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Norman Wirzba, professor of theology, ecology and rural life at the Duke Divinity School, will give Transylvania’s convocation Sunday, September 13

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Norman Wirzba, research professor of theology, ecology and rural life at the Duke Divinity School, will deliver the opening convocation to the Transylvania community on Sunday, September 13, at 7 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium.   His topic, “The Grace of Good Food,” continues the theme of this year’s First Engagements Community Book Project pick, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver.  Wirzba pursues research and teaching interests at the intersections of theology, philosophy, ecology, and agrarian and environmental studies. In particular, he focuses on understanding and promoting practices that will equip both rural and urban communities to be more faithful and responsible members of creation. Current projects focus on eating as a spiritual discipline, theological reflection as informed by place and agrarianism as a viable and comprehensive cultural force. Wirzba has published The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age and Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight. He has edited The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land and The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry. He serves as editor for the book series Culture of the Land: A Series in the New Agrarianism, published by the University Press of Kentucky.

Cindy Sheehan presents "Myth America" at Transylvania on Saturday, September 12

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Well-known peace activist Cindy Sheehan will give a talk titled “Myth America” on Saturday, September 12, at 7 p.m. in the Cowgill Center, room 102. A reception will follow. George Ella and Steve Lyon will perform music and poetry before Sheehan’s talk. The event is sponsored by Transylvania student group Progress, and it is free and open to the public, with limited seating. Sheehan is a Gold Star Mother, having lost her son Casey in combat in Iraq. She has spent much of the last six years working against war. She has written six books, met with the president, challenged lawmakers over the Iraq War, made many appearances on national media and has been arrested and jailed for her actions against the Iraq War. Her most cited activities were demonstrations at Camp Casey outside of President George W. Bush’s ranch in Texas.  

Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery collaborates with UK’s Tuska Center for Contemporary Art for exhibit of ceramic sculpture

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I Almost Had It, I Just Needed Another Inch, Kira Campbell LEXINGTON, Ky.—Figuration to Fragmentation: The Human Form in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, which articulates a clear vision of the role of the figure in contemporary ceramics, opens Friday, September 11 and runs through Thursday, October 15. The exhibit is a collaboration between Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery and the University of Kentucky’s Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, and includes a diverse selection of artists. Tom Bartel, Kira Campbell, Sergei Isupov and Hunter Stamps’ work will be shown at Morlan, while Tanya Batura, Anne Drew Potter, Keith Wallace Smith and Liz Zacher’s work will be on display at Tuska. The exhibits are for mature audiences and are free and open to the public at both locations, and both galleries will be open Friday, September 18, from 5-8 p.m. for the Lexington Gallery Hop. An on-line catalog will be produced, featuring an essay, by noted ceramic critic Adam Welch, on the use of the figure in contemporary ceramics. In addition to the exhibit, there will be a lecture series, held at both Transylvania and UK, on consecutive Thursday nights, and a mini-conference, The Role of the Figure in Contemporary Ceramics, at UK on October 1 and 2. Schedule of eventsFriday, September 11    Both exhibits open Artist Talk: Tom Bartel and Hunter Stamps, 7 p.m. with reception to follow.Opening reception for artists Tom Bartel, Kira Campbell, Sergei Isupov and Hunter Stamps, 8 p.m.Morlan Gallery,

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Transylvania’s last orientation and registration for the class of 2013 is Saturday, July 18

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2009-10 Student Orientation Leaders LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University welcomes members of the class of 2013 to campus Saturday, July 18, for the final student orientation and registration event, following one each in April and June. To help new Pioneers prepare to start college, Transy offers three registration and orientation days for incoming first-year students. At these sessions, incoming students meet for the first time with their University 1111 class groups and then register for their first classes. University 1111, or Academic Career Skills, is a required course that continues the orientation to college life throughout students’ first term on campus. During the course, classes made up of 12-14 students meet with a faculty mentor and an upperclass student mentor, called a Student Orientation Leader. Topics of discussion include the philosophy of a liberal arts education, study habits, learning skills, goal setting, time management, selection of a major, career choices and planning and personal development. President Charles L. Shearer leads one University 1111 class. While students meet with their University 1111 groups, information sessions are offered for parents. In the afternoon, an information fair and campus and residence hall tours for incoming students and their parents are offered.

Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship holds second annual Student Congress at Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, June 20-27

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Fifty-one college juniors, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, are in Lexington this week to attend the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship’s second annual Student Congress at Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, June 20-27. The students are recommended by the senior U.S. senator from their state and colleges and universities throughout the country and, while at the Student Congress, are exposed to a curriculum in diplomacy, dialogue, listening skills, negotiation and mediation. The curriculum, designed by Transylvania, the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce and the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at UK and Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, focuses not only on theory, but also on the practices of statesmanship, including Henry Clay’s ideals of debate, diplomacy, communication and beneficial compromise. Students will hear from top speakers, including Rusty Barber, U.S. Institute of Peace director of Iraq programs; John Marks, president and founder of Search for Common Ground, an international conflict prevention organization headquartered in Washington and Brussels; Ambassador George Staples; and Steven Hochman, assistant to former President Jimmy Carter and director of research at the Carter Center. Local speakers include U.S. District Judge and Transylvania alumna Karen Caldwell; Transylvania president Charles L. Shearer; Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce director Carey Cavanaugh; Lexington and Washington, D.C., lawyer Kent Masterson Brown; award-winning newspaper editor John S. Carroll; Lexington Herald-Leader cartoonist Joel Pett; and Transylvania professors Don Dugi and Scott

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