UTC eNews 201160 week Study Break 2

Here is this week’s eNewsletter, to keep you in the loop.  The contents cover information for students, candidates for ministry, faculty, staff and librarians, as well as upcoming events and news of all sorts.

                           

VISITORS

A WELCOME to all involved in the Polity and SMAT courses.

FROM THE ACADEMIC DESK

Welcome to Jeff Aernie, our new New Testament lecturer, who will be setting foot on campus this week.

On publications, Ben has a new essay on the doctrine of creation in the Dutch Reformed tradition: “‘Through him all things were made’: Creation, Redemption, Election”, in Creation and Salvation: Dialogue on Abraham Kuyper's Legacy for Contemporary Ecotheology, ed. Ernst Conradie (Leiden: Brill, 2011).

We have had a first meeting of the group looking at the integration of all our student services across the range of programs we offer.  Any thoughts to Joanne Stokes, Kerrie Needham, Sef Carroll, Carolyn C-E, Stephen Burns or Gerard Moore.

FROM THE DEAN OF CANDIDATES

Things to watch out for:

• Polity 2 is 29 and 30 August
• SMAT 2 is 31 August and 1 September

THIS WEEK

• Polity 2 is 29 and 30 August
• SMAT 2 is 31 August and 1 September

UPCOMING EVENTS

• One event happening in Parramatta that may be of interest to staff and students is Building Bridges 2011, an initiative of Reconciliation Western Sydney. They're running Wednesday evening free seminars (incl free dinner) during August and September, at 7.30pm at Parramatta Town Hall.
• The Climate Crisis and the Crisis of Humanity conference with Ernst Conradie and Clive Hamilton: Tuesday 20^th September.
• The conference on Atheism is on later in October: See William Emilsen for details.

KEEPING IN TOUCH

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