[Oe List ...] Physical Location for the Oikos Program at Oklahoma City University and some other news

[RICHARD HOWIE]

Good News and CONGRATULATIONS!
Ellen
On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Terry Bergdall wrote:

> Creative developments continue to occur at ICA-USA. We are actively  
> engaged in creating a "service learning program" in collaboration  
> with different institutions of higher learning. The message below  
> is in direct response to event co-sponsored last July between ICA- 
> USA and the Oikos Scholars program at Oklahoma City University.  
> Next week, we will be hosting 20-25 students from Lindsey Wilson  
> College from Kentucky at 4750 in chicago as a first practical step.  
> James Addington is playing the primary coordinating role in this.  
> We also have been pleased to have a remarkable volunteer join us,  
> Lauren Markofsky, who is helping us on grant writing to some key  
> foundations. All of this represents a significant new program  
> initiative at ICA-USA and I thought it good to keep everyone on the  
> listserv in the loop. Take care, Terry
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Mark Davies <myadavies at gmail.com>
>> Date: 3 October 2010 22:23:58 CDT
>>
>> Subject: Physical Location for the Oikos Program at Oklahoma City  
>> University and some other news
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>> I wanted you all to know that we have been able to find an office  
>> suite for the Oikos Scholars Program for Social and Ecological  
>> Responsibility at Oklahoma City University on the first floor in  
>> the northeast corner of the Loeffler building. The suite has two  
>> offices (with windows), a lounge/meeting room, and a storage/ 
>> copier room. It is also a recently rennovated space with three  
>> computers. Dann May, Oikos Faculty member and Director of the  
>> Vivian Wimberly Center for Ethics and Servant Leadership, and Joe  
>> Meinhart, Oikos Faculty member, will be officing there. Having a  
>> physical location for Oikos faculty and Oikos Scholars will be a  
>> great asset to this growing program. January 2011 will be the time  
>> when we will be fully moved in to the new space, and we will have  
>> some king of gathering to mark the occasion at that time.
>>
>> The next step that we are working on is developing a site for the  
>> Oikos Institute next to the OCU campus that will house an urban  
>> retreat center and be a location for work on the ICA Living  
>> Archives project. This will also be a space for those of us who  
>> will be pursuing work on a Global Interfaith Order committed to  
>> creating peace, eradicating poverty, and caring for the planet.  
>> This phase of our work together will require some resources and  
>> time, but I believe that we will be seeing some progress on this  
>> work in the near future.
>>
>> Another piece of news, Terry Bergdall and James Addington are  
>> working together to develop a service learning course at the ICA- 
>> USA headquarters in Chicago, and we are planning for this course  
>> to be offered by Oklahoma City University for college credit for  
>> Oikos Scholars and for students from other universities as well.
>>
>> Save the Date for the next ICA-USA/Oikos collaborative conference  
>> - Caring for Our HOME: Educating Moral Leaders for Ecological  
>> Sustainability, September 23-25, 2011 on the campus of Oklahoma  
>> City University. We will be exploring how to prepare university  
>> students to be leaders for a more sustainable future.
>>
>>
>> Just wanted to keep all of you updated on some of our progress.
>>
>> Mark Davies
>
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