Hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon (pictured at left) will illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in the delightful film “Despicable Me 2,” presented on Wednesday, February 5, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 231. Movie snacks will be provided. For ADA accommodations or questions, please contact Eifler in the Garaventa Center at eifler@up.edu or 8014.
Karen Eifler
Come to Thirst Friday, Jan. 24
All faculty and staff are invited to kick off the new year at the next Thirst Friday in the Garaventa Center in 330 Franz Hall. Drop by any time from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, January 24 to enjoy wine, sparkling waters, snacks, and sparkling, convivial conversation with people from all over campus. Bring your office mates to make a good thing even better. Be sure to mark your calendar for the next Thirst Friday after that on March 28. For more information, contact Garaventa Center co-director Karen Eifler at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.
Teaching Circles Workshop, Jan. 9
The Teaching & Learning Collaborative and the associate provost invite all faculty to participate in a one-hour workshop on using Teaching Circles on Thursday, January 9, 9:30-10:30 a.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Teaching circles are a promising practice for understanding what is going on pedagogically in one’s classroom and can take many forms. Colleagues from several disciplines currently employing Teaching Circles will offer a glimpse of their practice and engage participants in a dialogue about the possibilities this strategy offers for strengthening teaching and offering useful data to complement course evaluations. Seating is limited. To RSVP or seek further information, please contact Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu or 8014.
Celebrate Thirst Friday, Dec. 6
The Garaventa Center continues in providing a festive spirit by inviting all to join them for “Thirst Fridays.” All faculty and staff are invited to drop by the Center in 330 Franz Hall any time from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, December 6, to enjoy wine, sparkling waters, snacks, and sparkling, convivial conversation with people from all over campus. For more information, contact Garaventa Center co-director Karen Eifler at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.
Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film: “Argo,” Nov. 20
The next Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film movie will be “Argo” on Wednesday, November 20, beginning at 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. The screening is free and open to all; movie-themed snacks will be provided. In this popular series, hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in popular contemporary movies. In the 2012 film “Argo,” based on a declassified true story, a CIA agent acts under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction movie in an attempt to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. “Argo” won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.
Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film
The next Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film movie screening will featured “28 Days Later” on Tuesday, October 29, beginning at 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319 (a change from room 301). Hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., use this free Garaventa Center series to illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in popular contemporary movies. In this 2002 film, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK. All are welcome to enjoy the conversation and thematic movie snacks. For more information contact Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center, at 7702 or powell@up.edu.
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, November 1, at 3:30 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy conference room. The group will be discussing selections from Haidt, Righteous Mind and the poem “A Ritual to Read to Each Other” by William Stafford. Readings are on electronic reserve in the library under Eifler, Karen or Martin, Norah, Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group. All faculty and staff are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Norah Martin at 7138 or martinn@up.edu.
Celebrate Thirst Fridays
The Garaventa Center celebrates its move to the Corrado Reading Room (330 Franz) by inviting all faculty and staff to join them for “Thirst Fridays” this autumn. Stop by any time from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, October 25 and Friday, December 6 to enjoy wine, sparkling waters, snacks, and sparkling, convivial conversation with people from all over campus. For more information, contact Garaventa Center co-director Karen Eifler at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.
New Garaventa Center Website
Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to visit the Garaventa Center’s website at http://wordpress.up.edu/garaventa/, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. A number of podcasts are available, including the weekly Fractio Verbi podcast. Visitors can link directly to the readings and obtain a written transcript of the spoken reflection. There is also an occasional podcast series called Theodeon, in which Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon discuss themes of grace and transcendence they find thanks to their popular Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film series, which applies sacramental worldview to movies now showing in theaters. For more information contact Powell at 7702 or powell@up.edu.
Homegrown Teaching Tips
The Teaching & Learning Collaborative (TLC) is working to make http://wordpress.up.edu/tl/, its new website, a great first stop for teaching tips and resources, according to Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center. University of Portland professors from every discipline will bring their tried and true strategies to life in short, two- to 10-minute videos. Like what you see? Follow up with a conversation with your colleagues in the Commons or Holy Cross Dining Room, a benefit of using local talent to shed light on teaching dilemmas faced by all faculty. The TL website also features a Technology Teaching Tip of the Week, links to other instructional resources on campus, and downloads of portable ideas such as peer review protocols, writing prompts, and discussion starters for those days when just one new idea is all it takes to ignite your own teaching imagination. If you have suggestions for new content or ideas for TLC to pursue, please contact Eifler at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.