August 27, 2009
Vol. 14, #1

Call for StandCom Volunteers (Staff)
The Standing Committee for General Staff Meetings aka Standcom is inviting new volunteers to join the group. Is there anyone out there that would like to join us as we prepare to organize the upcoming Staff Meetings scheduled to resume this coming 2009 fall semester? We must find at least four people who can help us and prevent these meetings from coming to an end. Currently there are only two members left to continue this valuable work. Organizing staff meetings takes some skill, and we would like to recruit those who work well on a team in the following areas:

• Planning
• Setting up meeting schedules
• Arranging for meeting rooms and furniture set-up
• Submitting purchase orders and shopping for food
• Taking and transcribing meeting minutes
• Editing and posting the final minutes to the Eropa page
• Collaborating with individual staff members and/or departments to arrange information sharing sessions and/or departmental presentations
  

Find out more about Standcom responsibilities and mission.

August

Wednesday, August 5–Monday, October 5, 2009
Jeff Page Exhibition – Nalanda Gallery

Jeff is a member of the prestigious Red Line studios in Denver and has had several major exhibitions in the last year or so. He works with collage and also creates site specific installations with objects such as bricks and thousands of rubber bands. We’re excited to see what he will come up with for the different “sections” of the Nalanda gallery. You can view his work at his website.

Saturday, August 15–Monday, October 19, 2009
Devon Bryant Exhibition – Lincoln Gallery

Devon creates paintings and collages and his imagery incorporates sacred symbols and geometry. In his artist’s statement he wrote:
 
Much as the Gothic cathedrals were constructed, not as aesthetic objects, but as instruments of religious action; my work is crafted to act on the body and reverberate in the soul. I acquire forms and symbols from a diverse range of religious and spiritual traditions to mentally reinforce this facet. And I engage an ecstatic style that overwhelms the separate self-sense, and causes Spirit to pour through.

September

Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Peace Jam Speaker: Pantea Beigi
12:00–1:20 p.m.; PAC

Director of Communications and Spokeswoman for The PeaceJam Foundation in Denver, Pantea Beigi will help prepare the Naropa community for Shirin Ebadi’s visit to Naropa. Pantea will show the film Shirin Ebadi: A Simple Lawyer and share stories and perspective on Dr. Ebadi’s life and work. Pouria Montazeri, a Naropa Transpersonal Counseling Psychology student, will add to the discussion.

Friday, September 11–Sunday, September 13, 2009
Lenz Foundation Buddhist Leadership Conference: A Celebration of American Buddhist Diversity

Dr. Jan Willis, Dr. Robert Thurman, and Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown will be lecturing.  For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.naropa.edu/extend/event09.cfm


Friday, September 11–Sunday, September 13, 2009
Wilderness Therapy Symposium

The Wilderness Therapy Symposium at Naropa University brings together clinicians, field instructors, rites of passage guides, referring professionals, university professors, students and personnel from residential programs. The interactive, experiential workshops encourage intensive collaboration between the fields of adventure therapy, ecopsychology and clinical psychology. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.naropa.edu/extend/conferences/wildernesstherapy.cfm

Saturday, September 12, 2009
Anne Waldman and Women of Naropa Fundraiser for Bombay Gin
8 p.m.; Performing Arts Center

This highly anticipated event takes place each year and highlights the talents of the women of Naropa. This year’s reading features Anne Waldman along with faculty and students of the Writing and Poetics department. This event benefits a local women's charity and Bombay Gin, Naropa's literary journal. Please join us!

Friday, September 25, 2009
BFA Salon
Hosted by BFA Performance
8 p.m.; Performing Arts Center

An informal evening of  works-in-progress hosted by the BFA Performance students. Come support, watch and give feedback! Free and open to the public.

Ongoing Events

Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m.
Insight Meditation- Vipassana, A Buddhist Meditation tradition of Southeast Asia
Led by David Chernikoff a faculty member of Naropa University.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania. For more information, please see www.insightcolorado.org

Resources

Ongoing throughout the Fall Semester
Registration for Text Messaging
http://webreg.naropa.edu

For the safety and well-being of its community, Naropa University will implement numerous tools to alert faculty, staff and students to campus emergencies, as well as keep them informed of snow-day closures and related events. Voicemail, email and an on-campus public address system will be utilized along with the single most critical component, text messaging, which allows you to be instantly notified by cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA).

Registration for the text messaging service starts now. All Naropa students and faculty are strongly encouraged to log in to Naropa's web registration page, from which you may access a secure site and add your personal information to the text messaging alert system. Staff will receive additional instructions via email.

When registering, it is necessary to have your phone with you and turned on. Please opt in now; it only takes a minute.

Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays
Drop-in Counseling Center
11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
In the Snow Lion Building (entrance on the East side)

Need Some Support? Having a Hard Time Adjusting? Wondering About Community Resources? Just Want To Talk? Drop By the Naropa Counseling Center. For more information or to set up an appointment, call 303-245-4697.

Career Services
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and by appointment

Career Services is a free service for Naropa students and alumni and can assist you in making meaningful and positive academic and career decisions.  The process of career development and planning can be difficult, and they are here to help you:

• Explore your interests, values, skills, and talents
• Identify potential academic and career paths
• Develop internship and job search strategies
• Plan your graduate school or other educational application process
• Learn how to write effective cover letters and resumes
• Prepare for the interview process
• Or assist you if you have any other concerns, questions, or need information about your career

If you would like to schedule an appointment, please call 303-245-4863 or email ssteward@naropa.edu

Naropa Writing Center Open
Sycamore Hall across from the student lounge
Monday–Thursday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
303-245-4606

The NWC offers a respectful, collaborative environment for all writers. We can assist you with essays, scholarship applications, cover letters, creative work, theses and more. Come in at any stage of the writing process from brainstorming and organization to revising and documenting sources. Appointments are available on the hour and half-hour, for 25 or 50 minutes. Citation workshops will be offered this semester. Location, dates, and times will be announced as soon as they are available.

Volunteer work with Moving to End Sexual Assault

Rape Crisis Hotline
For more information, or a volunteer application, please check out our website, call 303/443-0400 x102 or email Julie Washnock at julie@movingtoendsexualassault.org. Training dates are listed below.

Men's Prevention Education Program
For more information, a training schedule and a volunteer application, please check out our website, call 303-443-0400 x103 and ask for Marti Hopper or email her at marti@movingtoendsexualassault.org.

Go to MESA for more information on required training dates, job descriptions and application forms.

Service-Learning Opportunities with Prison Dharma Network
Prison Dharma Network (PDN), an international interfaith network founded by Naropa adjunct faculty member Fleet Maull is always in need of service-learning participants for its various programs working with prisoners and youth at risk in the Boulder area. PDN is also in need of people to respond to prisoner's book and information requests, as well as teach yoga and meditation at the Boulder County Jail. We support thousands of prisoners in the practice of all forms of the contemplative path: meditation, yoga, centering prayer, chi kung, etc. Please contact Sarah Gurganus at pdn2@indra.com or visit Prison Dharma Network for more information.

Volunteer Work with Shambhala Prison Community
The Shambhala Prison Community works in about sixty prisons nationwide and is looking for dedicated practitioners of meditation to work with prisoners who are themselves practicing meditation and studying the Dharma. Current need also involves volunteers who can assist with shipping literature from our libraries to prisoners. If you are interested in this extraordinarily rewarding work, we would be delighted to discuss with you the possibilities of your becoming a volunteer.

To find out more about how you can help ease the suffering of the incarcerated, email the Shambhala Prison Community at prison@indra.com, or call 303-544-5923. Please identify your interest in volunteering in the subject line.

Student Discounts

Naropa University Extended Studies offers increased discounts for Naropa community members.
Alumni: 15%
Students: 30%
Full-time Faculty/Staff: 50%
Adjunct Faculty: 50%
MI & TA: 30%

Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Student Discount
An hour before any performance, students can purchase tickets at DCPA for only $10.