 | Residential Education Projects...
"Local Religion in the South Bay Project" - $5,000, Dr. Philip Riley (Religious Studies): The project focuses student field and historical research, web design and development, and faculty curriculum development and research on the diverse religious landscape of the South Bay Area. The project does three things important to Santa Clara's development of a rich learning environment for its students and its commitment to sustain the university as an intentionally multicultural community. First, as a core course in the religious studies departments it uses CD-ROM and web technology to introduce students to the study of religion by way of the diverse communities that make up Santa Clara County/Silicon Valley. A key component of that course is the use of the practices, concerns, and issues of religious congregations as a lens through which to experience and understand the region's varied ethnic communities, and the ways in which that diversity shapes the civic life of the area. Second, as an initial step in the department's Local Religion Project, it uses the web to support and promote student learning, faculty course development, undergraduate research, and interactions between the university and the region's religious communities and organizations. Third, it tests the viability and vitality of the Local Religion Project for collaboration with local high schools as well as with national research centers like Harvard's Pluralism Project.
Visiting Scholar Father Dugan, SJ - $300, Dr. Philip Riley (Religious Studies): Formal lecturers, Liturgy and informal discussions with John Duggan, S.J.. These programs were held in coordination with X John Duggan, S.J. is a member of the Upper Canada province of the Society of Jesus, and currently serves as pastor to the Catholic parishes on three Indian reserves in northern Ontario ‑‑ Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, Serpent River First Nation and Mississauga First Nation. He is Director of the Ministries Program at the Anishnabe Spiritual Center in Espanola, Ontario and a Lecturer at the University of Sudbury College of Laurentian University. Angel Island Fieldtrip-$940.00, Dr. Bridget Cooks(Ethnic Studies and Art and Art History Department): As a part of her Unity Affiliated course, Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Prof. Cooks took her class, Unity residents not enrolled in her class and students from the various campus Asian student clubs to Angel Island. While visiting the island the student had the opportunity to see the facilities and listen to a national parks docent discuss the Asian American immigrant experience as it related to Angle Island-- often refereed to as the Ellis Island of the west. Asia Night--$40 Prof. Noriko Yoneji (Modern Languages): Prof. Yoneji along with a curator from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco came to Unity RLC to discuss early Japanese history and give a calligraphy demonstration. "Conversations: Women Collaborate" - $2,750. Dr. Bridget Cooks (Art & Art History / Ethnic Studies): The proposed exhibition and roundtable provide opportunities for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogues on campus. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to see creative ways for artists and writers to work together. At the same time, they will learn about African American, Chicana, and Navaho cultures and discover similarities and differences between these three cultures. The project supports a goal of cross cultural understanding and helps to build communities through the arts across geographic and cultural barriers. |
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