Hello Annandale Colleagues!

You’re invited to the Annandale Center for Contemplative Practice ribbon cutting!

Join us this Friday, August 26th, from 12PM to 2PM in CM332 for the official grand opening of this staff and faculty-focused center! We’ve worked on getting the center operational all summer, and we’re excited about the programming and events that will be offered this academic year.

WHAT: The Annandale Center for Contemplative Practice Ribbon Cutting and Brown Bag Lunch and Learn

WHERE: The Annandale Center for Contemplative Practice, CM332, NOVA Annandale Campus

WHEN: Friday, August 26th, 12:00PM to 2:00PM

HOW: We’ll start our time with a ribbon cutting! Then we’ll transition our time together into a “lunch and learn” around a hot topic from Campus Convocation: “Should the “should” be Removed from Syllabi?”

Our discussion time will begin at 12:30. Think of this as a “brown bag, round table, interactive seminar style” conversation on the topic of compassionate syllabi. If you were able to attend our presentation at the Annandale Campus Convocation, you might recall how we invited folks to consider, or re-consider, the use of the word, “should” in syllabi – as in, “Students should…” We’re accustomed to some murmuring when we say that in public, so we wanted to give folks the opportunity to come in, hear a bit more, and have a chat about the challenges and affordances that come from exploring this word choice.

Feel free to bring a syllabus or a laptop if you’d like! There will be plenty of opportunities to share thoughts, ideas, and feelings, and we’d love to hear what you have to say!

We’ll provide tea and some light snacks!

See you then!

Drs. Paul Fitzgerald (Biology) and Cheri Lemieux Spiegel (English)

Co-Coordinators of the Annandale Center for Contemplative Practice

UP NEXT:

• OPEN HOURS: The ACCP will host open hours for quiet work, contemplation, and tea from 1 pm – 4 pm Monday through Thursday starting August 30th!