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Please submit material
for the College of Arts
and Sciences Newsletter to
Linda Thien by Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. via e-mail:
thienlr@slu.edu; fax: 977-3649; interoffice
mail: Verhaegen 321
Don't forget to submit important
departmental news to
Grand Connections
Chairs
Lunch Series:
"Developing
New Academic Programs":
Dr. Marla Berg-Weger, Mr. Paul Jackson, Dr. Ronald Rebore
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
12-1:30 p.m.
BSC 352/353
Contact
Mary Ann Fox for more information/reservations
at foxma@slu.edu
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FROM THE COLLEGE
Call
for Submissions:
Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence
White Paper Series
Saint Louis University faculty and graduate students are invited to
submit manuscripts to a new White Paper Series on Teaching and Learning
that the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence plans to premier in
spring 2008. Submissions should address a topic related to teaching
and learning at the University level. Papers may include but are not
limited to:
Original research reports (qualitative or quantitative research) on
a teaching or learning issue
Theoretical papers
Book reviews
Reviews of previous research
Opinion papers about needed future research or limitations of current
research in some area of teaching and learning
Strategies that you use in your own classrooms to address particular
teaching or learning problems.
Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 3, 2008.
Submissions should be between 5 and 30 pages in length (double spaced)
and written using acceptable style guidelines (e.g. MLA, APA) for the
submitting individual’s discipline.
Papers may be submitted either in print form to CTE, 224 Academic Resource
Center (3840 Lindell Blvd) or as electronic attachments to an email
sent to gambill@slu.edu.
Please include your name, department and contact information, including
an email address. A subcommittee of the Center for Teaching Excellence’s
Advisory Board will review all submissions and select papers to be included
in the White Paper Series. Authors of papers selected
for inclusion in the White Papers will be notified no later than April
30, 2008. Authors retain the copyright to their intellectual
content, with Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence owning the copyright
to the collected publication.
Spring
Assessment Workshop:
The Office of the Provost and the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence
announce the Spring Assessment Workshop, “Classroom Assessment
Techniques: How do you know if your students are getting it?”
The workshop will take place on Friday, February
29 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in BSC 253. Ann Rule, Associate Professor,
Department of Educational Studies and Julie Weissman, Associate Provost
will serve as facilitators. Please RSVP to cte@slu.edu
and indicate in the body of the email that you will be attending the
assessment workshop. Light refreshments will be served.
2008
Pre-Commencement Schedule
for the
College of Arts & Sciences
Friday,
May 16, 2008
All School Baccalaureate Mass
8:00 a.m.
College Church
Friday,
May 16, 2008
College of Arts & Sciences
Pre-Commencement
10:30 a.m.
Chaifetz Arena
One South Compton Avenue
Reception
following Ceremony in Laclede Park (directly across from the Arena)
Rain location: Busch Student
Center
For
more information, check out our graduation links on the A&S
website!
2008
Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award Competition
Background: Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN), the honor society
of Jesuit institutions of higher education, established and funded the
Jesuit Book Awards in 1979 to recognize outstanding publishing achievement
by faculty and administrators of the following member institutions,
the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities, the two U.S. theologates,
and Campion and Regis Colleges in Canada. The book awards are administered
by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU).
Awards: The book award winner receives a $1,000 check (per book) and a commemorative plaque. The plaque is presented at an ASN event on campus. The winner's name is on permanent display at the ASN Central Office and the books are included in the permanent collection of the Marquette University library. The winners are announced on the ASN web site.
Categories: The book awards operate on a three-year cycle. The category for 2008 is "The Humanities", with one award each for: History, Literature/Fine Arts, Philosophy/Ethics, and Theology.
The category for 2009, will be "The Sciences" with one award each for Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Science, and Health Sciences.
In 2010, the category will be "Professional Studies" and includes the following disciplines: Architecture, Business and Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Foreign Service, Law, Social Work, etc. Four prizes will be awarded.
Eligibility: Any member of the faculty or administration of the Alpha Sigma Nu member institutions who has published a book in the disciplines described above is welcome to apply, as are emeritus members of the faculty and administration of the member schools. The submitted work must be published in the three year period ending with the year prior to award year.
Criteria: Reviewers selected by the AJCU are requested to judge the books on the basis of the following specific criteria: serious and exact scholarship, significance of the topic and its continuing importance to scholars in several disciplines, mastery of extensive literature, research findings handled with skill and assurance, authority in interpretation, objectivity, readability and imagination.
Please note the criteria. Judging is heavily weighted towards research and scholarship. Ineligible works include text books, magazine articles, unpublished monographs, works of fiction, paintings, sculptures and recordings. Books that are entered cannot be returned.
Deadline: All submissions must be postmarked before March 1, 2008. Awards will be announced October 1, 2008.
How to Apply: Click here to print the 2008 Application Form. Applications are also available from the Chief Academic Officer, Alpha Sigma Nu Faculty Advisers, the Central Office of Alpha Sigma Nu, and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. All submissions must be made by the author. Books that are entered cannot be returned. The application and two copies of the book must be sent to:
Alpha
Sigma Nu – Jesuit Book Award Competition
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
One Dupont Circle, Suite 405
Washington, DC 20036-1140
Questions:
Call or email Anne D. Garner at the Association of Jesuit Colleges and
Universities, (202) 862-9893 or agarner@ajcunet.edu
or for more information/application, contact Mary Bruemmer at bruemmm2@slu.edu
or at 977-2212.
Upcoming National Research Conference at Loyola-Marymount University
On
March 27-29, 2008, Loyola Marymount University will
sponsor the 2008 LFP National Research Conference,
Convivencia: Religious Identities in the New World, in Los Angeles,
California. The title, Convivencia, or shared
existence, is a concept from the "old world" of mediaeval
Spain, when Christians, Muslims and Jews lived in mutual
tolerance and relative peace. The conference will examine
the concept of Convivencia from a variety of disciplines as
it might speak to our "new world" which seems defined by
tensions between religion and secularism and scarred by
religious and ethnic violence. Los Angeles, where America
imagines itself and where forces of globalization and
fragmentation intersect, will provide a living backdrop for
the conference. The conference will open with a reception on the evening
of Thursday, March 27, 2008, followed by
a concert by the Yuval Ron Ensemble. The conference will begin
with a keynote address on Friday, March 28,
by MarÃa
Rosa Menocal, and the conference will feature plenary
speakers in dialogue with each other. These speakers include
Ahmet Karamustafa, Ebrahim Moosa, Peter Phan, Robert Orsi, Linda Komaroff,
Arnold Eisen, Thomas Tweed, Diane Winston, Timothy Matovina, and Ann
Taves.
One of
the programs funded by the LFP is our National
Network Exchanges. The Network Exchange Programs allow Network institutions
to showcase distinctive projects,
institutes, or curricula that highlight the Christian or
church-related characteristics of their schools. They provide for an
extended visitation by faculty and leaders from other Network colleges,
allowing close observation and
study of the pertinent program, so that other institutions
might learn from the host institution's experience and
perspectives.
In fall,
2007, the National Network Board approved a Network Exchange Program
at Geneva College: "Returning to the Roots
of Civil Rights" to be held June 3-15, 2008. This exchange
program will consist of a four-day seminar (June 3-6),
followed by an eight-day bus tour (June 7-15). Participants
in the Network Exchange Program will spend time in deep
study of the Civil Rights Movement as presented through the "Returning
to the Roots of Civil Rights" program so that
they may implement a similar program at their respective
institutions. At the conclusion of the on-campus seminar,
participants will then depart on a tour of key sites of the
Movement, having the chance to interact with a diverse group
of Movement veterans.
In keeping
with the standard format of the Network Exchange
Program, Geneva College will select a group of twelve
scholars and professionals from Network institutions for
this exciting opportunity. What follows are a few pertinent
details of this innovative experience:
Preference
will be given to those persons who can
participate in both the seminar and the tour.
Persons interested in attending the tour only can
contact Todd Allen for additional information.
The registration fee for both the seminar and the tour
is a $150 non-refundable deposit. No space will be reserved without
a deposit paid in full. Checks are to be made
payable to: The Common Ground Project.
Seminar/tour participants will have the following
expenses paid: Travel to/from Geneva College
(http://www.geneva.edu/) (up to
$400 reimbursable), all of
the meals associated with the seminar aspect of this event,
and lodging. Lodging on the tour will be based on double
occupancy. If requesting a single room on the tour, there
will be an additional expense. Lodging for the seminar is
single occupancy.
Registration deadline is: March 14, 2008
These conferences are being sponsored by the Lilly Network of Church-Affiliated Colleges and Universities. For further information, contact Dr. Mark Edward Ruff, Associate Professor of History, at ruff@slu.edu or at 977-7523. You can also find additional information at the Lilly home page at www.lillyfellows.org.
Showing through May 11
Museum
of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
presents Miao
Xiaochun
The Last Judgment in Cyberspace
Hours
are Tuesday - Sunday,
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
For more information, visit the website
or call 977-7170.
Opening Reception on Sunday, February 3, 3-5 p.m.
Using computer modeling technology, Chinese artist Miao Xiaochun recreated
Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel painting of the Last Judgment
as a virtual environment. From this virtual environment the artist
has made five large digital prints and a video animation. Through
these works the viewer becomes a participant in the scene, able to
consider the more than 400 characters in the original painting from
a variety of new perspectives. The result is fresh insight into a
masterpiece of art history and into the questions about ultimate meaning
it confronts.
Careers Services:
February/March/April
On Campus Recruiting:
Students can upload a resume to Career SLeUth
and sign up
for interviews to take place at Saint Louis University. For more
information on dress code, participating employers and schools,
and more, call Career Services at 977-2828 or visit
http://careers.slu.edu.
Sign up on Career SLeUth.
February
22 - 24
Faculty/Staff
Retreat:
“Toward
A Spirituality of Non-Violence.” The weekend’s presentations
will offer insight and reflection on a Christian anthropology of violence
and the effects of violence on human development. These will provide
a context for hearing the challenge of Jesus, the peacemaker, and
his call to those who would be healers in our world today.
The weekend will be led by Sandra Spencer, a spiritual director for
the St. Louis Consultation Center and retreat director at King’s
House. She is the former director of pastoral Care at Saint Louis
University Hospital.
In addition to presentations, the weekend will offer time for personal
reflection and prayer, and opportunities for communal prayer. The
weekend retreat opens Friday at 7:30 p.m. and closes Sunday at noon.
It will be held at Mercy Center in West St. Louis County. The cost
is $50. The retreat is subsidized by Mission and Ministry. Reservations
are requested by February 8. For more information, contact
Mary Flick or call 977-2428.
February
29, March 1 and
March 7, 8
and Sunday, March 9
Fridays and Saturdays: 8 p.m.
Sunday: 2 p.m.
SLU THEATRE:
You're
a Good Man, Charlie Brown
This rollicking musical is based on Charles Schulz's immensely popular
Peanuts comic strips. In this revised Broadway hit version, we join
the beloved Peanuts gang as they celebrate sweet little moments
picked from the life of Charlie Brown and feature songs including
"My Blanket and Me", "The Kite", "The Baseball
Game", "Suppertime" and "Happiness". Good
Grief - there's Charlie Brown, Lucy, Schroeder, Sally, Linus, and,
of course Snoopy, in this charming musical that is guaranteed to
delight. For more information, call 977-2998.
February
29: Exhibit Reception
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Artists' gallery talk, March 7, 3 p.m.
THIRD DEGREE GLASS AT SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
Hosted
by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Boileau Hall, 38
North Vandeventer Avenue.
The artists and instructors at Third Degree Glass Factory will exhibit
work created from three distinct glassmaking processes: furnace
blown, flameworked, and kilnworked glass.
Michael Hayes
Libby
Leutchman
Mark Salsbury
Aaron Quigley
Sarah Vaughn
Exhibit is open Fridays and Saturdays noon to 4 p.m. and through
April 12th.
March
6
Faculty Council:
3-5 p.m., Busch Student Center 352
ACADEMIC NEWS
Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards
Fine
and Performing Arts
Jim Burwinkel served as Lighting Designer for Radio Golf
at the St. Louis Black Rep. "Radio Golf is the final installment
in Wilson's cycle of ten plays that examines the African-American experience
in 20th century America, and the tenth to be produced by The Black Rep--only
the second company in America to complete the cycle. The play opens
on February 13th and runs through March 9th.
History
Dr. Hal Parker authored Faith on the Margins: Catholics
and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age, published by Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008.
Dr. Donald Critchlow delivered the inaugural lecture on "Civic Engagement and Modern Conservatives," at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida on February 5, 2008.
Theological
Studies
Dr. Jack Renard authored Friends of God: Islamic Images
of Piety, Commitment and Servanthood, a global thematic overview
of Islamic exemplary religious figures, published by the University
of California Press. Dr. Renard has also delivered the final manuscript
of a companion anthology, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography
in Translation with 27 primary source texts contributed by as many
specialists and translated from 17 languages, due out in Spring 2009.
Community Outreach, Partnerships, Media Events
External Funding, Research Productivity
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