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Share your Naropa Love Story
 We want to hear the story of how you found love at Naropa, whether it's a best friend, a significant other, or love you found within yourself in your journey at Naropa. If you have an Alumni Love Story to share with the community online and for Valentine's Day, please send your story and a photo to nualumni@naropa.edu by February 1, 2016.
Register Now! Reimagining Death & Dying Conference - January 8 & 9, 2016
 Naropa University is convening a forum to explore how contemplative practice enriches and improves end-of-life care for practitioners, professionals, and patients. Join the conversation on local and national needs, share best practices, and consider the ethical implications of contemplative care. "Reimagining Death & Dying: Changing the Way We Care" will be taking place at Naropa January 8 & 9, 2016, featuring a keynote with alumna Vassar Byrd. Learn more and register online.
iRelaunch Career Event in Denver - February 4!
 Join your fellow alumni and alumni of other Colorado and Wyoming colleges and universities for a concentrated half-day program that brings you strategies and actionable steps to relaunch your career, presented by internationally recognized expert Carol Fishman Cohen, CEO of iRelaunch and co-author of the acclaimed career reentry book “Back on the Career Track.”
The cost is $20 for Naropa alumni using coupon code COL16SAVE when pre-registering. Click here for more information and to register.
Save the Date: Careers for a Cause is February 18
Naropa University and the University of Colorado - Boulder invite you to join us for our annual collaborative event, the Career for a Cause Meet & Greet! Alumni and students from both universities are invited for a chance to engage with organizations that address important causes and issues, helping to make meaningful change in the world. The event will be from 4 pm - 7 pm at the University of Colorado - Boulder's UMC.
Upcoming Alumni Survey: We want to hear from you!
Have you recently moved? Got a new job? Want to reconnect with your community? Naropa's office of Alumni Relations and Development wants to learn more about what you're up to in your time after leaving Naropa! The survey will be available online, so keep an eye out for an email with the link, on its way to your inbox soon!
Early Bird Registration: "Mindfulness, MOOCs & Money in Higher Education"
Naropa’s Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education (CACE) is hosting a conference this coming March 18-21, 2016, on the future of higher education, co-sponsored with The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. Naropa Alumni receive a 20% discount on the conference tuition (using code ‘NUAlumni’). This will apply to the Early Bird rate which ends January 10, 2016. Learn more and register online. |
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 Jeff Huck, BA '98, was featured in Taos News for his work as a chef creating a menu of healthy alternatives for people on the go. Huck works to combine his passion for education, anthrophology and cooking. He is currently the kitchen manager at Cid’s Food Market in Taos, NM. Read more about Huck's journey and try a few of his recipes.
 Amy Hartman, MA '08, was highlighted in The Mountain-Ear for her private practice, Peak to Peak Counseling, in Nederland, CO. Hartman welcomes masters degree student interns to her practice, which helps her to offer sliding scale counseling and has proven to be a program that works successfully for everyone involved. Read more about Hartman's practice with Peak to Peak Counseling.
Colleen Thomas, MLA '02, and Rodrigo Torres created the first ever Techno Cosmic Wedding on April 8, 2015 in Crockett California. The ritual celebrated relationship in all of its forms (self, family/Ancestors, friendship, romance, relationship to the natural world). Learn more about Thomas' Techno Cosmic Wedding.
 Mindi K. Counts, BA '08, continues her work with the Inner Ocean Empowerment Project as a way to see and meet the needs of our world. Counts recently hosted an acupuncture clinic in Colorado Springs for trauma relief with the CAMRC (Colorado Acupuncture Medical Reserve Corps) that mobilizes in disasters and trauma. This is the same kind of clinic Counts has hosted all around the world. Her next project will take her back to Nepal. Learn more about Counts' work.
 Heather Sanche, BA '98, is an Inter Arts-Theatre studies and Early Childhood Education alumni. Sanche has recently been asked to write for Buddhist Door, a Buddhist Magazine out of Canada based in Hong Kong. She is writing about her experience as a buddhist and mother. Sanche shares, "As I write, I find myself reflecting on much of what I learned at Naropa, which was the beginning of a life long journey into practice and study of buddhism as well as my career as an ECE educator." Click here to see the first of Sanche's articles.
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The spring semester just kicked off and we welcomed a whole new class to Naropa University. They came from 34 states and four foreign countries, and brought with them the openness, dedication, and passion that marks all of those within our community. To those of you who recommended members of this spring class- thank you!
Graduate studies applications are due January 15. If you know someone who should study at Naropa this fall, please encourage them to apply now.
Karen Wills
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Admissions
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