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Palanca, Please: October Encounter With Christ Retreat

October 23, 2015

Thirty-seven students will be attending the October Encounter with Christ Retreat along with 22 student leaders from October 30-November 1, according to Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry. Faculty and staff are asked to consider writing a note (palanca) to students they know who will be participating. This is an opportunity to encourage students and express appreciation […]

Filed Under: 10-19-2015, 10-26-2015, Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Palanca

Final Visio Divina of Lent, April 1

March 30, 2015

All members of the University community are invited to participate in the final session of Visio Divina this Wednesday, April 1, in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Visio Divina offers a chance to enter into a deep silence and simply be present, using an image from The Saint John’s Bible as a focal point. […]

Filed Under: 03-30-2015, Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Visio Divina

Step Aside For “Visio Divina,” March 18

March 16, 2015

All members of the campus community are invited to step aside from the semester’s frenetic pace for the peaceful quiet of Visio Divina prayer on Wednesday, March 18 at both 12:45 and 7:15 p.m. The session takes about 30 minutes and draws on ancient monastic traditions of contemplative prayer, focusing on an image from the […]

Filed Under: 03-16-2015 Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Karn Eifler, Visio Divina

Palanca, Please

March 16, 2015

A group of 36 students will be attending the next Encounter with Christ Retreat, along with 22 student leaders, from March 20-22. Faculty and staff are asked to consider writing a note (palanca) to students they know on retreat. This is an opportunity to encourage students and express appreciation for them outside the classroom. Each […]

Filed Under: 03-16-2015, Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Encounter With Christ Retreat, Palanca

This Week’s “Visio Divina”

March 9, 2015

Visio Divina, a contemplative Lenten prayer, will be held twice on Wednesday, March 18, at 12:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. The meditative prayer lasts approximately 30 minutes and focuses on an image from The Saint John’s Bible. The volume containing the focal image for that week will be […]

Filed Under: 03-09-2015, Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Visio Divina

October Encounter with Christ Retreat: Palanca, Please

October 20, 2014

Thirty-seven students will be attending the October Encounter with Christ Retreat, along with 22 student leaders, from October 24-26, according to Beth Barsotti, campus ministry. Faculty and staff are asked to consider writing a note (palanca) to students they know who will be participating. This is an opportunity to encourage students and express appreciation for […]

Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Encounter With Christ Retreat, Palanca

Faith and Formation Ambassador Program

September 8, 2014

A new program was launched this fall to bring intentional student leadership around faith and community to the University’s residence halls. The Faith and Formation Ambassador Program is a redesign of the Faith & Leadership House that had existed on campus since 2006. Rather than placing student leaders in a single community home, this new program […]

Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Moreau Center, Theology Department Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Moreau Center, Residence Life, Theology Department

Spiritual Companionship at UP

September 1, 2014

Rev. Jeffrey Coooper, C.S.C., theology, and Beth Barsotti, campus ministry, will present “Introduction to Spiritual Companionship” on Thursday, September 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bauccio Commons Teske Room. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Faculty and staff members are invited to learn more about spiritual companship, and to consider being a […]

Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Rev. Jeffrey Cooper C.S.C.

Palanca, Please

March 17, 2014

A group of 36 students will be attending the March Encounter with Christ Retreat along with 23 student leaders, March 21-23, according to Beth Barsotti, campus ministry. Faculty and staff members are asked to consider writing a note (“palanca”) to students they may know on the retreat list. This is an opportunity to encourage students […]

Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Encounter With Christ Retreat, Palanca

Palanca, Please

September 6, 2013

Thirty-six students will be attending the September Encounter with Christ Retreat along with 22 student leaders from September 27-29. All faculty and staff are asked if they would consider writing a note (palanca) to students they know who will be attending. Writing palanca is an opportunity to encourage students and express appreciation for them outside […]

Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry, Encounter With Christ Retreat, Palanca

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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