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Events at Naropa
You are invited!
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Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, PhD
Friday, April 3 7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation Distinguished Guest Lecturer in Buddhist Studies and American Culture and Values. Roshi Pat is also teaching a weekend workshop. Read more
Sr Helen Prejean, CSJ - Bayard and John Cobb Peace Lecture
Monday, April 20
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus Lecture by Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun opposed to the death penalty.Read more
The William D. Jones Community Greenhouse Grand Opening
Earth Day:
Wednesday, April 22
Noon
Performing Arts Center Presentation by Robert Martin, Chief Public Advocate of National Environmental Public Advocates, a Boulder-based nonprofit organization.Read more
Naropa University CommencementSaturday, May 9
3 p.m. Macky AuditoriumThe keynote speaker is mediator, writer and speaker William Ury.Read more |
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Greetings!
We are delighted to offer one of our first e-newsletters to our alumni! We hope that you will join our "Each
One, Reach One" grassroots effort to locate our lost alumni with updated contact information. Naropa
communicates with approximately 1,800 of its 4,300 alumni
through this e-newsletter. That means more than half of our alumni are completely out of the loop.
To assist us in this effort, click on "Forward to your friends" at
the end of this email and enter in the email addresses of your alumni friends who may not be receiving this email.
We relish any feedback about this newsletter-what works, what you would like to
hear more about, as well as suggestions for improvement. Simply email me. We look forward to hearing from
you.
Sincerely,
Melissa A. Holland
Alumni Relations Officer
Naropa University
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| Naropa News |
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Priscilla Inkpen, you will be missed.
It is with profound sadness that we inform you that our very dear friend and cherished colleague, Priscilla Inkpen, passed away on Saturday, March 21 at 7:05pm. She was at home in Boulder, and her family was by her side at the time of passing. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to a scholarship/award fund being set up in her name at Naropa University. Checks should be made out to 'Naropa University' (memo line: 'Priscilla Inkpen gift fund') and mailed to: Naropa University, Advancement Office, 2130, Arapahoe Ave. Boulder CO 80302-6697. If you would like to donate online, please click on the link below. In the "Designation" field, please designate your gift to the "Priscilla Inkpen Gift Fund" Donate onlineFor further information, please contact Emrys Moreau, Naropa Advancement Office, emoreau@naropa.edu or 303-245-4751. |
| Sneak Preview of Naropa Magazine - Spring 2009 |
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Scheduled for release in mid-April, the spring issue of Naropa Magazine will celebrate twenty years of Eco-Literature, evolving Visual Arts and Contemplative Education Departments and the enactment of a campus-wide strategic plan that provides a blueprint of the university's future.
This issue also bids farewell to President Tom Coburn, who has steered Naropa for the last six years. Environmental initiatives, an explanation of re-accreditation preparations and staff/faculty profiles fill out an issue not to be missed.
Published twice a year, Naropa Magazine is sent to all current alumni. If you do not currently receive Naropa Magazine, please update your contact information. |
| Alumni Highlights |
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Meet a few Naropa Alumni, who are meeting the world as it is and changing it for the better.
Becky Lee, BA Contemplative Psychology '03, currently serves
as the Adolescent On-Going Team Case Manager for Boulder County
Housing and Human Services in Boulder, CO.
World-traveled writer Robert Masterson, MFA Writing & Poetics '97, wrote a collection of eighteen prose and verse pieces based on his experiences in transitional China during the mid-1980s entitled "Artificial Rats and Electric Cats: Communications from Transitional China, 1985-1986" http://robert-thenotebook.blogspot.com/
Kevin Poole, MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance '07, co-founded a Naropa alumni theatre ensemble, Aluminous in Boulder, CO.
Eric Wilden, MA Divinity, '05, is the Assistant Director for Neighborhood Interfaith Movement in Philadelphia, PA. He is also running the Sunday School program at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of
the Restoration, and has started a wedding officiant service, Water Lily
Weddings.
Lisa Witter, MA Contemplative Psychotherapy '04, launched the Apple Tree Directory, a local family resource guide for Boulder County with traditional and holistic/green products and services. Their goal is to have a site bringing community resources and parent's wisdom together to help every family. www.appletreedirectory.com
How are you transforming your world? Please share your story.
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| Naropa a Forerunner in Transition Movement |
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| Join the Effort
The Transition Movement is an international movement to rebuild community resilience and tackle climate change and peak oil. Through Transition Naropa, Naropa University became one of the first Transition Universities in the United States.
Transition Naropa is an inclusive, university-wide movement for greater sustainability and self-reliance at Naropa. Its fifty members are mainly students; however staff, faculty and alumni are encouraged to join. Ideas for Naropa's transition movement include a farmer's market in the parking lot and classes that support transition activities. See www.naropa.edu/transition. |
| Alumni "To Do" List |
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Naropa alums, you are invited to... 
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Contemplative Practice...to be continued...
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 How do you continue your contemplative practice?
The busy, frenetic world outside of Naropa does not often value and support the development of an inner life that is rich and meaningful. How do you engage in contemplative practice, post-Naropa? Email your suggestions and insights. | |
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