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Big minds.
Small Classes
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Study in small, discussion-based classes with professors such as poet Anne Waldman.
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Contemplate
and wake up.
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Sharpen your intellect and evolve as a human being through meditation training and practice.
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Create. Make. Serve.
And work.
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Naropa’s contemplative liberal arts education is intellectual and experiential.
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"First Thought. Best Thought."
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And then create. Step into the lineage of poet Allen Ginsberg and founder Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
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Jack Kerouac School
View the video to experience how JKS cultivates contemplative and experimental approaches to writing.
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Walk the campus. Talk to students and faculty. Discover what makes us unique. Visit Naropa University.
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Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies and Religious Studies
"When we are in touch with our human-heartedness, we think, feel, and act compassionately."
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Experience Naropa
Experience the richness of Naropa's educational environment. From the renowned Summer Writing Program to speakers, theater performances, and art exhibits, there's always something going on at Naropa.
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Sparking Creativity: Naropa's Summer Writing Program
Tim Z. Hernandez, BA, Writing & Literature, '03
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The Spark of East and West Working Within
"The point is not to abandon scholarship, but to ground it, to personalize it, and to balance it with the fundamentals of mind training...."—Judy Lief, trustee and former Naropa president
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Anne Waldman Receives 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship for Poetry
Naropa Awarded Grant to Further Campus-Wide Sustainability Efforts
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