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 Naropa School of Extended Studies Presents Dr. Gabor Maté, "Trauma and Addiction: A Symposium"
Saturday, August 27 // 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Nalanda Campus // 6287 Arapahoe Ave.
Nalanda Events Center
$120 General Admission
Get your tickets today!
20% discount for alums with code GABORMATE20
A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them. Dr. Maté is the co-founder of Compassion4Addiction, a new non-profit that focuses on addiction. He is also an advisor of Drugs Over Dinner.
Naropa's Alternative Breaks Program Presents "Lunafest: Short Films By, For, and About Women"
Saturday-Sunday, July 10-11 // 6:00 p.m.
Dairy Center for the Arts
2590 Walnut Street Performance Space
General Admission Tickets $15
Lunafest, a traveling film festival of award-winning short films by, for, and about women, features a program of six stories filled with reflection, hope, and humor. Lunafest is touring over 175 cities to show these films to more than 25,000 people and to raise funds for local non-profits, as well as the Breast Cancer Fund, the festival's main beneficiary. This year Lunafest joins with Naropa's Alternative Breaks to take place in Boulder on July 10 and 11, at the Dairy Center for the Arts.
Learn more about Lunafest and get tickets today!
Save the Date - Creation Spirituality Alumni
Alumni from the Creation Spirituality program, take note! There's a Creation Spirituality conference happening this summer, July 28-31, 2016 in Berkeley, CA. Naropa Alumni are invited to gather during lunch on Saturday, July 31 for an opportunity to connect within the larger context of the conference. Keep an eye out for more details coming soon, and check out what's happening at the conference!
 Apply for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program
As a Naropa alum with a Bachelor or Master's level degree, you may be able to apply for the Fullbright U.S. Student Program through Naropa which provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. The deadline for the next round of applications is September 12, 2016. Contact Jason M. Davis with questions or for more information about this opportunity!
Alumni Benefits
Did you know there are some benefits and discounts that you're eligible for as an alum of Naropa? We're happy to share some of the perks and benefits available to Naropa Alumni, who are such an important part of our community. There are a variety of services, supplies, and companies who offer a special discount to Naropa Alumni! Check out a list of the discounts available here. 
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Our time is now. At Naropa, we believe in starting chain reactions. As the world's premier center for contemplative education, we are training the next generation of creative thinkers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries.
Your annual and multi-year commitment makes a difference in the lives and educations of current and future students. When you make a gift to the annual fund at Naropa, you support transformative experiences. Make your gift online today!
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 American Echoes Tour
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Swallow Hill, Denver, CO
Rebekah West, BA '86 and MA '06, is on the American Echos tour with a colleague sharing music they created in an ancient, resonant chapel in their little village in France. She says the music and tour are a direct result of her Naropa education. The tour ends in Denver on July 9. Learn more here:
Life. Art. Being Integrative Arts Festival
July 17-23, 2016
Portland, Oregon
a confluence of joyful means
 Portland area alumni are invited to join Elizabeth Russell, BA '00, for a week dedicated to creating beauty and practicing presence with the self, the body, each other, & Earth. The 4th annual festival will convene with a special community movement ritual, Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance, and then step into a rich and inspiring week of intersecting practices from the contemplative, somatic, expressive, deep ecology, and community-building branches of our collective tree... for the benefit of all beings. Learn More
Front Range Alumni Meetup
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Boulder, CO (location TBD)
Engage with your fellow Naropians at a monthly meet up! Naropa alum, Cristina Sajovich, BA '12, is hosting happy hour Meetups designed to (re)connect alumni with each other in unique and creative ways. You're invited to know each other, help each other, and continue to grow as Naropa's extended community. The group will meet the 4th Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30pm. Learn more and RSVP.
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 John DeVore, MA '04, writes, "Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way (1987) always inspires new learning, new reflections, and new experiences. A special thank-you to Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown for the marvelous essay (Introduction) that traces the development of the new kind of dialogue that began with Thomas Merton's 1968 journey to Asia. ("Preface to the Second Edition", in Susan Szpakowski, ed., Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists in Dialogue. Halifax: Vajradhatu Publications, 2005, pp. 3-10.)" Learn More
 Cecelia Rose LaPointe, MA '06, launched Waub Ajijaak Press in November 2015. This small press focuses on Great Lakes Anishinaabe stories, children's stories, and poetry. She says, "We are committed to cultural revitalization and preservation. In honor of hereditary Ogema Waub Ajijaak (Chief White Crane) this press was started to honor ancestors, culture, decolonization, healing, heritage, matriarchy, recovery, sobriety/wellbriety, and traditions."
 John Sakkis, MFA '06, has published a new book of poetry, RAVE ON! just out from BOTH BOTH Books: "Poetry. A book of parties, monsters, paranoia, UFOs, friends and the Bay Area. Set in the 90s and beyond, John Sakkis's RAVE ON! finds beauty in the "trainwreck," that liminal space where dissonant sounds and kinetic energies commingle, forming a new kind of static, where the party begins after the music stops." (available to order through Small Press Distribution).
Ashlie Schares, BA '04, was featured in the Longmont Times-Call for offering "Sing Yourself Happy," singing classes for adults who feel shy about their voices. Read the article.
 Vonie Stillson, BA '04, introduced the field of DMT to pop culture convention attendees sharing "Presented Aquatic Dance/Movement Therapy" and "More Aquatic Dance/Movement Therapy" at the 50th annual ADTA conference in October, and "Cosplay as Active Imagination Through DMT Goggles" at Geekonomicon in December.
Damaris Webb, MFA '08, co-produced and directed a new play, Cottonwood in the Flood, as part of the Vanport Mosaic Festival in Portland, Oregon. The play tells the tale of a fictional African-American family and their experiences in Vanport, Oregon during WWII. Vanport was a city of 40,000 people built in 110 days to meet the nation's demand for ships to support the war effort. The entire city was destroyed in a flood just six years after it was built. Damaris also serves as an Artistic Director for the festival - a 4-day multi-disciplinary celebration commemorating the 68th anniversary of the Vanport Flood, uniting Portland area residents through historical and artistic tributes. Learn more
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On August 5, from 1:00 - 5:00 PM Naropa University will throw open its doors to prospective graduate and undergraduate students from across the country and around the world at Experience Naropa – a whirlwind of activity designed to open minds, spark creativity, and begin to create the bonds of community.
Tour campus, attend sample classes, and meet students and faculty who are changing the world for the better. Come for the answers to your questions, and stick around for an engaging afternoon full of lively activities and passionate people.
Learn More and Register Here
Karen Wills
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Admissions
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