Past Events - Center for Faith and Public Life and Service Learning
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Scholars at Risk Network Brown-bag Lunch & Discussion
Location: John Carroll Conference Room (CNS 200)
Date: 04/18/2008
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Clare Robinson, Program Officer for Scholars at Risk (SAR) will present an overview of SAR and discuss the process involved in hosting a scholar.
Fairfield University has been a member of the Scholars at Risk Network for 3+ years. SAR is an international network of universities and colleges that seeks to promote academic freedom and defend the human rights of scholars and their communities. Through SAR, universities and colleges host scholars who are under attack because of their words, ideas, and place in society.
Fairfield’s membership with SAR is driven by our mission as a Jesuit University. We hope that you will join us to learn more about this work and how you can become involved in efforts to identify and host scholars at Fairfield University.
For more information send an email to mquan@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/Beta/.
Women's Global Leadership: Why Investing in Women Improves the World
Location: DiMenna-Nyselius Library Multimedia Room
Date: 03/26/2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leader in NGO work around the world. They have a three-pronged approach: creating opportunities for economic independence for women, political empowerment of women, and achieving social justice for women. Their efforts have been recognized by world leaders, and their efforts have borne fruit in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and of in the US. In short, they are one of the biggest proponents of gender equity on a world stage.
Guest speaker, Melysa Sperber, will also talk about her recent experiences with developing legal and state supported protocols for women in African nations.
This event is free and open to the public and co-sponsored with the support of the Center for Faith and Public Life, Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN), and the College of Arts and Sciences Women’s Studies and International Studies Programs, and the Connecticut Council of Vital Voices Global Partnership.
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.VitalVoices.org.
Soup and Service Learning: Assessment and Evaluation
Location: John Carroll Conference Room (CNS 200)
Date: 03/11/2008
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Stephanie Burrell, Assistant Director of the Center for Academic Excellence, will facilitate a discussion on the assessment of student learning in service-learning courses. Participants will walk away with tools to apply in their classes.
For more information send an email to servicelearning@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.fairfield.edu/servicelearning.
Inter Faith Youth Core Workshop
Location: Alumni House, Fairfield University
Date: 03/11/2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. to
The Center for Faith and Public Life at Fairfield University invites you to a dinner and workshop that is intended to help improve communication between young people from different faith backgrounds. The event will be facilitated by the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago based non-profit dedicated to empowering young people and promoting religious pluralism.
Sponsored by the Center for Faith and Public Life at Fairfield University, made possible by funding from the Wabash Institute. *Participants must RSVP.
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.ifyc.org.
Axis of Evil Muslim Comedy Team
Location: Barone Campus Center, Oak Room
Date: 02/21/2008
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Axis of Evil Comedy team are among the top comedians in the world today. Please join us for a fun evening of entertainment.
This event is sponsored by The Humanities Institute, the Center for Faith and Public Life, Office of the Academic Vice President, Dean of the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Departments of Politics, Religious Studies, Sociology & Anthropology, and University College.
In addition, this event was made possible in part by funding from the Wabash Institute for Teaching and Learning. The purpose of the Wabash grant activities are to explore the difficult dialogue between Islam and Christianity.
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.fairfield.edu/cfpl.
Soup & Service Learning: Summer Course Development Stipends Question & Answer Session
Location: CNS 200 John Carroll Conference Room
Date: 02/11/2008
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The first in the Office of Service Learning’s Spring 2008 brown-bag series: “Soup and Service Learning.” Join us to learn more about the Service Learning Summer Course Development Stipends and to share ideas with one another. Proposals due March 1, 2008. Notification provided by April 1, 2008.
For more information send an email to servicelearning@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.fairfield.edu/servicelearning.
First Annual St. Thomas More Lecture, Catholics in America: The Present Position: Rights, Responsibilities, and Challenges
Location: Dolan School of Business Dining Room
Date: 02/11/2008
Time: 7:00 p.m. to
This First Annual St. Thomas More lecture will feature Dr. Robert Royal, President of the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, D.C.
The St. Thomas More lecture series is is funded in part by the Golden Stags, a group of dedicated alumni from the class of 1952. The lecture series, developed by both the Center and alumni, will feature nationally known speakers addressing social and political changes from a traditional Catholic perspective.
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.fairfield.edu/cfpl.
“Becoming an Informed Electorate:
a breakfast for faith and civic leaders”
Location: Dolan School of Business Dining Room
Date: 02/07/2008
Time: 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
This breakfast will speak to the responsibility of the faith community to educate members about issues and values;
and the role of the media to inform the electorate
about candidates’ responses to issues.
Presenters include:
Mr. James Smith, Editor
The Connecticut Post; The Rev. Richard Ryscavage, S.J., Director
The Center for Faith and Public Life
Fairfield University; and The Rev. Dr. Brian Schofield-Bodt, President
The Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport
Sponsored by the Center for Faith and Public Life
and The Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, Inc.
To register, contact Ana Cotto at anacotto@ccgb.org
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.fairfield.edu/cfpl.
The Impact of Islam on America and the Catholic Church - Lecture with Gerhard Bowering, S.J., Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University
Location: Barone Campus Center, Oak Room
Date: 01/30/2008
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
This is the first event in a series funded by a grant from the Wabash Institute. This event will feature Fr. Gerhard Bowering, SJ, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies in Islamic Studies at Yale University.
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://www.fairfield.edu/cfpl.
Center for Faith and Public Life Open House
Location: CNS 200 John Carroll Conference Room
Date: 01/28/2008
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Please join the Center’s staff to celebrate the New Year and to learn about the events and programs that the Center has planned for 2008.
For more information send an email to cfpl@mail.fairfield.edu or visit http://fairfield.edu/cfpl.
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