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 Shambhala Day Celebration
Join us for a Naropa community celebration of the Tibetan New Year on Wednesday, February 10 starting at 9:30 am on the Arapahoe campus. Enjoy light refreshments and a community ritual as we welcome in the year of the fire monkey. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to nualumni@naropa.edu. We hope to see you there!
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.
Careers for a Cause Fair- 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. No RSVP necessary.
Joanna Macy Center at Naropa presents: The Work that Reconnects - February 14
Spend Valentine’s Day in community celebrating our care for the world and capacity for personal and relational resilience. Joanna Macy’s root work, The Work That Reconnects is a practical, open-source, ever-evolving toolkit that anyone can use to build the stress-resilience, authentic community, and systems thinking needed in order to bring the change we wish to see in the world. Just $15 for alumni, use the promo code NaropiansRock! for a 25% discount. Learn more and register.
Register Now: "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’). Learn more and register online.
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 Jorge Rodriguez-Miralles, MFA '08, shared one of his most recent publications, "Traducciones" which is available online here. Rodriguez-Miralles is a poet, literary critic, translator and activist for peace and the environment. He has published his work in magazines such as Ragazine, The Cimarron Review, Danse Macabre, TheThePoetry, Bombay Gin, Big Bridge and Metropolis. He currently teaches at Miami Dade College and the University of St. Thomas (Florida) . In 2014 he published his book of poems Everything / Nothing.
 Evan Hundhausen, MFA '01, writes that "He has had poetry published in "The Asheville Poetry Review" and has won many awards for his writing. He is also a DJ and a freelance writer for music magazines. He is a fiction and short story writer. Hundhausen's short stories combine fantasy, magic realism, and a healthy dose of humor. His approach to writing is to capture the reader's attention as fast as he can, entertain them, and leave them wanting more!" You can check out Hundhausen's page on Amazon here.
Veronica Santoyo, MFA '13, shares: "I have been invited to be full-time visiting professor of acting (2015-2016) in the Theatre and Dance Department at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where Marc Devine is currently teaching. I am grateful for this opportunity and most grateful to all of you who have supported my artistic process throughout, and have been part of my learning and growth at Naropa." Congratulations, Veronica!
 A Naropa alumni from the early years, Kirby Olson, '79, writes: "I studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Philip Whalen, among others. My first book of poetry, called Christmas at Rockefeller Center, will appear from WordTech Editions in November 2015. My poems have been in Christianity and Literature, First Things, Partisan Review, Chronicles, Cortland Review, Poetry East, and many other journals. My first poem ever published was in the Naropa Institute literary journal. I have a blurb from Allen Ginsberg. Currently, I teach creative writing and philosophy at SUNY-Delhi in the western Catskills."
 Vishal Khanna, MFA '99, was recently awarded the Content Marketer of the Year award at the 2015 Content Marketing World Conference. Khanna leads all digital channels for Wake Forest Innovations, where he applies the leading digital strategies of B2B organizations to the university setting. A North Carolina writing fellow, Khanna’s fiction and nonfiction are published widely across the web. A serial entrepreneur, Khanna has founded or played an integral role in five companies, including his current digital strategy firm Produce Creative. Get in touch and learn more at vishalkhanna.com.
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In Memory
We are saddened to share that Jesse Masterson, MDiv, '08, died in Melvern, Kansas on January 7th, surrounded by loved ones. After graduating from Naropa, he became renowned in the position of course scheduler in the Registrar’s Office and later went on to earn a Ph.D. at Pacifica. Shortly after moving back to Boulder, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and returned home to Kansas. In his gentle, warm way he connected with many at Naropa and wherever he lived, creating a strong network of care for others right up until his death. Jesse will be missed.
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Naropa has rocketed into 2016. Visitors abound, phones ring in chorus, and transcripts arrive by the wheelbarrow load. This is when the fall class begins to take form- it’s a lot like developing black and white photos in a darkroom. If you’ve done that, you’ve seen ghosts of images as they imprint the paper, and that’s what we’re seeing now. Backgrounds, and conversations, and essays swirl and begin to take the shape of our newest class. So far, we like what we see!
Thank you for sending phenomenal students our way. We promise to serve them with the utmost care and dedication.
Karen Wills
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Admissions
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