Bush Faculty Development Committee
Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD
Fall Faculty Seminar 2000
Being Ourselves:
What Does That Mean In An
Age of Diversity?
with Gracia
Grindal
Professor of Rhetoric
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, MN
Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Good Samaritan Society
4800 W. 57th St.
Sioux Falls, SD
Schedule
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-12:00 noon | Seminar |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| The Bush Steering Committee has been in conversation about issues of
identity and diversity. We want to explore the balance between claiming
our Lutheran heritage and recognizing religious diversity.
How do we affirm our commonalities while acknowledging the diversity? We want to explore what it means to be a Lutheran college of the Church, not as opposed to "non-church", but as related to the increasing conservative, black-and-white religious backdrop. We are particularly interested in talking about academics and the faith of the community. How do we deal, for example, with faith becoming an impediment to asking questions, contributing to closed-mindedness? You may add your own questions. We envision the seminar as a rich dialogue on these issues as they apply to the dynamics of the campus-at-large, the community of faculty, and the interrelationship between faculty and students. |
| Recommended Reading:
Tom Christenson, Learning and Teaching as an Exercise in Christian Freedom, Intersections, Winter 1999p. 3-11. Florence Amamoto, Diversity, Integrity, and Lutheran Colleges, Intersections, Winter 2000, p. 16-22. These are available in the Faculty Resource Collection and on reserve in Mikkelsen Library. They are also available by clicking the links immediately above. |
| Please RSVP to
Karin Lindell indicating whether you will attend the seminar, and You may either mail the reservation card, |