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Recent News Spring Lecture Series - Conscience, the Common Good, and the Campaign (February 28, 2008) William J. Byron, S.J. presented key precepts of Catholic social teaching such as social justice and service and their application to contemporary politics. He is the former president of The Catholic University of America and The University of Scranton, and a past recipient of the Hesburgh Award for his contributions to the advancement of Catholic higher education. He writes a bi-weekly column syndicated by the Catholic News Service and has authored seven books including Quadrangle Considerations (winner of the Catholic Press Association’s 1990 Best Book Award in Education), Take Your Diploma and Run!, Finding Work without Losing Heart, The 365 Days of Christmas and Answers from Within: Spiritual Guidelines for Managing Setbacks in Work and Life. Currently he is president of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A full schedule of future lecture series events is available. The Spring Lecture Series at Alvernia College is sponsored by the Centers for Excellence. For more information on the Centers please visit The Center for Ethics and Leadership (CEL) and The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) webpages. GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Workshop Glass fusing is just one of the many activities available at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts located at 2nd and Washington Streets in Reading. On February 6, 2008, a group of South Reading Youth Initiative students participated in a glass fusing workshop co-sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement. Sandra Kaye, a full-time self employed artist, instructed the workshop at GoggleWorks for our South Reading students with support provided by a group of student volunteers and Jess Umbenhauer, Alvernia’s AmeriCorps*VISTA. Sandra explained the lengthy process of glass fusing as the students worked with a combination of clear and colored glass to create sun catchers. When completed, their work was placed on ceramic tiles to be loaded into a kiln to bake at 1500 degrees for more than 24 hours. The students had a great time and experimented with endless possibilties after learning a few basics. Updated: February 29, 2008
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Alvernia Named to the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll On February 11, 2008 Alvernia College was named to the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006, recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs. The Honor Roll's Presidential Award, given each year to only a handful of institutions, is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and is sponsored by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, the USA Freedom Corps, and the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development. This distinction recognizes Alvernia's leadership in helping to build a culture of service and civic engagement. Martin Luther King Day Service Activity The Center for Community Engagement in collaboration with Multicultural Initiatives and Campus Ministry organized a Martin Luther King service project at St. Peter's School in South Reading. In the spirit of the day, Alvernia students, faculty, and staff participated in a reading and reflection activity with a group of second grade students. Jessica Umbenhauer (CCE), Kristen Nivision (Campus Ministry), Mary Lozada (Multicultural Affairs), and Theresa Adams (Nursing) accompanied the Alvernia students to the school. "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein and "Little Blue Little Yellow" by Leo Lionni were given to the second graders because their themes related to embracing diversity through kindness. The St. Peter's students spent the morning reading to the Alvernia students and talking about their dreams for themselves and the world.
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