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September 11, 2008
Vol. 12, #3
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.
September
Thursday, September 11, 2008
September 11 Memorial Practice Service for the Naropa Community
With Acharya Dale Asrael and Practice Coordinator Shirly Pugatzky
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Virya Room, Paramita Campus
If you wish, please bring something from your own tradition to share/read/sing/say/put on the altar. There is plenty of free parking. See bus routes to Paramita Campus. If you have any further questions, please contact spugatzky@naropa.edu.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Brilliant Sanity: Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy Book Launch and Readings
Presented by Naropa University’s Office of the President and Office of Academic Affairs
4–6 p.m.
Virya Room, Paramita Campus
Please join us for a celebration of the work of the Contemplative Counseling Psychology Department and the publication of Brilliant Sanity, a compilation of writings capturing Naropa University’s innovative tradition of Contemplative Psychotherapy. Inspired by the 30th Anniversary conference of the Contemplative Counseling Psychology Department (2006), the book highlights the rich history and growing vitality of blending Buddhist and Western psychological perspectives. Lead editor, Francis Kaklauskas, will introduce the book and the following authors will present readings: Karen Kissel Wegela, Bob Unger, Lauren Casalino, MacAndrew Jack, Susan Nimmanheminda, Jeffrey Fortuna, Zoe Avstreih, Elizabeth Olson, Farrell Silverberg, Chuck Knapp, Michael Dow, Patricia Townsend. A book signing will follow. For more information, please call 303-245-4757.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Opening Reception for Naropa Faculty Exhibition
5–7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Exhibition running through October 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Naropa Town Hall Meeting: Politics and Unity: Politicking the Naropa Way
12–1 p.m., PAC
MC’d by Reverend Treneater-Nur Horton
Get off the Cushion & Get Involved
A town hall for envisioning a civically engaged society through stories of empowerment and music. Bring your aspirations for a better world. Work for what you choose through respect and dialogue with others.
Register to Vote & Get Engaged
Sponsored by Student Union of Naropa (SUN), Community Studies Center, & Student Affairs Food provided
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Frederick P. Lenz Foundation Distinguished Lecture
in Buddhist Studies and American Culture & Values:
"Thinking Through Texts: Toward a Critical Buddhist Theology of Sexuality”
José Ignacio Cabezón, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
6 p.m.
Nalanda Events Center, 6287 Arapahoe Avenue
What authority do classical texts have for traditional Buddhist thinkers? What authority should they have for contemporary Buddhists? Using sexuality as a case study, this talk will argue a middle way between two problematic extremes: total disregard for the classics on the one hand, and dogmatic literalism on the other.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Naropa Writing & Poetics Department Reading
8 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Naropa University
October
Thursdays, October 2, 2008–November 20, 2009
Cutting through Spiritual Materialism
with Phil Karl, 303-444-3849; gateway@indra.com
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
To Register: 303-245-4873 or extend@naropa.edu
This class will explore the classic text, Cutting through Spiritual Materialism, by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, which surveys the landscape of the Buddhist path
while addressing the pitfalls of the spiritual practitioner.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Lecture Demonstration with Katsura Kan: The Origins and Techniques of Butoh
Offered by Extended Studies in collaboration with the Departments of Performing Arts and Somatic Counseling Psychology
7–9 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Naropa University
$15 general admission; $10 for seniors and students (Free admission is included in registration for either of the weekend workshops listed below)
Saturday and Sunday, October 4–5, 2008
Space Exploration Workshop Led by Butoh Artist Katsura Kan
Offered by Extended Studies in collaboration with the Departments of Performing Arts and Somatic Counseling Psychology
10 a.m.–5 p.m. both days
Performing Arts Center, Naropa University
To Register: 303-245-4873 or extend@naropa.edu
Quality and Atmosphere is the theme of this workshop. Focusing on space created by the body, and movement, participants will examine the presentation of space atypical to western dance.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Naropa Writing Center Citation Style Workshops: CHICAGO
1–2 p.m.
Upaya South (Arapahoe Campus)
Questions? Call the NWC: 303-245-4606
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Naropa Writing Center Citation Style Workshops: APA
3–4 p.m.
Upaya North (Arapahoe Campus)
Questions? Call the NWC: 303-245-4606
Saturday and Sunday, October 11–12, 2008
Katsura Kan's Butoh Notation Workshop Led by Butoh Artist Katsura Kan
Offered by Extended Studies in collaboration with the Departments of Performing Arts and Somatic Counseling Psychology
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. both days
Performing Arts Center, Naropa University
To Register: 303-245-4873; extend@naropa.edu
Focusing on "Skouken," the initial path of the Buddha's Noble Eight Fold Path, participants will work on observation and patience. Through "moving and thinking," Kan will introduce his Butoh Notation.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Writing & Poetics Department Reading Series: Rae Armantrout and Maureen Owen
8 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Naropa University
Friday, October 17, 2008
Naropa Writing Center Citation Style Workshops: MLA
3–4 p.m.
Sycamore 8120 (Arapahoe Campus)
Questions? Call the NWC: 303-245-4606
Thursday, October 23–Saturday, October 25, 2008
Naropa's MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Thesis Performances:
Original experimental works by 2nd yr MFA students
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Campus, Studio Theatre (North end, room 9190)
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID
Thursday, October 23 & Friday, October 24, 2008
Medea Unstrung: An Operetta
Created by Meyung Kim
7:30 p.m. (Doublebill with Fancy)
Nalanda Studio Theater, Naropa University
Exploring personal myths and the story of Medea through music, movement and media.
Thursday, October 23 & Friday, October 24, 2008
Fancy
Created by Nita Mickley
7:30 p.m. (Doublebill with Medea Unstrung)
Nalanda Studio Theater, Naropa University
A curious fairy-tale exploring the ins and outs of opposite minds.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
I Am Not What I Am
Created and performed by Taavo Smith; Directed by Jeremy Williams
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater, Naropa University
Shakespeare's perfect villain avenges himself against a non-existent god. A butoh comedy featuring words from Sophocles, Verdi, Lautréamont and others.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Writing & Poetics Special Event: Arielle Greenberg lectures on the Gurlesque
Lecture at 7 p.m., Reading at 8 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Naropa University
Friday, October 31, 2008
four more
Co-created by Margot Bassett, Lauren Brenner, Sally Foster and Micha Frayne
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater
Four beautiful and also incredibly unattractive artists invite you into their topsy-turvy world—a collage of music, heartache, dance, teacups and thunderstorms behind closed doors.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Naropa's MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Thesis Performances:
Original experimental works by 2nd yr MFA students
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Campus, Studio Theatre (North end, room 9190)
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID
Friday, October 31 & Saturday, November 1, 2008
New Student Preview Weekend
Master class taught by Joan Bruemmer and Cara Reeser. Also, current BFA students will go the Coffee House and be available to talk to prospective students.
Ongoing Events
Fall 2008 Contemplative Practice Opportunities
All are welcome
Mondays between 3–6 p.m.
Japanese Tea, “Open hearth” tea ceremony
Led by Michael Ricci
Teahouse, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.
Mondays 5:15–6:30 p.m.
Zen Group
Led by the Great Mountain Zen Group and Gerry Wick Sensei
Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall
Wednesdays 6–7:30 p.m.
Zen Peace-Makers Meditation Group, samatha-vipashyana, pranayama, metta, and tonglen meditation practices
Led by Sensei Fleet Maull
Paramita Meditation Hall
Saturdays 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Sitting and Walking Meditation and Guided Bodywork Practice and/or Dharma Talk
Led by the members of Dhyanasangha and the Dharma Ocean Foundation
Sitting and Walking Mediation Saturdays 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Guided Bodywork Practice and/or Dharma Talk Saturdays 12 p.m.–1 p.m.
Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall
First Sunday of the Month 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Group Sitting and Walking Meditation
Led by Phil Karl
Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall
Every Thursday between 1–2 p.m.
Riding the Energy of Emotions
With Acharya Dale Asrael
Paramita Meditation Hall
Every other Friday starting September 29, 2008. Between 5–7 p.m.
Vimalakirti Cult, A full group reading of the Second Turning popular text
Arapahoe Meditation Hall
Every Tuesday between 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
Tuesdays through Thursdays
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.
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