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The Boniuk Center Newsletter July 2010
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Greetings!
 We are pleased to introduce the Center's new Executive Director, Mr. Michael Pardee, who will begin August 1. Our five-year strategic plan
included a focus on high school- and college-aged youth, to which
Pardee brings a wealth of curricular and secondary school
experience. For the past seven years, he served as Director of
Character Education at the Kinkaid School in Houston, TX, where he
developed experiential curricula in the burgeoning new fields of
leadership training and character development. Prior to his position at Kinkaid, he served as the Executive
Director of the Leadership Initiative at Suffield Academy in
Connecticut and taught History and English at Concord Academy in
Massachusetts and Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico. He has
consulted with numerous schools nationwide as well as with the
Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education. He is one of the
founding faculty members at the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute
at the Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, whose primary
mission is "teaching teachers about teaching leadership." He has
presented at National Association of Independent Schools Conferences
on youth leadership development and character education, and
organized the 2007 regional symposium on both of these topics at the
Kinkaid School. Pardee has participated in interfaith endeavors as a
board member and teacher at the Houston Congregation for Reform
Judaism. He holds an M.A. in Educational Administration from
Columbia Teachers College, an M.A. in American and New England
Studies from Boston University, and an A.B. in English from
Princeton University.
The Feast
of Faiths was a smashing success! We raised over $30,000 and welcomed
170 guests to our celebration of diverse ethnic, religious, and
culinary traditions. See event pictures on our website and the article written by advisory board member K.C. Sharnberg on the Houston Chronicle website.
Sincerely,
Dr. Shira Lander
Interim Director
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More on Islamic Art at the MFAH
Jul 9, 2010 12:00 PM
Jul 11, 2010 2:00 PM
Jul 16, 2010 12:00 PM
Jul 18, 2010 2:00 PM
Jul 23, 2010 12:00 PM
Jul 25, 2010 2:00 PM
Jul 30, 2010 12:00 PM
Gallery Talk: Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam
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See objects that span the 9th century to the
present from the historic branch of Islam, Sufism, whose followers seek
mystical union with God. Explore how the Sufi idea of light, which
symbolizes both God and enlightenment, found expression through the
arts of the Islamic world on this 45-minute gallery talk.
See the MFAH website for details.
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More Interfaith Conversation Over Food
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