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March 24, 2008
Volume 19, Issue 155
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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.
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Contact
Mary Ann Fox for more information/reservations
at foxma@slu.edu
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Deepen
your understanding of our Ignatian vision
and your commitment to our Jesuit mission.
Please join us for the spring
Ignatian
Lunch
For faculty
and staff,
sponsored by University Mission and Ministry
People
of Faith, People of Mission
Colleagues will share how their spirituality
relates to the Jesuit mission of the University.
Wednesday,
March 26, 2008
11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
St. Louis Room, Busch Student Center
Seating
is limited. Please respond by Wednesday, March 19.
R.S.V.P. by email at terneusl@slu.edu
or call 977-7065.
Please include your name, department,
interoffice address and phone number.
FROM THE COLLEGE
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!
Induction of Alpha Sigma Nu Members
Alpha Sigma
Nu, Jesuit Honor Society, will induct 93 new members on Sunday,
April 6, following Mass at 2 p.m. at the College Church.
All members of the honor society, as well as family and friends of the
inductees are invited to attend.
Among the
2008 inductees are three Honorary Members: Rev. Frank Reale, S.J., Vice
President for Mission and Ministry;
Sister Carla Mae Streeter, Professor at Aquinas Institute of Theology;
and Professor John J. Ammann of the School of Law.
Alpha Sigma Nu, national honor society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, is unique among honor societies because it initiates students in all schools of the university, who are honored for their scholarship, loyalty, and service.
To
be inducted from the College of Arts and Sciences, are undergraduates:
Liesl Becker
Kevin Cormier, S.J.
Jennifer Cottral
Joseph Eckelkamp
Katherine Galligan
Christina Gonzales
Laura Hamilton
Timothy Hamilton
Donna Hawk-Reinhard
Andrew Hellenga
Kathryn Jenks
Brendan Kottenstette
Anthony Kruse
Natalie Long
Andrea Lynch
Nicole Mers
Noah Messel
Akshar Patel
Kristen Percich
Jenna Steege
Courtney Torres
Sarah Waninger.
Alpha Sigma Nu was founded in 1915 at Marquette University, and it has chapters at all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities, at the Jesuit Schools of Theology in the United States and Canada, and at Sogang University, Korea. Locally, the chapter, established in 1923, sponsors the annual Nancy McNeir Ring Award for Outstanding Faculty. The award is presented at Commencement time. It is named to honor the memory of Miss Nancy M. Ring, who became the first Dean of Women at the University in 1943 and served for 25 years.
The triennial convention of Alpha Sigma Nu will be held in St. Louis at Saint Louis University.
The
2008 Atlas Week Program:
"Global Justice, Local Responses,"
March 31 - April 4, 2008
Mrs.
Jehan Sadat will deliver the Keynote Speech, "It Takes Courage,
Vision and Principles to Change the World” at the Eighth Annual
Atlas Week Signature Symposium. The widow of the late Egyptian president
and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Anwar Sadat, Madame Sadat is a devoted
activist for women's rights, literacy, and humanitarian causes worldwide.
She was responsible for the Egyptian civil rights laws which expanded
rights for women, founded the Arab-African Women's League, and has continued
her late husband's quest for peace.
The Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. in the Busch Student Center Ballroom. A private reception with Mrs. Sadat will be held following the Signature Symposium. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to AtlasReception@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so preference will be given in the order received. Please respond no later than Thursday, March 27th.
The Eighth
Annual Atlas Week Program is finalized! There are over 70 events planned
for Atlas week including special lectures and panel discussions, student
presentations, cultural events, international films, the Parade of Nations,
and the Billiken World Festival. For a complete list of events, please
visit
http://atlas.slu.edu/.
Pierre DeSmet Faculty Grants for International Development
The Center for International Studies is pleased to announce the creation of a new faculty grant program devoted to international curricular and research development.
The DeSmet
Faculty Grants for International Development will support International
Studies secondary appointments in creating new international studies
content courses, in developing research of an
international character, or in purchasing materials to support an already
existing international studies content course. The grants can
also be used to support international faculty exchange. The awards are
in the form of small grants of $500-$1000. No funds may be used for
direct travel costs or for fees to attend a conference. Grants are also
limited to secondary appointments of International Studies.
The deadline for submission of the grant materials is April 14th.
If you have further questions regarding the program please contact the Director of International Studies, Dr. Thomas Finan at 314.977.3573.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SEEKING FACULTY INPUT
The University Libraries are in a period of renewal. We are looking at Pius Library and the Medical Center Library in new and different ways. Our goal is to provide faculty, and students, with the facilities, resources, and services that you need in order for you to excel in your teaching, research, and scholarship. To achieve this goal, we need your help!!
This SURVEY takes less than 5 minutes to complete. Your input is invaluable as we re-design the libraries to effectively serve the 21st century professor and student.
Apply for VOICES Project Grant
The VOICES Project announces the 2008 Sustainability Grants Program for Faculty. This is a merit-based program with awards from $1,000 to $4,000. These awards will be given this spring for innovative faculty-initiated activities that sustain the themes of the VOICES Project and meet certain criteria. For details, download the application packet from http://voices.slu.edu or contact Mary Beth Gallagher, Ph.D. at 977-2363 or gallagme@slu.edu for more information.
Applicants interested in Ignatian pedagogy or community-based service learning might be interested in the Faculty Scholars Program, a new effort co-sponsored by the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence and the VOICES Project. For more information contact Mark Pousson at 977-4214 or poussonj@slu.edu, or visit the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence website at http://cte.slu.edu.
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.
March
26
Lenten Twilight Retreat:
Paul Coutinho, S.J. presents Easter: Celebrating
the Divine Feminine Energy, 5
- 8:30 p.m, Manresa Center. Cost is $5 per retreatant (includes
dinner). To register complete the form
and return with a check, payable to SLU. For more information
call Mission and Ministry at 977-2428.
March
27
Chairs/Directors Meeting,
3-5 p.m., Verhaegen 219.
March
27
Careers
Services: Education/Nonprofit
Fair
Current students and alumni are welcome to talk to employers from
educational institutions as well as employers from nonprofit organizations
about full- and part-time jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities.
For more information on dress code, participating employers, and more,
call Career Services at 977-2828 or visit
http://careers.slu.edu.
Event Time: 4-7 p.m.
Location: Busch Student Center
April
1
French
Cabaret Evening:
Chanson!
Théâtre! Poésie!
en Français! All performances by students in French,
7-9 p.m., Busch Student Center 170.
April
3
Faculty
Council Meeting:
3-5 p.m. in Busch Student Center 352.
April
4
The
History Department's Study Group on Cross-Cultural History:
Dr. R. Bentley Anderson (History Department) will present a lecture
titled, “Segregation, Separation and Apartheid: America, Rhodesia,
and South Africa During the Cold War”, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in
the Teasdale Conference Room at the Saint Louis University Museum
of Art. The History Department wishes to thank Fr. David Suwalsky
S.J. and Saint Louis University Museum of Art staff for making available
the conference room for this session.
ACADEMIC NEWS
Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards
Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Tim Kusky, of Earth and Atmorpheric Sciences and the Center
for Environmental Sciences, gave the invited keynote speach on "The
Columbia Supercontinent" at the Conference on the Tectonics of
the Indian Subcontinent, to celebrate the Silver Jubilee Anniversary
of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. The conference was
followed by a field excursion to Rajastan of NW India.
Modern
and Classical Languages
Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot delivered a paper titled "Pascal
Quignard et
l'outrepassement de la littérature: leçons de musique
et de peinture" at the International 20th and 21st-Century French
& Francophone Studies Colloquium held at Georgetown University on
March 6-8. Dr.
Pautrot's edition and anthology of
André Hodeir's jazz writings, The André Hodeir Jazz
Reader (2006), was reviewed in Contemporary French Civilization
32.1 (Winter/Spring 2008).
Political
Science
Dr. Emmanuel Uwalaka authored "The Church and HIV/AIDS in Nigeria:
The Case of Two Dioceses," published in National Social Science
Journal, vol. 27:2 (2007).
Dr. Uwalaka reviewed the book, Political Science Research Methods,
6th edition by Janet Buttolph Johnson and H.T. Reynolds with Jason D.
Mycoff, (CQ Press, 2008).
Theological Studies
Dr. Cornelia B. Horn presented a public lecture,
"Christian Apocrypha and Early Islamic Literature in
Dialogue in the Byzantine World: The Case of the 'Book of
Mary' and Qur'an, suras 3, 5, and 19" at Dumbarton Oaks,
Harvard University's Research Institute for Byzantine
Studies, in Washington, DC. on March 17, 2008.
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