January 23, 2012: Student Businesses
Monday 3:30PM - 4:45PM - University Commons - CANCELED
We will be talking about the opportunity we have with Yor Health and the benefits of network marketing and how simple it will be for ANYONE. We will share with you small tips on success and shed some insight on some of the trainings that occur in our business from people who have made it successfully. Our guest speaker Mr. Jonny Cann is a prestigious position in our business and has pioneered almost all of Connecticut and now has grown to one of the top Directors of CT! This man is VERY highly credible and very highly respected. He has at a young age been able to retire from his full-time job and work this business full time. He was able to make more at this business part-time than his full-time job(s). I hope you enjoy what he has to say to you, and please, come with an open mind. Students: Russell Renfer and Leslie Taveras-Torres
January 25, 2012: An Ethical Toolbox for Responding to 21st Century Problems
Wednesday 2:00PM - 3:15PM - University Commons
This colloquium introduces students to the tools and habits of effective and creative ethical reasoning, such as: critical thinking, gathering good resources, and listening to alternative views. The “ethical toolbox” that one stocks up is useful for living daily life; it is also essential for navigating the ethical debates that we encounter in the modern world and in every profession. Professors Brian Stiltner, Michael Ventimiglia (Theology/Religious Studies/Philosophy) and Frances Grodzinsky (Computer Science)
January 30, 2012: Baseball and the Business of American Innocence
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
How does baseball maintain its image as the national pastime when it's also a multibillion dollar business? Why do steroids matter so much more to baseball fans than for football fans? The answers lie in baseball's two histories of pastoral mythology and hard economic reality, and the way that the game intertwines them. Learn what gives baseball its specialness in American culture--for better and also for worse. Guest speaker: Lenny Cassuto
February 1, 2012: Genocide and the Bystander
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - University Commons
Genocide is the organized attempt to deliberately and systematically destroy in whole or in part an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. The Bystander Effect is a social psychological term to describe a phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to help when other people are present. This colloquium uses panel presentation, roundtable discussion, and film to examine this phenomenon. Professors James Castonguay (Communication and Media Studies), June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Frances Grodzinsky (Computer Science), Alka. Jauhari (Gov’t & Politics), Jerry. Reid (Sociology)
February 6, 2012: The Milgram Experiment: The Ordinariness of Evil
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
Milgram’s experiment has been recently replicated with the same results – individuals will obey an authority even if it means hurting someone else. Milgram wanted to examine what made people perform evil deeds – was it human nature or conditions of the situation? This colloquium uses film, lecture, round table discussion to examine Milgram’s enduring question. Professor Christina Taylor (Psychology)
February 7, 2012: Solidarity Exhibit
Tuesday 7:00PM - Pitt Center Board Room
This colloquium will discuss the Solidarity Art Exhibit Voices in the Streets. According to Art Gallery Director Sophia Gevas, “Through the images in these thirty-nine posters, we are fortunate to gain insight into the visuals that accompanied Polish street life in the 1970s and 80s. During this time, these posters functioned as town criers as well as art works, informing the public about cultural events. They allowed artists an opportunity to express themselves in ways that were not a restrictive as the arts under Communism traditionally were. They flew under the radar. And did they fly!” Professor June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Sophia Gevas (Director, Art Gallery)
February 8, 2012: Us and Them
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - University Commons
Are our identities by race, gender, class, religion, ethnicity the underlying causes of global conflict and violence? Do these different identities necessarily lead to prejudice, hate, and violence? Are there ways to develop peace and community? Professors Lesley DeNardis (Gov’t and Politics), June-Ann, Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies), Mark Jareb (Biology), Jennifer McLaughlin (History)
February 13, 2012: Peace Meals
Monday 3:30PM - 4:45PM - University Commons
Anna Badkhen is a war correspondent who has been to the global hotspots that have shaped the past decade….even though she has been in many hostile locations her memories don’t only focus on the conflicts but on how it’s like to sit across your enemy to have a meal. Co-sponsored with the Ryan-Matura Library
February 15, 2012: Book of Job: Religious and Artistic Reflections on Suffering as Transformation (why bad things happen to good people)
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - University Commons
This colloquium will explore the Book of Job and its questions about human suffering through the art of William Blake and the teachings of liberation theology. Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Marie Hulme (English)
February 20, 2012: Inca Religious Ritual and Child Sacrifice: A Case Study from Cuzco, Peru
Monday 3:00PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
Human sacrifice in the Inca Empire at times took the form of the capacocha, a sacrificial rite involving the most beautiful children in the empire. This study summarizes research on a possible capacocha event from the pre-Columbian site of Chokepukio, using osteological, archaeological, and isotopic data. Valerie Andrushko, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Southern Connecticut State University (Co-sponsored by the History and Sociology Departments)
February 22, 2012: Top 10 Ways to Build a Flourishing Life
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - University Commons
Learn 10 strategies on how your emotions can be used to create happiness and provide you with a more fulfilling life of meaning and purpose. Dr. Susan Dinnocenti (Education)
February 27, 2012: Date Violence on Campus
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
What is date violence? How prevalent is date violence on college campuses? Does date violence happen on our campus? How can college communities respond? Please join faculty and students in this important discussion. Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Jennifer McLaughlin (History), and Amanda Moras (Sociology) (Co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program)
February 28, 2012: “Miss Representation”
Tuesday 2:00PM - University Commons
The collective message that young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors," according to information in the new film, Miss Representation. Clips from the film will be show as part of the discussion. Special Note: Please join us on Tuesday, February 21 at 2:00PM in the Faculty Lounge for a full screening of the film. Professors Lori Bindig (Communication and Media Studies), Debbie Danowksi (Communication and Media Studies), Jennifer Gosselin (Psychology) and Jocelyn Novella (Wellness Center)
February 29, 2012: Made in LA
Wednesday 7:00PM - Curtis Hall Theatre
A screening and post-film discussion about the award-winning documentary (2007) that chronicles the journey of three Latina sweatshop seamstresses in LA as they struggled to secure their civil rights as workers. Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology & Religious Studies) and Pilar Munday (Foreign Languages and Cultures)
March 12, 2012: The Second Vatican Council: What is it? Where did it come from? Why do we care?
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
Vatican II, in the 1960’s, transformed the Catholic Church. The implications of Vatican II are significant for us. Come hear Dr. Michael Higgins and Father Anthony Ciorra discuss this great moment in the history of the Church. Guest Speakers: Dr. Michael W. Higgins and Father Anthony Ciorra
March 13, 2012: Children of a Lesser God
Tuesday, 7:00PM - Schine Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the American Sign Language Club; Facilitator is Darlene Mihalakos
March 14, 2012: Founder’s Day
March 19, 2012: Women and HIV AIDS in Africa
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
A discussion of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Project to work with pregnant women who have AIDS. Guest speaker: Jennifer Unger, M.D.
March 21, 2012: Death Penalty – The Execution of Troy Davis
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - University Commons
Scott Langley is a free-lance photojournalist based in New York. In addition to work as a photographer, Scott has been an active grassroots organizer against the death penalty since 1999. A native Texan, he later went to North Carolina in 2004 where he and his wife co-founded the Raleigh Catholic Worker Hospitality House where families of death row prisoners may find free shelter, food and support.
Scott is coming to SHU to lecture on the days, hours, minutes, leading up to the execution of Troy Davis. His lecture will accompany a collection of 20 photos from the days and hours leading up to Troy Davis's execution in Georgia. This is the newest addition to the exhibit, with all photos taken in September 2011. The photos take the viewer hour-by-hour in photos to the final moment when a possibly innocent man was executed under serious doubt and international pressure. Professor Tanya Grant (Criminal Justice) and Student Tyler Duhamel (Criminal Justice Co-President) Guest Speaker: Scott Langley
March 26, 2012: Hate Crimes
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
Students will engage in a multi-disciplinary discussion of crimes against others because of race, religion, ethnic or national identity, sexual orientation. What are hate crimes? Why are there hate crimes? What can be done about hate crimes?
Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Jennifer McLaughlin (History), and Amanda Moras (Sociology)
March 28, 2012: What Does It Mean to Be Connected?
Wednesday 2:00PM - 3:15PM - University Commons
Using clips from the recent film "Connected," we will explore the many ways in which we are interconnected and how we can use these relationships--from personal to global--to understand our past and shape our future. Professors Debbie Danowski (Communication and Media Studies), Jennifer Gosselin (Psychology) and Deirdre Yeater (Psychology)
March 28, 2012: The History and Myths of the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Wednesday 2:00PM - 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
The lecture will be a historical accounting of the icon's origins before its arrival in Poland, its enshrinement on Jasna Gora, the motives for its desecration, and the changes made in its subsequent restoration. Guest Speaker – Marek Czarnecki (Co-sponsored with Delta Epsilon Sigma)
April 2, 2012: Are There More Than Two Sexes?
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
How many genders or sexes are there? You think “two”? No, there are at least four and maybe more. Come hear this panel of faculty discuss whether there are “more than two sexes.” Professors Suzanne Deschenes (Biology), June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Amanda Moras (Sociology) and Christina Taylor (Psychology)
April 11, 2012: The Collection and The Human Journey
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
The Art Collection has been arranged thematically to reflect The Human Journey, Sacred Heart’s core curriculum. These paintings, prints and sculptures have been strategically placed throughout the campus to make them an integral part of student daily life. Professors Jennie-Rebecca Falcetta (English), June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies), Nathan Lewis (Graphic Design and Visual Arts) and Sophia Gevas (Director, The Gallery of Contemporary Art)
April 16, 2012: Restorative Justice
Monday 3:30PM – 4:45PM - University Commons
Restorative justice is the opposite of retributive justice. Retributive justice seeks punishment to fit the crime. Restorative justice is about the process of responsibility, forgiveness, and reconciliation between parties. Are human persons capable of this challenge? Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Stephane Kirven (Criminal Justice)
April 18, 2012: Spring Awakening
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - Edgerton Theatre
An open discussion about the content and subject matter of Tony-Award winning musical, Spring Awakening.
Spring Awakening is a Rock Musical adaptation of the controversial 1892 German play by Frank Wedekind. It features music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in late-19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of human sexuality. The original play was banned in Germany for a while due to its portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide. In the musical, alternative rock is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score. Spring Awakening received eleven 2007 Tony Award nominations, winning eight, including Tonys for best musical, direction, book, score and featured actor. The show also won four Drama Desk Awards, while its London production won four Olivier Awards. Panel Guests (subject to change) Pat Addiss, Broadway Producer of the original Broadway production; Dorothy Berloni, Former Head of Programming, Bushnell Center of the Performing Arts, Hartford, CT; Father Jerry Ryle, Director of Campus Ministry; Mary Jo Mason, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, Director of Wellness
Facilitator, Jerry Goehring, Executive Director, Edgerton Center
April 23, 2012: “Waiting for Superman”
Monday 7:00PM - TBD
Waiting for Superman is a documentary film by David Guggenheim that explores public schools and their challenges as told by students, parents, educators and reformers. (Co-sponsored by the Center for Urban Policy and Action) Facilitator - Dr. Lesley DeNardis (Government and Politics)
April 24, 2012: God on Trial
Tuesday 7:00PM - Edgerton Theatre
Students and faculty read from the play "The Trial of God" by Nobel Peace-Prize winner Elie Wiesel. The play explores a fundamental moral dilemma: Given the reality of evil in the world, where is God when innocent people suffer? The performance will be followed by an audience conversation and a juried vote: Is God to be found guilty of allowing evil to flourish? Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Joseph Nagy (English)
April 25, 2012: Exploring the Mysteries of Life
Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
Guest speaker Tomi Sawyer, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of Drug Discovery & Innovative Technologies, Aileron Therapeutics, will address the crossroads of his career in science, technology and medicine along with his quest for knowledge, reverence and truth. Some notable achievements in his drug discovery work over three decades will be presented, including the advancement of novel chemical and biological therapies for cancer.