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SUMMARY:Conversation with Dr. Arthur Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:Conversation with Dr. Arthur Schwartz\nThursday\, May 23\, 2024 | 10:00-11:30am\nBrother Louis Hall 105\nOn Thursday\, May 23\, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota will welcome Dr. Artur Schwartz for “Five Reasons Why It’s Hard to be a Character-Centered Leader.” Dr. Arthur Schwartz\, the former Senior Scholar at the United States Air Force Academy\, will explain why so many leaders resist placing character at the core of their leadership philosophy. Arthur will also share evidence-based strategies that help leaders integrate character into how they lead themselves\, others\, and change. Currently\, Dr. Schwartz is the president of Character.org. and served for 15 years as an executive at the John Templeton Foundation. He received his doctorate in adolescent moral development from Harvard University. \nThis event is open to all faculty\, staff\, and students in the Ed.D.\, D.BA.\, and the master-level leadership programs in education and business. program directors\, faculty\, and students. \nView flyer PDF here.
URL:https://character.smumn.edu/event/conversation-with-dr-arthur-schwartz/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Campus- Brother Louis Hall\, 2207 Oakland Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55404\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Dr. Arthur Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:Saint Mary’s welcomes Dr. Arthur Schwartz\nMay 22\, 2024 | 3:00-4:30pm\nBrother Louis Hall\nOn Wednesday\, May 22\, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota will welcome Dr. Artur Schwartz for a lecture on “Reflections on the Birth and Growth of the Positive Psychology Movement.” Martin E.P. Seligman\, one of the co-founders of Positive Psychology\, often refers to Dr. Arthur Schwartz as one of the “midwives” who helped birth the field of positive psychology. Dr. Schwartz will offer his personal reflections on the “early years” of the field\, including his experience co-teaching with Dr. Seligman the first-ever course on Positive Psychology (at the University of Pennsylvania). Boldly\, he will also suggest 3 “growth areas” the field should consider during the next 25 years. This event is open to all program directors\, faculty\, and students. The lecture will be at 3:00-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, May 22 in Brother Louis Hall 105 and is open to the entire Saint Mary’s community. \nDr. Schwartz is the president of Character.org. For 15 years he served as an executive at the John Templeton Foundation where he had the opportunity to catalyze research on youth purpose\, forgiveness\, gratitude\, altruism\, and grit. He also collaborated with Martin E.P. Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania to energize the field of positive psychology. Dr. Schwartz’s current research focuses on the dynamics of moral courage. He received his doctorate in adolescent moral development from Harvard University. \nView flyer PDF here.  \nFor more information please contact Nancy Erickson at nerickso@smumn.edu
URL:https://character.smumn.edu/event/speaker-series-dr-arthur-schwartz-2/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Campus- Brother Louis Hall\, 2207 Oakland Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Events Archive
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SUMMARY:Character Awards
DESCRIPTION:2024 Character Recognition Awards\nMay 22\, 2024 | 11:00 a.m.\nUniversity Center\nSharing a commitment to character formation and the formation of ethical leadership\, Saint Mary’s happy to partner with Synergy & Leadership Exchange to host the 2024 Character Recognition Awards. On May 22\, individuals and organizations will be recognized for helping build character strengths and ethical leadership in students. \n\nMinnesota State School of Character:\n\nCommunity of Peace Academy\n\n\nMinnesota Ethical Leadership Award:\n\nComMUSICation and The Inner Hero\n\n\nChampion of Character:\n\nMatt Bostrom and Todd Otis\n\n\nCatholic Educator Award:\n\nRicky Austin\n\n\nMinnesota Promising Practices Award:\n\nCologne Academy\nDuluth Edison Charter School\, North Star Academy\nNorthfield High School Student Success Center\nRoseville Area High School\nWaseca Area Learning Center\n\n\n\nView flyer PDF here.
URL:https://character.smumn.edu/event/character-awards/
LOCATION:University Center
CATEGORIES:Event,Events Archive
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Dr. Arthur Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:Five Key Steps to Fostering Character During the College Years\nDr. Arthur Schwarts\nMay 21\, 2024 | 3:30-5:00pm\nMother Teresa Hall\nIs college too late to educate students for character? Haven’t college students already developed their moral compass? Dr. Arthur Schwartz\, president of Character.org\, will address these questions as well as highlighting 5 steps that every college and university should take to cultivate a culture of character formation during the college years. This event will be open to the entire graduate campus community\, all faculty\, staff\, and students. \nView PDF flyer here.
URL:https://character.smumn.edu/event/speaker-series-dr-arthur-schwartz/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Campus- Mother Teresa Hall\, 2440 Park Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55404\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cardinal Lecture Series: Matt Birk
DESCRIPTION:Saint Mary’s welcomes Matt Birk on October 24 to speak on “Life as Sport: Winning\, Learning\, and Defining Personal Success” at the Page Theatre. Birk is a former Minnesota Viking\, Super Bowl Champion\, speaker\, and author. \nMr. Birk’s keynote lecture will be one of four separate engagements on campus this day. Earlier in the day Birk will be the featured guest at an SMU Coaching for Character Roundtable Discussion where coaches will discuss how they coach student athletes not only to win and perform well on the field or court but also to develop themselves as persons of virtue\, living generous ethical lives of service and leadership. \nSpending time with student athletes prior to the keynote lecture\, Birk will lead an informal dinner conversation with athletes representing the various SMU sports on the topic of “Serving and Leading with Character on Campus and in Your Community.” \nTo conclude the visit\, Campus Ministry is sponsoring a Theology on Tap event with Mr. Birk at 8:45pm in the Cardinal Club\, where he will share more of his own faith journey\, including experiences both on and off the football field.
URL:https://character.smumn.edu/event/cardinal-lecture-series-matt-birk/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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SUMMARY:Forming Character within the University
DESCRIPTION:Saint Mary’s welcomes to present “Several Reasons why it is Good to form Character within the University.” This presentation is open to students\, faculty\, and staff of Saint Mary’s and will take place on October 18\, 2021 at 3 pm on the Twin Cities campus. Dr. Lamb will also facilitate a seminar for faculty on strategies for character development in the context of higher education\, the topic of his forthcoming article in the Journal of Character Education. \nDr. Lamb is Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character and Assistant Professor of Politics\, Ethics\, and Interdisciplinary Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is also a Research Fellow with the Oxford Character Project. He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University\, a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College\, and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from the University of Oxford\, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.  \nHis research focuses on leadership\, character\, and the role of virtues in public life. He is the co-editor of Cultivating Virtue in the University and Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and the Practices of Ordinary Life\, and the author of A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine’s Political Thought. His work has been published in the American Political Science Review\, Journal of Religious Ethics\, Journal of Moral Education\, and Journal of Character Education\, and he has presented on the importance of character education at universities around the world. He is currently a principal investigator on grants to educate character funded by the John Templeton Foundation\, Kern Family Foundation\, and Lilly Endowment\, Inc. Prior to joining Wake Forest\, he helped to launch the Oxford Character Project and served as Dean of Leadership\, Service\, and Character Development for the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. \nFor more information or questions about the event\, contact cve@smumn.edu
URL:https://character.smumn.edu/event/michael-lamb-ph-d-of-wake-forest-university-to-speak-at-saint-marys/
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