The 鶹ƵUniversity Humanities Center’s Spring Symposia will kick off on Friday, Jan. 16, with the first installment of a three-part Contemplative Collaborative Brownbag Series titled, “Practicing Presence: Mindfulness Practices for Teaching and Learning.”
Free and open to the public, the Brownbag Series is part of the Humanities Center’s Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professorship. The interdisciplinary brownbag series aims to uncover contemplative practices for students, faculty and community members.
The series lineup is as follows:
Practicing Presence: Mindfulness Practices for Teaching and Learning
Friday, Jan. 16
Noon–1:30 p.m., 123 Sims Hall
Diane Grimes, associate professor, Communication and Rhetorical Studies
鶹ƵUniversity
W. Kurt Stavenhagen, doctoral candidate, Composition and Cultural Rhetoric,
鶹ƵUniversity, and full-time lecturer at SUNY-ESF
Learning to Be Present: Mindfulness Practices for Writing, Research, and Creativity
Friday, Feb. 13
Noon–1:30 p.m., 123 Sims Hall
Gesa E. Kirsch, professor of English and director of the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences
Bentley University
Patrick W. Berry, assistant professor, Writing and Rhetoric
鶹ƵUniversity
Mindfulness Goes to School: Linking Research with Practice
Friday, March 6
Noon–1:30 p.m., 123 Sims Hall
Dessa Bergan-Cico, assistant professor, Public Health
鶹ƵUniversity
Rachel Razza, assistant professor, Child and Family Studies
鶹ƵUniversity
The series is presented by the Humanities Center. Co-sponsors include the Writing Program and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies in the ; the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the ; Contemplative Collaborative; and Hendricks Chapel and its Wellness Fund.
For more information, contact Patrick Berry by email at pwberry@syr.edu or by phone at 443.1912.
