Schedule Midterm to Final

Schedule Midterm to Final

WEEK EIGHT

Midterms Week

October 16 & 18

October 16

Midterm Team Presentations – in situ – All 3 groups / 20 minutes each. See separate post on class website.

October 18

Midterm Project Reflection

WEEK NINE: Research Week + Week of the Social Justice Speaker Series

October 23 & 25

October 23

Midterm status review 1:1. Research begins… assign RP & complete initial worksheet. Discernment: Meaningful work. Come back to Berry’s “The Place of the Human.” Discuss Abrams on experiential moments in natural world / MAGIC; review of semester so far (include discussion of journals, laptops, co-curriculars & upcoming out of class activities).

DUE: Nothing – enjoy your midterm break! (unless you’re behind on your reading, in which case, take this opportunity to catch up)

October 25 – POD Day – meet in Library

Annotated Bibliography session with Librarian + intro to rubrics

DUE: Spend 1 hour using the library databases to find information about your research topic

AND… October 25 – 5:30-8:00pm in the Chapel

All students attend the Social Justice Speaker Series event. Our speaker this year will be Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Theology and Theological Aesthetics. Her talk will touch on topics such as how and why a person comes to be involved in human rights work, and what a person is willing to risk in order to do this work.

WEEK TEN

October 30 & November 1

October 30

Midterm status review 1:1. Research begins… assign RP & complete initial worksheet. Discernment: Meaningful work. Come back to Berry’s “The Place of the Human.” Discuss Abrams on experiential moments in natural world / MAGIC; check-in on journals, laptops, co-curriculars.

DUE: Nothing – enjoy your midterm break! (unless you’re behind, in which case, take this opportunity to catch up… as a reminder, STILL DUE: handout from Abrams Ecology of Magic

November 1

Oral Communication methods. Oral Comm rubric. 

DUE: Annotated Bibliography

WEEK ELEVEN

November 6 & 8

November 6

READING QUIZ. Scholarship relating to human relationship to the natural world: Berry, Abrams & Harding. Introducing your research in context of Berry, Abrams or Harding

DUE: 2-page Research Summary in bullet form Handout #1 from Harding, Animate Earth; Berry handout #2 (Anthropocene)

November 8

Research Presentations – half of class: Collin (P), X (P), Miguel (P), Jason (P), Kaeston Juan (P), Jasmin (P), Lysette (P), Aly (P), Sam (P)

DUE: Visual Research Display + Presentation

WEEK TWELVE

Week of the Research Conference

November 13 & 15

November 13

Research Presentations – other half of clas: Mia, Carmen (P), Raul, Isaac (P), Kaeston, Juan, Sam, Jake, Kameron, Frankie, Sarai, Angelina, Fabian, Nick

DUE: Visual Research Display + Presentation

November 15

Discernment readings; purposeful vocation

DUE: Read handouts: Quarter Life Crisis & Sacred Voice

And… November 15, 3:30-5:30, Freshman Research Conference.

WEEK THIRTEEN

Thanksgiving Week

November 20 – POD Day – meet in Chapel

As students prepare to return home for the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s a great time to begin to think on a more personal level about values and priorities, and how these are reflected in their personal, academic and professional aspirations. This POD meeting will revolve around these topics.

November 22 – No class, Thanksgiving Holiday

WEEK FOURTEEN

November 27 & 29

Shall we de-stress before finals and watch Wall-E?

WEEK FIFTEEN

LAST WEEK OF CLASSES

December 4 & 6

December 4

Course assessments and reflections; Rubric of Me

DUE: Mission, Values & Engagement Reflection

December 6

Final Exam

DUE: Rubric of Me

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ congratulations, you’re done! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~