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Academic Day is an integral part of freshman orientation. It is an occasion to demonstrate to freshman students the power of education and the relevance of learning in recognizing and analyzing dimensions of life that can be obstacles to a just world.

The theme for 2003-04 is "Engaging Justice: Challenges to Personhood." Since sexuality is a subject that is of great concern to students, and a subject that is also shrouded in considerable mystery and silence, we will use it as a lens through which to explore the way culture can cloak trends and practices that have damaging consequences to human dignity and the realization of personhood.

The Director of Academic Day & Salons is Mara Adelman, PhD, Department of Communication.

The Lemieux Library's professional staff has gathered an extensive, thought-provoking set of resources on this year's theme.

Academic Day Schedule

The morning of September 22nd, students and faculty will congregate at the Connolly Center.

	We will open with a formal academic procession and opening by the Provost, Dr. John Eshelman (8:45 a.m.)
	an invocation by Anton Harris, SJ, the Vice-president for Mission and Ministry;
	the presentation of the class of 2007 by the Dean of Admissions, Mike McKeon (9:10 a.m.)
	a welcome by the ASSU President, Cisco Smith (9:15 a.m.)
	the President's Address by Stephen V. Sundborg, SJ (9:20 a.m.)
	an interactive presentation about Seattle University's "Learning Outcomes" by Professor John Bean (9:55 a.m.) a talk by the President, and
	Keynote Address (10:15 - 11:15 a.m.) followed by lunch and seminar discussions (11:45 - 12:45 p.m.)

Our keynote speaker this Fall will be: Professor Jodi O’Brien, associate professor and Chair of the Department of Society, Justice and Culture. She will address this year's theme by focusing upon the justice challenge of promoting sexual awareness and responsibility in a cultural climate of silence and shame about sexuality in general.

Academic Day will conclude with lunch and faculty facilitated small seminar discussions designed to engage new students with the faculty through exploring their own response to the keynote and connecting the importance of that response to the tools that a university education will provide.

Here are the Faculty Facilitators for Academic Day. Thank you!

Academic Salons:
Year Long Discussions

Academic Day will initiate a year-long process of conversation, titled "Academic Salons" about the power of education to promote awareness and responsibility, especially as students gain increased competency in using the tools of reflection and critical analysis. These salons are being sponsored by various faculty and groups on campus.

Seattle Times story about Salons

(3/2/04)