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Marsh Chapel musicians perform on nominated CD

Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast will include lots of music's familiar faces: Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Adele, Scott Jarrett, Justin Blackwell...

OK, you won't see the last two during the show, airing on CBS at 8 p.m. Jarrett (CFA'99,'08) and Blackwell (CFA'09)-Marsh Chapel's director and associate director of music, respectively-are competing in the Best Choral Performance category, which is being awarded during a nontelevised ceremony earlier in the day.

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February 21st

Photonics Center 206

             6:30pm-8:30pm                

Love Letter Panel:  

Featuring Boston Globe Writer Meredith Goldstein                  

Food Provided and free gift for the first 25 people

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Michelle George, MS

Wellness Coordinator

Boston University- Student Health

mgeorge@bu.edu

Anna Howard Shaw was born in England on February 14, 1847.  In 1878, Shaw became the second woman to graduate from Boston University School of Theology, but she was refused ordination by the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was one of the first women to be ordained in any branch of Methodism by the New York Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church in 1880.

After Shaw earned a medical degree from Boston University, she expanded her work to include pastoral and healing ministries.  She was a "master orator" for social justice concerns, organizing and lecturing throughout the world for the causes of temperance, woman's suffrage, and peace.  The first woman awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for her work as chair of the Woman's Committee of the National Council of Defense during World War I, Shaw was an advocate for the League of Nations covenant just prior to her death in 1919.

In 1989, Anna Howard Shaw was elected posthumously as full members of the former Southern New England Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 2000, Anna was inducted into the National Woman's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY, birthplace of woman's rights.

In celebration of Anna's life, the Shaw Center will have cookies and snacks throughout the day at the Shaw Center Open House in STH Rm 320!

• February 16, 2012 - Panel One: Transformational Narrative(s). This panel will emphasize the experiences of LGBTQI individuals and straight allies who have fought for full inclusion in religious organizations. Panelists will share their personal narratives and offer insight into how they: understand the struggle for equality; collaborate with others in advocacy work; minister to-and dialogue with-congregants and conversational partners on both sides of LGBT issues; and engage in self-care.


• February 23, 2012 - Panel Two: Transformational Theology. This panel will consist of theologians and scholars who can offer historical perspectives on the topic of queerness and religion. They will discuss contemporary queer theology as it currently stands and anticipate where the field may move in the future. Conversation will illuminate queer theology and explain how queer theory undergirds and strengthens the "ground-level" struggle for LGBTQIA inclusion. Focusing upon praxis, panelists will highlight the ways in which theory and action intersect.


• March 1, 2012 - Panel Three: Transformational Action. This panel will address macro-level ecumenical and denominational priorities pertaining to the struggle for LGBTQIA equality. Panelists from a variety of backgrounds will share insight into the inclusion work that has been undertaken in their denominations and organizations. Which actions and approaches have worked? Which have been less successful?  What challenges and opportunities exist? Dialogue also will address important ecumenical questions. Should different denominations be doing more together?  If so, what should they do? Audience members will walk away from the evening with information about how they can become involved in denominational and ecumenical inclusion work.

Marsh Chapel is supporting "Finish the Dissertation", a webinar/ live seminar hosted by Douglas Reeves.   (Attached please find the concept paper.)   It is free and open to as many as would like to participate, and takes place Friday mornings from 9-10 AM.    

In this webinar Doug acts as a coach, working with the participants to be more efficient and organized in their work, and more effective in communication with peers, advisors, and committees.  He emphasizes breaking down the project, planning, regular activity,  and collaboration both within one's own discipline and with other disciplines, and encourages accountability through clear and manageable next steps. 

• The African American Studies Fall 2011 Lectures and Special Event

• Monthly News and Events from the Schools of the Boston Theological Institute 

• Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA) 25 years of research, publication and education  

The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs is a center for research, publication, and education on one of the most important questions in the contemporary world: How does culture affect economic and political developments world-wide? Specifically, how does religion impact international affairs? Since its inception in 1985, CURA has sought to discover, trace, and analyze the connection between culture, economics, politics, and globalization. We have conducted research projects on every continent except Australia, and these projects have resulted in publications that have become major points of reference on their topics. In a dynamic and modernizing world, CURA's ultimate agenda is to further global understanding and communication.