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SOFIA UNIVERSITY UPDATES
For the Week Ending October 30th, 2015
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SOFIA UNIVERSITY: THE VISIONARY ARCHETYPE AND AUTUMN
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Autumn signals a time for us to sit in appreciation of all that we have accomplished in the spring and summer months, and assess what still needs to be done. The Visionary archetype acknowledges this time of rest, appreciation, and reflection, and uses it to inspire the next step in the journey.
"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination."
Denis Diderot
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We are very sad to announce that our librarian, Alexa Stoneman, has had to temporarily cut her hours to 1 day a week due to an illness within her immediate family. Please send healing thoughts to Alexa and her family as she takes time to care for her family member.
With her absence, and very few residential students who are working in the library, library operating hours will be greatly reduced. Please be patient if you are waiting for an article from the interlibrary loan, or you need assistance with finding information.
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Harvest Potluck and Divali Festival
Friday, November 13th
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Last year's talent show was phenomenal! The range of potluck dishes, including some vegan and gluten free selections, were fantastic.
And once again, our in house comedic talent, Ms. Shanna Houser, M.A., will be our hostess.
So please bring your favorite dish, stop, eat and relax with friends, and then join us in the auditorium. Don't miss the fun.
If you haven't already signed up to perform, do so now. Contact Shanna.Houser@sofia.edu.
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DRONE WORLD EXPO
November 17 - 18th
FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE!
Our amazing core faculty member in the Computer Science department, Donna Dulo, J.D. will be presenting and sharing our unique Drone program with a global crowd.
The drone industry is booming with new solutions for environmental challenges. New applications for drone technology can be found in imaging, photography, video and film, precision agriculture, construction, security and public safety, mapping and surveying, inspections, research and conservation, communications, parcel delivery, and humanitarian efforts.
Check out the article written by the New York Times about their use of drone photography to document global warming in Greenland, and contact either Donna.Dulo@sofia.edu or Barbara.Hecker@sofia.edu for tickets and volunteer opportunities. Already 11 students have expressed interest in attending!
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ALUMNUS IN ACTION:
KIM JEFFS, M.A.
2006
Kim and her husband Patrick have written a guest blog for Cognitive Psychiatry of Chapel Hill entitled "What is Somatic Psychotherapy?"
Focus: Somatic psychotherapists believe that the body has its own innate intelligence to heal. Learn more about the kind of clients somatic psychotherapy serves and how it can help create balance in the autonomic nervous system, restoring physiological coherence.
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ALUMNUS IN ACTION:
STEVE SMITH, MFT
Steve has just released his new book, "
The Enlightened Relationship:
Mastering the Metaphysics of Love."
Focus: As humanity evolves into higher states of consciousness, so must our model of partner relationships. Author Steve Smith, LMFT, explains the benefits of transforming the faulty beliefs and assumptions we currently hold into the emerging paradigm of relationships.
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PLAN NOW!
Second Transpersonal Research Colloquium, London, September 2016
The Second Transpersonal Research Colloquium (TRC) on September 15th -16th, 2016 will be co-sponsored by the EUROTAS Division of Transpersonal Research, the Integral Transpersonal Institute, the Transpersonal Consultancy, and the Transpersonal Section of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Our host for the TRC 2016 will be the BPS Transpersonal Section. In the hope that you will attend both events, the TRC 2016 will immediately precede the 20
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annual conference of the BPS Transpersonal Psychology Section on September 17
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2016. In addition, the dates allow for onward travel to the Eurotas conference in Romania (
http://www.eurotas2016.com
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