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Summer Discernment Institute invites applicants; deadline March 1
Undergraduate students from across the nation are invited to apply for the ninth Summer Discernment Institute to be held June 7-July 30, 2010. Applications for 12 placement openings (three of which are set aside specifically for minority students interested in ministry) are due by March 1. Students in all four years of college, including seniors, are encouraged to apply.
Update on Snowden Hall renovation and expansion
Campus observers this winter have seen great progress made on the renovation and expansion of Snowden Hall, despite frequent inclement weather. See full story for photos.
Results of Sewanee efforts for Haiti relief
Sewanee has a long-standing connection with the people of Haiti. After the catastrophic earthquake of Jan. 12, members of the Sewanee community began organizing support and fund raisers to assist the people of Haiti. A brief summary of the results thus far follows. You can see more detail about Sewanee’s efforts, read more news, and find suggestions for how to help here.
Updated Feb. 2: Sewanee in the news
Update: The New York Times quotes Associate Professor Chris McDonough in a story about a video game based on Dante, and features an illustration by Hollis Duncan, C'97, with an op-ed. Also a link to Ashley Logsdon, C’07, on CNN Monday (Feb. 1) in a segment featuring her business, dolma jewelry.
Updated opening Convocation story with video
Opening Convocation for the Easter Semester at Sewanee was held Tuesday, Jan. 26, in All Saints’ Chapel. The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta, was installed as Sewanee's 23rd chancellor during the convocation. Following the chancellor’s installation, Vice Chancellor Joel Cunningham introduced Vice Chancellor-elect John McCardell and Bonnie McCardell, who were greeted by warm applause from those gathered for the ceremony. Eighty students were awarded their academic gowns during the Convocation, and Dr. Robin Eames, retired archbishop of Armagh, delivered the Convocation Address.
Events
Black History Month film series Feb. 9, 16, & 23
As part of Black History Month celebrations, the Black History Month Film Series presents three inspiring films about the lives of black Africans, both on the African continent and in its diasporic communities in North and South America. All the films will be shown Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. in the Bishops’ Common Hearth Room. They are free and open to the entire Sewanee community.
Favela Rising – Feb. 9
American Violet – Feb. 16
Home Across Lands – Feb. 23
Lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex Jones Feb. 11
The University’s How, Then, Shall We Live? lecture series presents “Losing the News,” a talk by Alex S. Jones, at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in Convocation Hall. Admission is free and the lecture is open to the public.
Sewanee Herbarium event, Saturday, Shakerag Hollow
Sewanee Herbarium event: Hunt for the first hepatica, Shakerag Hollow
Saturday, Feb. 13, 1:30 p.m.
"Islam's War and Peace Signals: Context, Concept, and Consequences" lecture Feb. 15
Dr. Saleem Ahmed will talk on "Islam's War and Peace Signals: Context, Concept, and Consequences" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the EQB Building. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Muslim Student Association.
"Exile and the Kingdom," about the poetry of Donald Hall, Feb. 17
Peter Makuck will speak on the work of Donald Hall, winner of the Sewanee Review’s 23rd Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the McGriff Alumni House on the Sewanee campus. His lecture, “Donald Hall: Exile and the Kingdom,” will be about the discovery of Hall’s poetic themes and his return to his ancestral farm in New Hampshire. The public is invited.
Spotlight
School of Theology Come and See weekend Feb. 25-28
Sewanee’s School of Theology will sponsor “Sewanee—Come and See 2010” Feb. 25-28 to provide prospective graduate students with an introduction to community life and theological formation at the School.
Spring semester Performing Arts Series
For five decades the Performing Arts Series has brought Sewanee a wide array of the world’s finest artists. From famous names to new faces, from the classic to the avant-garde, the Series offers Sewanee students and community members a rich sampling of the contemporary musical and theatrical scene. Here are the artists coming to campus this spring.
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