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14 posts tagged "Christian Culture Lecture"

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Westover talks faith, emotional resilience during Christian Culture Lecture

Mia Marroquin | Thursday, September 17, 2020

She walked into her first formal classroom at age 17, and has not stopped learning since. New York Times bestselling author Tara Westover addressed the Saint Mary’s community Wednesday evening during the annual Christian Culture Lecture, and spoke to her path to becoming educated.  College president Katie Conboy facilitated the discussion which was live streamed

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‘Educated’ author Tara Westover to speak at Christian Culture Lecture

Julianna McKenna | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Saint Mary’s will host the annual Christian Culture Lecture series with speaker Tara Westover on Wednesday. The Christian Culture series is an annual event at the College that brings influential figures in to speak to students. “We’re always looking for a big name in the humanities who could speak in some way to the influence

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Saint Mary’s Christian Culture lecture moved to virtual event

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Saint Mary’s annual Christian Culture Lecture will be moved to an online format, associate professor of humanistic studies Laura Williamson Ambrose said in an email Tuesday. This year’s guest lecturer will be Tara Westover, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Educated.” The virtual lecture will take place Sept. 16, and students are encouraged

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Author Alice McDermott believes the Catholic Church is in need of transformative change

Maeve Filbin | Friday, September 20, 2019

In her novel, “The Ninth Hour,” award-winning author and professor Alice McDermott explores the Catholic faith through the lens of multiple generations of women, telling the story of a young widow, her daughter and the group of religious sisters who care for them. Before appearing at Thursday’s Christian Culture Lecture to discuss her written works,

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Saint Mary’s hosts Alice McDermott in annual Christian Culture Lecture

Marirose Osborne | Friday, September 20, 2019

The Saint Mary’s Humanistic Studies department hosted author Alice McDermott for the annual Christian Culture Lecture on Thursday. The topic of the lecture was McDermott’s eighth novel “The Ninth Hour,” followed by a question and answer session with the Saint Mary’s community. Professor Laura Williamson Ambrose, chair of the Humanistic Studies department, opened the lecture,

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Tracy K. Smith explores Christianity’s connection to poetry

Maria Leontaras and Maeve Filbin | Thursday, September 6, 2018

Tracy K. Smith, the 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S., spoke at the annual Saint Mary’s Christian Culture Lecture on Wednesday night. The acclaimed writer shared her beliefs on the connections between poetry and faith, read her work and explained the Christian undertones of her writings. Smith said faith and poetry provide an opportunity for

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Poet Laureate discusses writing process

Jordan Cockrum | Thursday, September 6, 2018

In much of her poetry, current Poet Laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith allows her writing to be driven by her answers to questions such as, “Why do I care about [this topic]?” It is through this journey of sitting with a single question or phase that she finds other feelings and connections

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United States Poet Laureate to headline Christian Culture Lecture at Saint Mary’s

Observer Staff Report | Monday, July 16, 2018

Tracy K. Smith, the United States Poet Laureate, will address Saint Mary’s and the local community in the annual Christian Culture Lecture on Sept. 5 in O’Laughlin Auditorium, a College press release said. Smith, who was named the 22nd United States Poet Laureate in 2017, is a Pulitzer Prize recipient and is noted for writing

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Margaret Atwood considers relevance of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Martha Reilly | Thursday, October 26, 2017

With a Vera Wang clothing line honoring its characters and a Hulu original series adapting its plot, “The Handmaid’s Tale” has flooded modern society, but its author, Margaret Atwood, traced her work back to its sources during Saint Mary’s annual Christian Culture Lecture, which took place in O’Laughlin Auditorium on Wednesday. College President Jan Cervelli

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Doris Kearns Goodwin recounts presidential ‘leadership lessons’

Kathryn Marshall | Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has studied, interacted with and written about numerous presidents of the United States. On Tuesday night, Goodwin shared some of her observations of them with a packed auditorium at her lecture, “Leadership Lessons from the White House.” The talk was the 11th annual Christian Culture Lecture Series, hosted by the Humanistic Studies

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Meet the candidates and the platforms they are running on below. 

Candidates Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner plan to:
📚Expand sexual education materials.
💵Subsidize summer classes for low-income students.
📝Alter the non-discrimination clause to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
🏳️‍🌈Establish a Pride Fest.

Candidates Max Siegel and Zachary Holland plan to:
💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
🔈Amplify Speak4ND.
💲Raise student job wages.
🗣Promote sexual assault and racially-charged reporting.
🟢Expand GreeNDot training to the outside community.

Candidates Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey plan to:
👥Create a Sexual Assault Response task force.
💵Increase funding for the UCC and subsidize off-campus referrals.
♿Make campus buildings more disability accessible.
🩺Increase awareness of STI testing.
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