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From the Desk of Jill Crainshaw, Academic Dean Read this week's column and review all the academic related information you need to know. (click to the right) |
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Announcements
Information Session on A Christian Ministry in the National Parks - Today - 10:00am - 2:00pm, Lower Auditorium |A representative from A Christian Ministry in the National Parks will be on campus to meet with those interested in paid summer internship chaplaincy placements. To set up an appointment time, email John Senior. To add to your calendar, click here.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch - Tuesday, February 12 - 12:00noon, Lower Auditorium
Join the School of Divinity for a Shrove Tuesday lunch, featuring pancakes and all the fixings. Add to your calendar.
Ash Wednesday Worship Service - Wednesday, February 13 - 11:00 - 11:40am, Davis Chapel
Join the School of Divinity for Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, a service on worship on Ash Wednesday. Add to your calendar.
Internship Fair - Thursday, February 14, 10:30am - 1:00pm, Lower Auditorium | Various internship sites from the area will be at the School of Divinity to help you learn more about the opportunities available to you for ministerial internships while in school and after you graduate. To add to your calendar and to see which sites will be on campus, click here.
AKONI Documentary and Discussion - Friday, February 15, 6:00pm - Lower Auditorium | Join AKONI to watch and discuss the documentary, "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin," which illuminates a forgotten prophet of social change, Bayard Rustin. For more information and to add to your calendar, click here.
UPDATE! Pamela Cooper-White Lecture Has Been Postponed | Scheduled for February 22, the lecture by Rev. Pamela Cooper-White, Shared Wisdom: Listening to Self and Other, has been postponed. Updates will be shared as they become available.
Call for Blog Writers | Have you read the School of Divinity's Unfolding blog? Did you know it received over 6,000 views in 2011? Are you interested in contributing a post? We need blog writers! An entry is typically no more than 300-400 words and can be on any topic related to your experience at the School of Divinity (orientation, Art of Min internship, intramurals, football, community life, etc.). To sign up to write a blog, and we hope you do, please contact Perry Dixon, Blog Editor Extraordinaire.
Chapel Blog | Miss a chapel service from last semester? Want to hear a chapel message again? Want to share a sermon with someone? We have renewed the Chapel Blog which features the audio from our chapel services. Check it out to hear many of our services from last semester and check it regularly for the audio from each sermon this semester! Check it out at http://wakedivchapel.wordpress.com/
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Weekly Community Gatherings
Centering Prayer - Monday, 11:00am - Wingate 213 | Join us for a time of meditation and contemplative prayer every Monday. Chapel - Tuesday, 11:00am - Davis Chapel | Preacher: LaTonya McIver, Third Year MDiv Community Lunch following Chapel - Tuesday - Lower Auditorium | Join your fellow students, faculty, and staff for lunch. Coffee Hour - Thursday, 11:00am - Lower Auditorium | Bring your mug, a treat to share (if you're able), and enjoy the company of community and conversation. |
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Jobs and Internships 
Job of the Week
Pfafftown, NC - Christ Community Church seeks an Associate Pastor for Children. Responsibilities include: (1) creation and implementation of a comprehensive children's ministry that includes Sunday School and worship as well as weekday afterschool and summer activities, (2) exploration of creative ministerial gifts through collaboration with a dynamic staff and volunteers as worship is reshaped, cultivating in a modern-day approach to worship and prayer and walking alongside each other in a grace-filled community, (3) participation in worship, preaching up to 9 times a year, and (4) use of social media, PowerPoint presentations, and visual media. For more information contact the pastor, Steve Monroe.
>> View the job listing above and the complete list of congregational jobs and internships.
Scholarships and Grants
Scholarship of the Week
William G. and Margaret B. Frasier Scholarship provides support for deserving students who are studying in the Baptist ministry, are residents of North Carolina, who demonstrate financial need, and are registered as full-time students. The application process requires an online process, including the application and additional materials (transcript, personal statement/essay). Award amounts vary each year. For more information or to apply, visit www.csascholars.org. Application deadline is March 4, 2013.
>> View the complete listing of external scholarship resources.
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"In the Openness of Others: Sensual Practices, Cultural Specificity, and a Movement toward Tolerance" - Tuesday, February 12 - 5:30pm, Byrum Welcome Center | Acclaimed novelist Helena Maria Viramontes, Cornell University, will speaker for this WFU Faces of Courage Event, sponsored by The Humanities Institute. For more information click here.
Breast Cancer Narratives Film Series - Pink Ribbons, Inc. - Tuesday, February 12 - 7:00pm, Tribble Hall, Room C216 | Although millions consider wearing a pink ribbon or buying pink products in October an important form of breast cancer activism, Lea Pool's documentary examines how the disease "has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns." Sponsored by Women's and Gender Studies. For more information click here.
"The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement" - Wednesday, February 13 - 7:00pm, ZSR Library Auditorium 404 | Dr. Bob Zellner, prominent civil rights activist and Freedom Rider, will talk about how he challenged the southern way of life in which he was raised. For more information contact [email protected].
"LGBT Politics Under the Marriage Amendment" - Thursday, February 14 - 5:00pm, ZSR Library Auditorium 404 | Marc Spindelman, Professor of Law at Ohio State University, will speak about Amendment One and his work to repeal Ohio's similar marriage amendment and to pass an Equal Rights Amendment. Sponsored by the School of Law, Women's and Gender Studies, and the LGBTQ Center.
One Chaplain's Story: The Use of Narrative in Clinical Ethics Consultation - Thursday, February 14 - 5:00pm, Greene Hall Room 308 | Jay Foster, D.Min, BCC, NC LPC, and Associate Director in the Department of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will speak. For more information see http://bioethics.wfu.edu.
Faculty [III] 13 Exhibition - Now through Thursday, February 21 - Scales Fine Arts Center, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery | The Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery invites faculty, staff and students to an exhibition featuring three one-person shows by WFU faculty members Leigh Ann Hallberg, Greg Murr, and Joel Tauber. For more information: [email protected] or Faculty [III] 13.
Call for Papers and Presentations
On April 20th the Wake Forest Hunger Board will hold a Food Justice Summit to promote awareness of and advocacy for food justice issues in Winston-Salem and the greater North Carolina area.
The Hunger Board is accepting proposals for presentations based on both research and outreach addressing hunger and food insecurity. Proposals are welcome from practitioners, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from across all disciplines and areas of practice, especially those that demonstrate innovative ideas and methods of action.
Proposals are due by February 22nd and should be a maximum of 300 words. Contact Brittany Forniotis at [email protected] with questions and submissions. Decisions will be made by March 6th and selected proposals will be notified shortly thereafter.
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Conference on the Common Good
The Christian Unity Committee of the North Carolina Council of Churches is proud to announce this year's
Conference on the Common Good on the topic "Church-State Relations." Our keynote presenter for the discussion is Dr. Bill J. Leonard, Professor of Church History and the James and Marilyn Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies at the School of Divinity.
Registration is required: complete the online form, call 919-828-6501, or e-mail Rose Gurkin at [email protected] to receive information on pre-conference reading material.
Important Information for Students:you will only need to pay the $5 registration fee if you plan on eating lunch. Otherwise, the keynote session and small groups carry no fee to attend.
For more information or add to your calendar, click here.
School of Divinity Internship Awards for 2013 - 2014
Generous gifts from donors and foundations make possible each year several internship awards.
Find information linked and attached here regarding internship awards and the application process: Please read this information carefully and email John Senior ([email protected]) with any questions. Completed applications can be sent electronically to John Senior, or submitted in hard copy to 303A Wingate Hall. The application deadline for these awards is Friday, March 8, 2013, at 5:00pm.
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