Ron Bernas

September 3, 2021

Liberal Arts Education, Campus Experiences

Deans New to Jesuit Education Find Their Way Together

Ron Bernas

September 3, 2021

Liberal Arts Education, Campus Experiences

Deans New to Jesuit Education Find Their Way Together

Five arts and sciences deans new to Jesuit education tell what brought them to their universities and how they navigated a rough first year together.

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January 6, 2019

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

The Prophetic Character of Jesuit Education

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January 6, 2019

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

The Prophetic Character of Jesuit Education

As Jesuit colleges and universities across the United States, can we dare to believe that the capacity for love and peacemaking lives alongside the capacity for fear and violence in every human heart?

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September 10, 2018

Arts and Culture, Campus Experiences, Liberal Arts Education

Symbolizing Mental Illness: The Imagery of Raw Emotion

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September 10, 2018

Arts and Culture, Campus Experiences, Liberal Arts Education

Rockhurst University undergraduate Stevie Tierney gives us a glimpse into the experience of mental illness through a series of nine paintings.

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July 22, 2018

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Saint Louis University

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July 22, 2018

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

As Saint Louis University celebrates its 200th anniversary, Amelia Blanton Hibner documents the unfolding history of the university.

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January 25, 2018

Campus Experiences, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Sports in Schools: Beyond Winning and Losing

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January 25, 2018

Campus Experiences, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Sports in Schools: Beyond Winning and Losing

After reviewing the history of sports in Jesuit schools, Patrick Kelly, SJ proposes sports might offer students a taste of joy and pivot them into become a person for others.

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October 17, 2017

Faith and Spirituality, Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Loss of Trust: How Did We Get Here? How Do We Move Forward?

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October 17, 2017

Faith and Spirituality, Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Loss of Trust: How Did We Get Here? How Do We Move Forward?

Rockhurst University Assistant Professor Thomas Ringenberg documents American individualism and weariness with politics, and suggests we turn to St. Ignatius of Loyola for support in troubled times.

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October 17, 2017

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Historical Models: Jesuit Universities as Sanctuaries

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October 17, 2017

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

In an interview conducted by Julie Hanlon Rubio, John Padberg, S.J. recounts the history of Saint Louis University and in particular, SLU's role as a sanctuary of truth and justice.

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September 19, 2017

Social Justice, Liberal Arts Education

The Challenge of Making Good Logical Arguments

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September 19, 2017

Social Justice, Liberal Arts Education

The Challenge of Making Good Logical Arguments

What can we do to help our students make stronger arguments in the classroom and in their academic work? Ron DiSanto and Karen Adkins diagnose current issues our students face so that our classrooms can be spaces of truth and justice.

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September 19, 2017

Faith and Spirituality, Liberal Arts Education, Diversity, Social Justice

Against Manufactured Truth: Fostering Respect for a Complex and Ambiguous Reality

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September 19, 2017

Faith and Spirituality, Liberal Arts Education, Diversity, Social Justice

Should we remain neutral in our courses or encourage students towards a certain perspective? Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar suggests that the Gospel helps us in our quest for truth and justice.

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August 30, 2017

Liberal Arts Education, Jesuit Traditions

Journalism Education in the Spirit of Magis

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August 30, 2017

Liberal Arts Education, Jesuit Traditions

Journalism Education in the Spirit of Magis

John J. Pauly of Marquette University suggests that Jesuit education and journalism can be connected through a spirit of accompaniment.

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March 17, 2017

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education, Faith and Spirituality

An Avenue to Transformation: Five Attributes of Fruitful Conversation

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March 17, 2017

Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education, Faith and Spirituality

Cindy Schmersal of Rockhurst University suggests five concrete attributes that help us engage in difficult conversations with honesty, integrity, and true dialouge.

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December 8, 2016

Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Hopkins and Francis on the State of the World: A Poet’s Reflection

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December 8, 2016

Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Hopkins and Francis on the State of the World: A Poet’s Reflection

Paul Mariani links Pope Francis and Gerald Manley Hopkins together to reflect on how we might pray through the earth around us

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September 24, 2016

Faith and Spirituality, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

On Care for Our Common Home: A Conversation among Creatures

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September 24, 2016

Faith and Spirituality, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Inspired by Ignatius' experience at the Cardoner, we too are invited to see the love of a triune God who permeates all of creation.

Pauline Heaney

January 1, 2016

Global Perspectives, Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Overcoming Superficiality and Indifference: Opening Up Institutional Vision

Pauline Heaney

January 1, 2016

Global Perspectives, Liberal Arts Education, Social Justice

Overcoming Superficiality and Indifference: Opening Up Institutional Vision

Pope Francis has called upon us to reject the “globalization of indifference” – indifference to the immense suffering of the human family, especially those who are among the poorest and most oppressed in the world today.

Barbara J Busse

September 15, 2015

Diversity, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Collaboration at the Heart of Mission: A Laywoman's View of Jesuit Higher Education

Barbara J Busse

September 15, 2015

Diversity, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Collaboration at the Heart of Mission: A Laywoman's View of Jesuit Higher Education

In the spirit of advancing conversation, this article revisits "Just Listen: The Situation of Women in Jesuit Higher Education” (Conversations 29, Spring 2006).

Robert Dullea

September 1, 2015

Liberal Arts Education, University Management

A Context for Changes and Challenges in Higher Education

Robert Dullea

September 1, 2015

Liberal Arts Education, University Management

A Context for Changes and Challenges in Higher Education

Jesuit colleges and universities are not immune to the broader trends impacting higher education. Technology, the economy, demographics, and work force needs are intersecting in complex and novel ways.

Gerald J Beyer

September 1, 2015

Campus Experiences, Liberal Arts Education, University Management

Justice for All, Including Adjuncts

Gerald J Beyer

September 1, 2015

Campus Experiences, Liberal Arts Education, University Management

On February 25, 2015, faculty and students staged walkouts on a number of U.S. campuses marking National Adjunct Walkout Day, as a growing chorus decried the working conditions of adjunct faculty at our nation’s universities.

Brenda Broussard, Anne Hirsch, Lindsay Leeder, Terri Clark, Patricia Benner

January 15, 2015

Community Engagement, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Integrating Ignatian Pedagogy and Nursing Values

Brenda Broussard, Anne Hirsch, Lindsay Leeder, Terri Clark, Patricia Benner

January 15, 2015

Community Engagement, Jesuit Traditions, Liberal Arts Education

Integrating Ignatian Pedagogy and Nursing Values

Preliminary to a curriculum revision, the College of Nursing at Seattle University began a process of discerning who are we, what are our foundational values as an institution and a profession, and how do we believe nursing education should commence? A hallmark of the Jesuit tradition is certainly caring for the sick, poor, and marginalized.

Kevin O'Brien, SJ

January 1, 2015

Faith and Spirituality, Liberal Arts Education, Jesuit Traditions

The Spiritual Exercises as a Foundation for Jesuit Education

Kevin O'Brien, SJ

January 1, 2015

Faith and Spirituality, Liberal Arts Education, Jesuit Traditions

The Spiritual Exercises as a Foundation for Jesuit Education

The Spiritual Exercises began not as a book, but as an experience. The story is familiar.

Stephanie Russell

September 1, 2014

Liberal Arts Education, University Management

Next Steps in Jesuit Higher Education

Stephanie Russell

September 1, 2014

Liberal Arts Education, University Management

Thinking about mission as an integrating principle for our schools is, in some respects, as old as Jesuit education itself. What are Jesuits, if not men on mission, and what binds Jesuit schools more than the holy restlessness implied by being “women and men for and with others”?