  {"id":2308,"date":"2012-11-01T16:54:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T16:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2016-02-15T16:53:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:53:31","slug":"convocation-series-2012-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2012\/11\/01\/convocation-series-2012-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation series 2012-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Convocation series kicked off during September with the <a title=\"Inside Augsburg Christensen Symposium\" href=\"https:\/\/augnet.augsburg.edu\/news-archives\/2012\/09_10_12\/Patel_convocation.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2309\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/12\/patel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2309\" title=\"Eboo Patel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/12\/patel.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Eboo Patel\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eboo Patel, president and founder of Interfaith Youth Core, spoke at the Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eboo Patel, president and founder of Interfaith Youth Core, spoke about the holiness of common ground and the value of developing interfaith understanding.<\/p>\n<p>During October, the <a title=\"Inside Augsburg CCHP convocation\" href=\"https:\/\/augnet.augsburg.edu\/news-archives\/2012\/10_15_12\/Emmons_convo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Counseling and Health Promotion Convocation<\/a> was an opportunity for the Augsburg community to learn from psychiatrist and author, Dr. Henry Emmons, about ways to restore mental and emotional resilience in the face of depression, anxiety, and other stress-related conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Inside Augsburg Humanities and Fine Arts convocation\" href=\"https:\/\/augnet.augsburg.edu\/news-archives\/2012\/10_29_12\/HFA_convo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Humanities and Fine Arts Convocation<\/a> in November featured Dan Phillips, a designer and builder of recycled housing. Phillips also is founder of The Phoenix Commotion, a local building initiative that, according to its website, was created to demonstrate that salvaged materials are viable building materials.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Convocation Series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/convo\" target=\"_blank\">Convocation series<\/a> is a cross-disciplinary speaker series that explores ideas and thoughts around the impact each person can have in a world of 6.9 billion people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/WebXtra2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2323\" title=\"WebXtra\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/WebXtra2.png\" alt=\"web extra icon\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a>Convocation Series photo galleries (flicker.com): <a title=\"Christensen Symposium Photo Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/augsburgcollege\/sets\/72157631574879737\/\">Christensen\u00a0Symposium<\/a>, <a title=\"CCHP Convocation photo gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/augsburgcollege\/sets\/72157631806375196\/\">CCHP Convocation<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Dan Phillips Convocation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/augsburgcollege\/sets\/72157631962675332\/\">Humanities\u00a0and Fine Arts Convocation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Convocation series kicked off during September with the Bernhard M. 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