The Syracuse University 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
Syracuse University
W. Kurt Stavenhagen, doctoral candidate, Composition and Cultural Rhetoric,
Syracuse University, 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
Syracuse University
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
Syracuse University
Rachel Razza, assistant professor, Child and Family Studies
Syracuse University
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 College of Arts and Sciences; the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts; 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.
