eNews 201260week2

UTC eNews                                                                          201260week2

Now that classes are back in swing, don’t forget to look into study skills and library confidence as a way of getting ready for assignment writing.

FROM THE ACADEMIC DESK

Forward Planning

The draft timetable for next year is almost ready: within the next two weeks it will be out for consultation!

New book titles

You will see in the publication cabinet two new books.  The books are:

Jeff Aernie, Is Paul Also Among the Prophets?: an examination of the relationship between Paul and the Old Testament Prophetic Tradition in 2 Corinthians,  Library of New Testament Studies 467 (London: t&t clark, 2012).

Benjamin Myers, Christ the Stranger: the theology of Rowan Williams (London: t&t clarke, 2012)

Congratulations again to Ben and Jeff.

Research Seminar

Dear researchers @ Parramatta, trust the new semester is on the way smoothly (?!). here are some notices.  The the line-up for next Friday’s Seminar (July 20):

a.    Janice Rees, The Promise of Pentecostal Feminist Pneumatology and Its Witness to Systematics

b.    Ben Myers

c.    a plenary discussion of the obstacles in research and getting published, and strategies toward overcoming those. come prepared for conversation, and bring your questions, issues & resolutions

d.    drinks & celebration of/with people (i) who have been offered jobs -- Janice Rees, Anthony Rees and Xavier Lakshmanan, (ii) who have had something published recently, (iii) who will be presenting at coming conferences and seminars. please send me notices of publications & conferences so that I can share with everyone else.

FROM STUDENT ADMINISTRATION

Student Scholarships for Second Session – applications can be obtained from Student Admin. If you have any enquiries regarding Scholarship applications for First or Second Session 2012, please contact Student Admin.

Pizza Night - from next week, Pizza night will be Monday night instead of Thursday night, from 5.30pm – come and join in the fellowship before evening lectures.

Study Skills – if you would like assistance with your study skills, please see Student Admin to arrange an appointment with the Study Skills Tutor, Carolyn Craig-Emilsen.

FROM THE LIBRARY

Referencing Workshops, Mondays at 5pm (Weeks 3-5) - Started working on your assessments and wondering how to use APA referencing property? The library is running referencing workshops on Mondays at 5pm for the next three weeks. Come learn some tips to make referencing easier and also learn how to use Microsoft Word to make using the APA referencing system easier.

FROM THE CHAPEL

The college holds a service of Word and Sacrament every Wednesday at 11.45.  All welcome.  Lectionary this week Pentecost 8: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a, Psalm 89:20-37, Ephesians 2:11-22, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (Green). As well, Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at College begin with communal morning prayer at 9.25 and then to classes at 9.40.  All welcome.

FROM THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION

Wednesday Community Lunches are held after the 11.45 Communion Service. Lunch is approx 1pm. Everyone is welcome to join students and staff in this activity. The cost is $40 per semester payable to John Barker, the treasurer.

Thank you all for continuing to use the recycling bins in the kitchen.

This week the student kitchen has been reorganised and a “Student Pantry” area has been set up for the benefit of all members of the UTC Community. Donations of food to set up the Student Pantry and as needed in the future are very welcome. There is more information about the Pantry in the Kitchen. Donations can be left in the corner cupboard labelled “Student Pantry”. Items that are suggested as suitable to donate include Rice Cakes, Soups, Noodles, Muesli Bars or whatever items you prefer to eat and would like to have on hand. Please, if you decide to use the Pantry, replace items that you use regularly, or consider making a donation to assist the Student Association to restock the Pantry.

The Student Association would also like to encourage students to avoid using disposable cups. Disposable cups are still available for use in the kitchen, but there are many other cups and mugs above the sink in the kitchen that students are welcome to use. Please wash these up and put them away after use. Students who have brought their own mugs to the college will now find them in a marked cupboard in the kitchen.

In tidying the kitchen many items were found that have been left in the kitchen by students past and present. They are located in a crate near the kitchen and any items not collected by 27^th July will be donated to a good cause.

If you have any questions or suggestions about these changes, please contact Suzanne Stanton (Hospitality Committee) or any of the Student Association Executive members.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Seminar with Professor Marcia Bunge on Tuesday 24 July, 1.30-3.00pm in G3 – please note that all students are encouraged to attend this seminar. Please RSVP the College Secretary, suzannec@nsw.uca.org.au.  Professor Bunge serves on the international board of the Child Theology Movement (www.childtheology.org) and steering committees of the American Academy of Religion. She is the Director of “The Child in Religion and Ethics Project. Her current area of research is religious understandings of children and childhood and she has edited or co-edited four volumes on the subject. Please note the public lecture is from 7.30 pm (not 7.00pm).

Rev Harry Herbert’s “Director’s Cut” Farewell will be held 2 August 2012, 4.30-7.00pm at the CFM. Rev Herbert is a strong public voice on issues of injustice and actively advocates on behalf of service users of UnitingCare. All are welcome to join this evening of reflections and insights from the retiring Executive Director of UnitingCare. Please RSVP bjafari@unitingcarenswact.org.au or ph 9376 0446 by July 24.

The Hannam Student Graduation will be held on Friday 17 August 2012, 4.00-9.30pm in the Dining Room.

25^th Anniversary of the Centre for Ministry – claim Sunday 7 October in your diaries to celebrate 25 years of ministry at the CFM and over 100 years of forming people and transforming lives within the Burnside property. More details to come.

ADVERTISING

Study Tour - Yarra Theological Union (a recognized teaching institution of the MCD University of Divinity) invite interest in a four-week Liturgical Study Tour through Europe in November 2013 led by Margaret Smith and Paul Taylor. Celebrating the 50^th anniversary of Vatican II’s pioneering Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the tour will take in key Catholic and ecumenical centres in Germany, Belgium, France and Italy that inspired and continued to implement the liturgical vision of the Council. Expressions of interest due by 31 October 2012. For further information contact studytour@ytu.edu.au

The newsletter is from the College Secretary and Vice-Principal (Academic). News items in by 1.00 pm each Friday to suzannecnsw.uca.org.au or gerardm@nsw.uca.org.au