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f you have submissions, please send them to Sophia by end of day every Thursday.
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Administrative Items Requiring Action
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| VDS Community Announcements
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Weekly Spiritual Formation Opportunities
The community is invited to weekly gatherings while classes are in session:
Community worship happens each Wednesday in The Space from 11:15am-12:00pm; immediately following worship, meet in the Common Room/Student Lounge (ground level) for Coffee Hour from 12:00-1:00pm. If you are interested in joining the Worship Committee, please Dr. Stephanie Budwey or Dr. Dave Perkins.
Weekly Centering Prayer
Each Thursday beginning, September 12, from 12:30-1:00pm, gather for Centering Prayer with Kara Lassen Oliver, from the Upper Room.
First Tuesdays: Constructing Faith and Practice Labs or “The Lab” in the Student Life Suite, from 12-1pm. Simple lunch provided on a first come first-served basis.
Spiritual Formation Small Groups
You are invited to join or form a small group (between 4-6 people) who will commit to meeting at least monthly to read an entry from the “Mining Spiritual Resources for Social Justice Leadership” handbook. At the conclusion of each entry are discussion questions that invite deeper reflection and engagement with some idea related to spiritual practices. If you are interested, please sign your small group up with Dean Steele. She has printed handbooks in her office. You can also find the entire handbook, here.
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September 27: Community Breakfast with Dean Townes
Community Breakfasts are a way of inviting the larger community into the Divinity School. Dean Townes will field questions about the religious import of the events of our day such as schooling, immigration, spirituality, social activism, protest, and how to love yourself fiercely while being God’s agents for justice and hope in the world.
Friday, September 27, 7:30- 8:30 a.m.
Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room 124
This breakfast is free for VDS students but registration is required.
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Latinx Seminarians Host Conexión Américas new EDJoin the Latinx Seminarians on September 27, 5:30-7:30PM for an evening of Afro-Latin jazz to welcome new Executive Director of Conexión Américas, Juliana Ospina-Cano.
Attendance is open to all. Food and beverage will be provided.
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Additional VDS Events At-A-GlanceA number of events are happening this fall! Save the dates and watch for more info, soon.
SEPTEMBER
Every Monday, Noon: Just Lunch hosted by the Wendland-Cook Program. RSVP here. OCTOBER
Every Monday, Noon: Just Lunch hosted by the Wendland-Cook Program. RSVP here.
17: Those with interest in the Religion and the Arts Concentration: Join a brown bag info session on October 8, from 12:00–12:45 in Room 127. Questions? Contact John McClure. 18: Pathways Conference. Visit website. 24-25: Fall Break
26: Second Annual Womanist Ethnography & Black Women's Vocation. Learn more >>29: Dying of Whiteness Community Town Hall @ Nashville Public Library. Learn more >>
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| Additional Announcements for Campus and Beyond
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Provost's WAVE CouncilThe Provost’s WAVE Council will be talking about what it’s been doing since beginning its work last year. This is a chance for the community to offer input and feedback.
Here are the event details:
Town Hall Meeting (Provost’s WAVE Council)
Wednesday, September 25
2:00–3:30 PM
Central Library Community Room
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Apply Now: Emerging Impact Leaders Fellowship
The Emerging Impact Leaders Fellowship brings together a multidisciplinary cohort of students to critically examine – and position themselves within – the intersection of business and social change. The program consists of cohort dinners, open panels, and mentoring sessions. Each dinner is centered on a learning module, but designed to create space for critical thinking and challenging conversations about the role of the market in society with a focus on social enterprise solutions.
The program is particularly geared toward students (particularly first year students) who are asking the hard questions about their personal impact through their careers as well as the roles of companies and organizations to facilitate that change! We are seeking students who will both grow from and contribute to the EIL experience with their peers.
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Free 3-Hour Intro To Cooperative EntrepreneurshipThe Southeast Center for Cooperative Development is offering a free 3-hour Introduction to Cooperative Entrepreneurship class at TSU on September 28 from 9 to noon.
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From Your Divinity LibrariansZotero Workshops
Zotero is a great tool to organize your sources as well as generate bibliographies in almost any citation style — in addition to letting you insert auto-filled citations in your paper while your write. Your Divinity librarians wrap up a series of workshops to use this tool. The last scheduled workshop is Tuesday, September 24, from 11-12 in the Divinity Library, Room 225. If you aren't able to make it, email Chris Benda to schedule a different time.
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Student Success Workshops: Thriving In Grad School
The Divinity librarians and writing tutor are teaming up to bring you a workshop series to acquaint you with some of the vital skills for your grad school success. Focusing students “wish they would have known sooner,” these workshops are open to everyone, but may be especially helpful to first year students.
All workshops will be on Thursdays at 3pm in Room 103 (in the Div School)
September 26—Reading at the Graduate Level
October 3—Thesis Statements & Outlines
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Spiritual Care & End-of-Life BrownbagJoin Alumna Jill Schock for a brown bag lunch discussion about her journey after graduation, from chaplaincy to end-of-life entrepreneur.
Vanderbilt Divinity School
Tuesday, October 8th
12-1pm
Room G37
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| Faculty, Students, and Alumni/ae in the News,on the Road, and Publications
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Amy-Jill Levine is leading a clergy/religious educators workshop on “Understanding Jesus means Understanding Judaism” on Friday, Sept. 27, 9:00-10:30 at the Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, 7335 S. Hwy 100, Franklin, Wisconsin. To learn more, contact Bonnie Shafrin. AJ and Marc Brettler joined Jewish History Matters to discuss the Jewish Annotated New Testament: what it means to have a “Jewish” version of the New Testament, how to effectively understand the New Testament as a “Jewish” book within its historical and social context, and why all this matters in terms of scholarly developments as well as the relationship between Judaism and Christianity today. Sept. 26-27, I am at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in Milwaukee. October 4-6 is a Scholar-in-Residence program for “Courage and Faith” at Christ Church (Episcopal) in Greenwich, CT.
“Songs for the Holy Other: Hymns Affirming the LGBTQIA2S+ Community” is now available for free download from the Hymn Society. Stephanie Budwey is a member of the working group for this gift to the community.
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Jobs, Fellowships, Scholarships, and More- Visit the job listings page.
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