This Week In Common

Meal provided by Sodexo
Program: Jesse Paledofsky

Gather for Peace Forum to hear about local dis/ability activism. Ron Church, Director of the Human Rights Commission, and Josh Williams, Commissioner, will speak.

Thursday, March 25 from 11:45am-1pm in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room. Free lunch always provided.

Earlham School of Religion celebrates the release of Nancy Bowen's commentary on Ezekiel and Tim Seid's volume on the book of Hebrews. We invite you to celebrate their achievements with us at a brief reception in their honor on Wednesday, March 31 at 2:30 in the ESR Dining Room.

On April 16-18, 2010, ESR will welcome well-known author and speaker John Dominic Crossan to campus. A religious scholar widely known for co-founding the Jesus Seminar, as well as a former Catholic priest, Crossan is a major figure in the fields of biblical archaeology and anthropology, among others. He has also appeared in television documentaries about Jesus and the Bible.

ESR Hosts 2010 Willson Lectures featuring Tom Hamm, April 5-6. Tom will speak on the topic "The Road to ESR" in three lectures - April 5th at 7 pm, and April 6th at 10 am and 12 pm, in the ESR Center Gathering Area. Lectures are free and open to the public. Tom will speak directly after Common Meal on the 6th. For more information visit esr.earlham.edu or contact Mandy Ford at fordma@earlham.edu.

The Bethany Board of Trustees will be meeting March 26-28 at the Bethany Center. Please join us in welcoming them to campus.

Bethany Theological Seminary presents a public viewing of the documentary film, "Every War Has Two Losers: A Poet's Meditation on Peace, A Film Based on the Journals of William Stafford."

View the trailer at everywar.com.

This event will take place in Bethany's Nicarry Chapel, 7-9pm, Saturday March 27, 2010.

In addition to the 30 minute film, the evening will feature:

• Presentation by Jeff Gundy, Professor of English at Bluffton University, poet and
  author of Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite Writing, 2008 Recipient of The Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.
• Contributions from local Stafford scholars & enthusiasts.
• Conversations with the audience following the film.

This event is free of charge and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Baker Peace Fund of Bethany's Peace Studies Program.

Contact polintr@bethanyseminary.edu for more information.

On Sunday March 7th at 4:30 pm SMB is sponsoring a gathering to deepen the ESR community. This will be a time of worship to share and listen to others' joys, concerns and hopes for the ESR community.

Everyone is invited - we hope that this will be a space for students, faculty and staff to listen and share with each other.

Spiritual healing

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Spiritual Healing will be held in
the Moriuchi Room from 11:20 to noon Tuesday April 20. All are welcomed!

If you'd like more information or to be held in the Light, please contact
Jerry Knutson or Sue Axtell.

March 26-28, 2010

This silent retreat is for those who want to get away to connect with the self and with the divine. Take the opportunity to journey within, find the places that need refreshed and renewed and restore peace to your soul with the assistance of a reflective, quiet setting.

Mark your calendars for Bethany chapel on the following Wednesdays (11:20am-12pm). Members of Bethany & ESR communities, as well as the public, are always welcome to join us.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

January 27
Worship Leader: Parker Thompson and Katie Shaw Thompson
Preacher: Travis Poling
Scripture & Theme: Psalm 46 & Global Warming

February 3
Worship Leader: Laura Arendt
Preacher: Dan Ulrich

February 24
Worship Leader: Bekah Houff
Preacher: Tracy Stoddart

March 10
Worship Leader: Katie Shaw Thompson
Preacher: TBA
Theme: International Women's Day

March 24
Worship Leader: TBA
Preacher: TBA

March 31
Worship Leader: TBA
Preacher: TBA
Theme: Holy Week

April 14
Worship Leader: TBA
Preacher: Becky Rhodes

April 28
Worship Leader: TBA
Preacher: TBA

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Spiritual Healing will be held in the Moriuchi Room. from noon to 12:45 on Wednesday, March 24. Participants are encouraged to attend 11:20 Worship in Quigg or Nicarry and then
worshipfully move to the Moriuchi room. However, the room is available at 11:30 so you can center in the room if you wish.

Did you know.....

that Academic Services has not sent paper "grade" reports to each student since before the 2004-05 school year?

that students can see their "grades" (credit/no credit notations) on Web DB the day after Academic Services enters them into Banner?

that Academic Services no longer accepts or sends narrative evaluations on paper?

Students and advisors can always view "grades" as they are posted.
Students and advisors can always print an unofficial transcript.

Here's how: