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Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics

Ethics and Listening Webinar: Feb. 1

To kick-off Ethics Week 2021, please join the Dundon-Berchtold Institute on Monday, February 1 at 6 p.m. for a free Zoom webinar featuring a panel of professionals whose work involves the crucial, nuanced practice of listening. This conversation will feature Marjorie Attis-Josias, nursing; Fr. Pat Hannon, C.S.C. ’82, English & Pastoral Resident, Christie Hall; The Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, United States Circuit Judge – Ninth Circuit; and UP regent Kay Toran ’64, President/CEO, Volunteers of America, Oregon. Details and registration information can be found at the Dundon-Berchtold Institute’s website for Ethics Week 2021 using this link.

Summer Internship Opportunities for Students: Applications Due February 12

The Ethics and the Professions Internship program offers six UP students a dedicated 8-week summer internship experience, working and learning alongside professionals in public and private sectors across the greater Portland and Vancouver areas and beyond, according to Dundon-Berchtold Institute director Dan McGinty. As interns learn about the elements that make up the work of these organizations, this program grants access for interns to explore how ethics guide, frame, and challenge professionals in the work they do. Under the guidance of their internship supervisor, each intern meets regularly throughout the eight weeks with different members of their placement organization for 1:1 conversations about organizational mission, personal vocations, and the roles that ethics play in the pursuit of a coherent morality. Contact McGinty (mcgintyd@up.edu) with questions.

Ethics and Storytelling Webinar, Feb. 3

As a continuation of Ethics Week 2021, please join the Dundon-Berchtold Institute on Wednesday, February 3 at 6 p.m. for a free Zoom webinar featuring a panel of professionals whose work involves the dynamic, complex responsibility of storytelling. Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies, will serve as facilitator for this conversation featuring Oscar Leong (President, De La Salle North Catholic High School), Rhett Luedtke (Professor of Theatre, George Fox University), Yvonne Simons (News Director, KATU-TV) and Dave Miller (Host, Think Out Loud, Oregon Public Broadcasting). Details and registration information can be found at the Dundon-Berchtold Institute’s website for Ethics Week 2021. by using this link.

Call for Proposals: Research in the Application of Ethics: Proposals Due March 5

The Dundon-Berchtold Institute funds teams of faculty and students to conduct projects and curriculum fellowships focused on the application of ethics within and across academic and professional fields. In addition to fostering the vibrant learning experience of faculty-student partnerships, the Research in the Application of Ethics program encourages Faculty Fellows and Student Scholars to participate thoughtfully in these important conversations as they lean in to the lived ethical tensions of the modern world. Contact director Dan McGinty (mcgintyd@up.edu) with questions.

New Initiative: Ethics Week, Feb. 19-24

The Dundon-Berchtold Institute is facilitating and hosting Ethics Week from Sunday, February 19, through Friday, February 24. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate in discussions of ethics as they relate to the curriculum, course content, history, and day-to-day life. The following two opportunities to engage with powerful stories are free and open to the public:

  • Ethics Week Keynote Address: Martin Daum, President and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, Monday, February 20, 7:15 p.m., Buckley Center Auditorium. Daum will share insights into the ethical principles and challenges that guide his work with emerging technologies, making decisions with multiple stakeholders in mind, and the importance of ethics in framing his journey as a husband, father, and businessman.
  • Ethics Week Talk: Linda Biehl on Reconciliation and Restorative Justice, Tuesday, February 21, 7:15 p.m., Bauccio Commons. In August of 1993, Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was stabbed and stoned to death by an angry mob in the township of Gugulethu, South Africa. Two men who were convicted of Amy’s murder and served time in prison now work for the foundation established in her name. Linda Biehl, Amy’s mother, will share this remarkable story.

For more information contact Dan McGinty at x7596 or mcgintyd@up.edu.

David Brooks Tickets On Sale Monday, Nov. 2

brooks copyNew York Times columnist David Brooks will speak on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 7 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Tickets go on sale Monday, November 2 and can be purchased by calling the Chiles Center box office at x7525 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Faculty and staff will be limited to two tickets each and the cost per ticket is $10. A total of 650 free tickets are available for UP students with a limit of one ticket per person. When those tickets are gone, UP students may purchase a ticket for $10. General admission tickets are $20, and preferred seating is $25, with a limited number available.

Brooks is also an analyst on PBS Newshour and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, a frequent contributor on Meet the Press, and author of The Road to Character. His previous books include The Social Animal, On Paradise Drive, and Bobos in Paradise.

Brooks’ lecture is sponsored in part by UP’s Dundon-Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics and by Nossa Familia Coffee and AAA Oregon/Idaho.

For more information on Brooks and The Road to Character go to: http://theroadtocharacter.com/.