summer Institute for Israel Studies this past summer.
This prestigious institute trains faculty from around the world in a
range of subjects about Israel including settlement, immigration, nation-building,
cultural studies and ethnic and religious-secular issues. Dr. Lieberman
is preparing a cross-listed course on “Israeli Culture: From the
Birth of Zionism to the 21st Century” to be taught this spring
semester.
Philosophy
Michael
Barber, S.J. authored "Rationality in Enrique Dussel's Thought:
Liberation Reasons for Avoiding the Naturalistic Fallacy" which
was published 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."
Psychology
Dr.
Ron Kellogg presented "Training Writing Skills: A Cognitive Developmental
Perspective," the keynote address at the European Writing Conference
in Antwerp, Belgium, September 20-22. This conference is held every
two years under the sponsorship of EARLI SIG Writing, a division of
the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.
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