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Jan 30, 2010 St. Mary's University Neighborhood Walk
A volksmarch is a non-competitive walk that can be completed at the walker's own leisure (see www.ava.org for more information). Participants may begin at any time between 10 am and 1pm.
The University Center atrium will serve as the start and finish point for this 2nd Annual event. Participants will walk through the University campus and on local neighborhood streets to Woodlawn Lake. The route will take walkers around Woodlawn Lake and back to the campus. The complete route will be 10KM. A shorter 6KM route will be available. Participation is free, but walkers may earn IVV credit for a fee of $3.00. An “A” award patch will be available for an additional fee.
This event is listed on the American Volkssport Association (AVA) web site at http://www.ava.org/gen3/data/event_details.asp?eventid=85567
Special Features:
This walk qualifies for the following AVA Special Events Programs:
Cemetery Stroll, Europe in the USA, Historic Churches, Museums, Veteran Memorials
Old Spanish Trail display: The Old Spanish Trail Association, with its director, Harral Ayres, was a group of community leaders from towns and cities across the entire southern stretch of the United States, from St. Augustine, Florida, through San Antonio, Texas, and west to San Diego, California. The official archives of the Old Spanish Trail Association are held in Special Collections at the Louis J. Blume Library at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas (http://library.stmarytx.edu/ost/index.html).
This walk qualifies for the Walking the Old Spanish Trail (OST) in Texas (http://www.randolphroadrunners.info/events/OST_Walk_Bulletin.pdf) special program. Charlotte Kahl, Co-Chair of OST100 (www.oldspanishtrailcentennial.com)—an organization locating, revitalizing and preserving the roadway, businesses and historic sites of the original 1920s Old Spanish Trail—will have a display in the University Center atrium about the OST and will be available to answer questions.
Sciences Museum (Garni Hall, 2nd Floor Hallway) contains over 3000 items including minerals, metals, gems, rocks, fossils, maps and other artifacts. The museum was initiated in 1989 by Geology Professor David J. Fitzgerald. The “Eliot Collection” containing an extensive number of samples was given to the university in 1980 which was the catalyst for the museum.This hallway museum is free and open to the public.
Food and refreshments will be available for purchase at the Diamondback Café, adjacent to the atrium in the University Center. A list of area eating establishments will also be available.
The sponsoring organization is the Neighborhood Revitalization Project-Quality of Life Task Force. |
Feb 1, 2010 Civic Engagement Week
A week-long series of programs and activities to promote active civic engagement in the lives of Rattlers. |
Feb 10, 2010 7th Annual Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series
Each year St. Mary’s University invites men and women who have shaped the Catholic Intellectual Tradition to share their sights. The subject matter of Catholicism itself, in all of its richness, complexity and ambiguity. The series goal is to examine Catholicism in its many dimensions: Historical, Intellectual, Cultural, Artistic, and Devotional.
Michael Galligan-Stierle, Ph.D., Vice President of ACCU, has over 35 years of experience in higher education and various ministerial settings. The primary focus of his work has been in higher education and ministry with young adults as a campus minister, a religious studies professor, a seminary instructor, and a graduate ministry internship director.
His 1996 book, Gospel on Campus, is viewed as a standard for Catholic campus ministry in the U.S. His new text, Promising Practices: Collaboration among Catholic Bishops and University Presidents, highlights tried-and-true ways bishops, diocesan agencies, and Catholic colleges and universities collaborate. |
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