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Jaime Duggan

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Jaime Duggan

Academic Advisor, Nature-Based Transpersonal Counseling

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jduggan@naropa.edu

Jaime first came to Naropa as an undergraduate student and earned her BA here in the InterArts: Dance & Movement Studies and Minor in Traditional Eastern Arts in 2003. She went on to train and perform for several years both with Logo Ligi and Kissidugu West African Percussion & Dance before completing her MFA in Dance at the University of CO-Boulder. With a Secondary Emphasis in Ethnic Studies, her graduate work focused on intersections of dance, embodiment and spirituality with racism, cultural appropriation, and white privilege. She returned to Naropa in 2004 to dedicate her energies to diversity programming and cultural transformation with what became the Office for Inclusive Community. She has also served as Coordinator of Student & Campus Life and as Adjunct Faculty at Naropa. Jaime currently serves as Graduate Academic Advisor for Wilderness Therapy, while also working full-time as an Atelierista and Teacher Candidate at Compositive Primary and working towards her early childhood teaching license with Friends School Teacher Preparation Program.

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Located in Boulder, Colorado, Naropa University is a Buddhist-inspired, nonsectarian liberal arts university that is recognized as the birthplace of the mindfulness movement. Naropa offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs that emphasize professional and personal growth, intellectual development, and cultivating compassion. 

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Contemplative education brings together the best of Western scholarship and Eastern world wisdom traditions. Therefore, your pursuit of wisdom at Naropa means learning both about academic subjects and about your own place in the world. This innovative approach places Naropa on the cutting edge of the newest and most effective methods of teaching and learning.  

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Through its incredibly vibrant and welcoming community,  “Naropa offers a home for those who aren’t willing to conform to convention—the mystic, the healer, the prophet, the rebel, the artist, the revolutionary, the oddball—those who are incredible contributors to the evolution of society and of our planet.”—Core Associate Professor Zvi Ish-Shalom

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How is Naropa different from other universities? At Naropa, a liberal arts education balances rigorous academics with powerful interpersonal skills and self-awareness to educate the whole person. Naropa’s contemplative approach is inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the conviction that we can build a diverse, contemplative, enlightened society when we have transformed education to affirm the basic goodness of every person. 

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