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THE MANRESA PROGRAM
Manresa (proper noun): a place of radical transformation; a town in Spain where the founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius of Loyola, underwent experiences that radically transformed the way he perceived the world and his purpose; an Integrated Learning Community where Fordham College at Rose Hill students come together to grow in knowledge of the world and of themselves and to develop their gifts of intellect and spirit.
The Manresa Program is an exciting new living-learning opportunity for freshmen. Students electing to be Manresa scholars choose a seminar in an area of their interest taught by one of Fordham’s internationally recognized teacher-scholars, who also serves as the student’s academic advisor. In these small classes, Manresa scholars get to know their professor-advisors and fellow students, dig deeper into the subjects under study, explore questions about the value and meaning of liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition, and integrate their in-class learning with extracurricular activities that take advantage of Fordham’s location in New York City. Manresa scholars live and study together in the residential college setting of newly renovated Tierney Hall, where they participate in activities that nurture the development of the whole person – mind, body, and spirit – within a community of students and teachers.
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All Manresa seminars, whatever the topic, assist students in developing their skills of close, critical, thoughtful, and imaginative reading; precise, effective, and graceful writing; confident and effective speaking (and skill in argument in both writing and speaking); critical thinking, including logical inference, hypothesis testing, and evaluation of evidence; and habits of self-reflection and contemplation
MANRESA NEWS
- In 2008, the Manresa program enters its second year. This year, the Manresa program welcomes five new faculty: Dr. Christophe Chalamet, Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Dr. Constance Hassett, Dr. Bradford Hinze, and Dr. Robert Parmach. In addition, the Manresa program will offer six new courses: Prophetic Faith: An Introduction to Theology, Politics and Economic Globalization, Here and Now: Twenty-first Century Writers, Theology for the 21st Century: An Ignation Orientation, The Lost Interlocutor: Philosophy of Human Nature, and Nuovo Mondo: Introduction to Italian I.
- Dr. Michael Latham will travel to Italy in October to give a lecture titled "The Crisis of Modernization and the Neoliberal Triumph, 1965-1980" at the University of Bologna. In November, he will travel to China to present the same lecture at the Beijing Forum. While in China, he will also present two papers at Beijing University: "The Cold War in the Third World, 1963-1975" and "Redirecting the Revolution? The USA and the Failure of Nation Building in South Vietnam".
- Dr. Robert J. Parmach recently published "Christian Families, Educative Lenses, and Incarnational Roots" in Religious Education.
- Dr. Barbara E. Mundy is working on a new book on the Aztec community in Mexico City from the Spanish conquest (1519-21) into the 17th century. She presented a paper on her new work in Delaware in April, and will be speaking in Chicago, Los Angeles and Mexico City during the coming year. In her class on Latin American Art in the spring of 2008, she piloted the DVD version of a project on colonial Latin America, called Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. To view the companion website, please click here. She will be integrating new research into her class on Aztec art, offered in fall 2008.
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