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Peace Forum: Psychology of Security


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All are invited to Peace Forum, a weekly lunch and speaker series!
Peace Forum is from noon-1:10pm every Thursday during the school year, in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room (corner of National Road West and College Ave). Lunch is delicious and free, and conversation is rich.
Our first series of the year is Psychology of Security.
September 4: “Peaceful Policing” Cathy Anthofer, Director of Earlham Security

September 11: “True International Security” Welling Hall, Earlham Professor of Politics

September 18: “Psychologists and Torture” Michael Jackson, Earlham Professor of Psychology

September 25: “Community Policing” Bobby Lipps, Richmond Police Department  continue reading »

Earlham ranks high in environmental sustainability


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According to a report in today's Palladium-Item, Earlham College is serving as a leader when it comes to sustainability in higher education:

The National Wildlife Federation says Earlham, along with 12 other Indiana colleges, are leaders in environmentally friendly activity, according to a national report card on sustainability in higher education.

Earlham was one of 240 schools nationwide recognized as being exemplary in the areas of sustainability. That included, but was not limited to its waste reduction plan, says Julian Keniry, NWF's senior director of campus and community leadership.

You can read the article, or view the NWF report.

The Ethics of Place: Being Fully Where You Are, in College and Beyond


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Jun 24 2008 - 7:00pm
Jun 24 2008 - 8:30pm

This talk by Scott Hess, Assistant Professor of English at Earlham College, is on the ethical importance of sense of place (both social and environmental) in the context of globalization, and on how the liberal arts college experience educates students (or fails to educate them) for awareness of place.

The convocation will be held at Tuesday June 24th at 7 PM in Goddard Auditorium, on the campus of Earlham College in Richmond.

The Passion of the Earth


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Apr 10 2008 - 7:30pm
Apr 10 2008 - 9:30pm

The Newlin Center for Quaker Thought is sponsoring Melanie Weidner, a Quaker contemplative artist and spiritual director, at the Richmond Art Museum on April 10 as part of a week-long residency. Her project, The Passion of the Earth, is an exciting eco-spirituality project retelling the creation story and an invitation to re-understand the care for our earth through the art of fabric. The story has been created in seven fabric panels which will be on display. The event is free to the public and no tickets are required. The Richmond Art Museum is located at 350 Hub Etchison Parkway in Richmond. (765) 966-0256 or www.richmondartmuseum.org for more info.