|
Articles
American University Assists Bhutan in Reforming its Education System
NewsBlaze
Sunday, January 5, 2010
People On the Move, Susan Boyle
Denver Post
November 29, 2009
Naropa’s New President Sees Buddhist School As A Good Fit: Minister Says His Beliefs Are In Harmony With Boulder's East-Meets-West University
By Brittany Anas, Writer
Boulder Daily Camera
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Collective Voice Of Children And Beasts In Bhanu Kapil's Poetry
By Laynie Brown, Poetry Media Services
Capital City Weekly
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Naropa To Teach Profs How To Weave Compassion Into Classroom
By Brittany Anas, Writer
July 8, 2009
How to Work With Emotions
by Judith Simmer Brown, Sharon Salzberg, John Tarrant, Ven. Ponlop Rinpoche. Buddhadharma
Summer 2009
Naropa President Thomas Coburn To Spend Last Day At Helm Tuesday: Stuart Lord, A Christian Minister, Will Take Over Post
By Brittany Anas, Writer
June 29, 2009
CU, Naropa to participate in scholarship program for veterans: Schools among the 700 nationwide enrolled in 'Yellow Ribbon' program
Boulder Daily Camera
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Made-in-Colorado film Entanglement debuts tonight
By Mike Roberts, Writer
Westword
Friday, Jun. 26, 2009
Listening to the Beats with Naropa Anthology
By Clay Evans
Boulder Daily Camera
Friday, June 26, 2009
It’s Summer Literary Festival Season in the West
By Jenny Shank
Western Book Roundup
June 3, 2009
2009 Naropa University Commencement program
Boulder Daily Camera
May 9, 2009
Boulder's Naropa University Appoints First Black President: Stuart Lord, Associate Provost At Dartmouth College, Will Take Over July 1
By Jabril Faraj, Staff Writer
Boulder Daily Camera
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Write here, write now:
Naropa writing program encourages young artists to push boundaries
By Lance Vaillancourt, Staff Writer
Colorado Daily
Thursday, June 19, 2008
"The Sports and Fitness Bar"
Rhymes with Orange
Seattle Post Intelligencer
March 30, 2008
From here to there
Some turn to rites of passage to help them through transitions
By Cindy Sutter
Daily Camera
Saturday, November 18, 2006
John Davis, PhD quoted in an article discussing ceremonies as modern way to experience a rite of passage, an often religious ceremony that marks a significant event in a person's life. In some cultures, rites of passage most commonly marked the transition from youth to adulthood, but also death and other important events.
The Inner Scholar
Claire Dederer
NYTimes.com
November 4, 2007
TO hear Thomas B. Coburn, president of Naropa University, explain the theory of contemplative education is to grasp a simple concept. The Buddhist-inspired teaching that goes on at this small college, he says, is aimed at giving students "a critical perspective on their inner lives."
To see it in action is something else entirely. Click here for more...
On the Road, Again
By Joe Woodward
Poets and Writers
September/October 2007
Over this past summer, Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, home to the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, hosted the inaugural Kerouac Festival, a three-day event that included readings, scholarly panels, film screenings, and a gala dinner.
Naropa celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'On the Road' with Kerouac Festival
Vince Darcangelo, DailyCamera.com
On the Road Marathon Reading — 1 p.m. Saturday at Naropa University's Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.; free.
Kerouac Fans Stage Marathon Reading
The Associated Press, WashingtonPost.com
BOULDER, Colo. -- Admirers of author Jack Kerouac celebrated the 50th anniversary of "On the Road" with a marathon reading of the novel.
Five Perfect College Towns
Kate Hamman, SmarterTravel.com
These five towns exemplify the best of college life: cafes, diners, cutting-edge music and art scenes, and a melting pot of individualism.
50 Years of Kerouac On the Road (.mp3)
Claudia Cragg, KGNU Radio, June, 2007
Claudia Cragg of KGNU interview with Anne Waldman, Steven Taylor and Lisa Birman about the Kerouac Festival, coming up June 30-July 1
With Iraq War as a Backdrop, Speakers Reflect on the Future
New York Times, June 10, 2007
For many if not most members of the class of 2007, the war in Iraq has been the constant background of their college years. And so as seniors graduated from thousands of colleges and universities in recent weeks, the war was on the mind of many commencement speakers. Alice Walker speaking at Naropa University's commencement was one of them.
The Poet that Changed America
Allen Ginsberg - Beat poet activist queer American Buddhist
Co-founder of Naropa's Kerouac School
Elephant, Autumn 2006
Please Help Me Learn Who I Am
By Barry Boyce
Shambhala Sun, January 2007
For more information about Naropa University’s approach to contemplative education, please consult this article.
To Learn in the Moment
By Caroline Hsu
American's Best Colleges 2005
Copyright 2004 U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Reprinted with permission
Liberal Education
Secularism & Spirituality in Today’s Academy: A Heuristic Model
By Thomas B. Coburn
Journal of College and Character
Cultivating Spiritual Academics for Leadership—A Presidential Perspective
By Thomas B. Coburn
Reporters seeking information about Naropa University can contact:
Sue Seecof
PR Manager, Marketing and Communications
303-245-4622
sseecof@naropa.edu
|
