Past Events

The State We're In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150    

The Minnesota at 150 Conference provides an opportunity to note the 150th anniversary of statehood and to think critically about the nature of the state's past. Where have we done well, who are "we," and what are the various ways of understanding and knowing ourselves and our past? May 2008

 

Festival of Scholarship & Creativity

The twice-yearly festivals offer opportunities to see the range of creative and scholarly work produced by faculty, staff, alumnae/i, and friends of the colleges.

 

Creative Writing Program at Prep School

Featured writers:  Charles Simic (2006), Billy Collins (2007), W.S. Merwin and Li-Young Lee (2008), and Jorie Graham (2009).

                                                                                                            

SpeakOut! Fear and Security                                                     

The conversation was kicked off by CSB/SJU Professors, Mani Campos, Joe DesJardins, Ernie Diedrich and Christina Tourino and followed by group discussion. 

 

SpeakOut! Hurricane Katrina                                            

A community dialogue featuring Tony Cunningham, Matt Lindstrom, Derek Larson and Ozzie Mayers.

 

SpeakOut! The Good Life

Featured speakers were "good life philosopher" Tony Cunningham, "good life historian" Annette Atkins, "good life practitioner" Richard Bresnahan, and "good life economist" Ernie Diedrich.  For more information call 363-5307.

 

SpeakOut! Faith                                                                                                         

A community dialogue featuring Tony Cunningham, Sister Eva Hooker, Scott Richardson and Tim Robinson.

 

The Holiness of the Imagination

A exploration of the "secret of redemption" by calling upon stories from exodus and the silence surrounding women in the Bible, lead by Aviva Zornberg and Marie Howe.

 

Fire and Art

A conversation with Richard Bresnahan and Nor Hall, reflecting on their books, Body of Clay, Soul of Fire and Irons in the Fire.

 

If a Road Runs Through It

A documentary film, If A Road Runs Through It,   premiered on  October 25, 2007 at Pellegrene Auditorium, Saint John's University, Collegeville.  The 30-minute documentary, a production of The Project for Under-Told Stories at SJU, tells the story of the challenges rapid change and development have brought to the Avon Hills area of Stearns County. 

 

More writers

Scott Russel Sanders, writer-in-residence  (2005)

Gene McCarthy, consultant on Project Logos (2003)