G er glaur til tilkynna essi the 14th Dalai Bddhamunkur af Tbet hefur vitekinn okkar heimbo til heimskn hsklal og hluti hans tsni menntun og the eftirfr af vitneskja. this tmi vi ert vinnandi me the Dalai Lamaklaustur’ Norur Amerkumaur Fulltri til ruggur a dagsetning. Vi ert mevitandi af the Dalai Lamaklaustur’ heilsa umhyggjusemi og essi hann hefur um stundarsakir sokkaband hans ferast skuldbinding. Okkar framt ager vilja rast af hans heilsa og kvrun fr hans skrifstofa. Vi ert vongur essi the heimskn vilja eiga sr sta mean the akademskur r af 2009-10 ea bylta 2010.
tlit undan ), this er kveinn greinir ensku tkifri fyrir the allur hsklal, samflag og stand til koma saman og halda htlegan okkar skuldbinding til allur hli af menntun og huga the eilfur far vi geta leyfi hvor manneskja vi fundur — bir og t af the kennslustofa.
G hlakka til vinnandi me the heild hsklal samflag til skapa a hreinskilnislega srstakur r af atburur hmark kveinn greinir ensku mikilvgur og flugur dagur HSKLI me the Dalai Bddhamunkur. A dagskrrnefnd vilja vera appointed, and I encourage the entire campus to begin considering how best to make the visit a learning opportunity for all.
We will provide you with updates as information becomes available.
Benjamin Allen
President
University of Northern Iowa
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A Continuing & Distance Education course
The Dalai Lama: A Sacred Tradition and a Political Institution
University of Northern Iowa Continuing & Distance Education is accepting enrollments for the upcoming two-credit-hour course, The Dalai Lama: A Sacred Tradition and a Political Institution. This spring 2010 interdisciplinary course is open to members of the community with an interest in the Dalai Lama. Students in the course will get a look into the life and ideas of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Nobel peace prize-winner and wise, gentle teacher.
Coursework, materials and discussions will focus on: (1) Who is the Dalai Lama?; (2) Why is he important to the Tibetan people?; and (3) What does he stand for, and how has he parlayed his unique significance to the Tibetan people into a more universal appeal that has given him immediate access to practically every country in the world?
All UNI students who complete the course will receive a ticket to the Dalai Lama keynote event on May 18.
January 21 April 17, 2010
Various Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings
Schindler Education Center
To enroll
- UNI students: enroll for course number 010:159, section 1T through MyUNIverse
- Community members: $530 tuition and fees for 2 hours undergraduate credit (or audit). Enroll for course number 010:159 through Continuing & Distance Education.
- Teachers: $500 tuition for 2 hours graduate credit (reflects special workshop rate for teachers). Enroll for course number 210:133g through Continuing & Distance Education.
Tuition rates, fees and course schedule are subject to change.
Instructors
- Jeannie Steele, professor, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Northern Iowa
- Visiting scholar The Venerable Geshe Thupten Dorjee, instructor, University of Arkansas, and Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas co-founder
- Visiting scholar Sidney Burris, professor of English, Fulbright College Honors and Religious Studies Programs, University of Arkansas, and Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas co-founder
Questions?
Phone: 800-648-3864 or 319-273-2121
E-mail: ContinuingEd@uni.edu
Various events will be scheduled around the visit of the Dalai Lama to UNI, including presentations, displays, etc. Events will be added to the Web site as they are finalized.
A Lifelong University course
The Buddhism of the Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhism is often considered strange and obscure but the best-known figure of this religion, the Dalai Lama, explains that it is a religion of compassion and peace, and committing oneself to the happiness of others. This course explores the basic teachings of Buddhism and looks particularly at its Tibetan form.
Nov. 3, 10, 17
1:30 3 p.m.
Alumni Suite, McLeod Center
Tuition: $30
Instructor: James Robinson, associate professor, world religions
University of Northern Iowa
Call 319-273-6899 for availability.
Sand mandala constructed at UNI
The University of Northern Iowa hosted four visitors from the Tibetan Cultural Institute and the University of Arkansas in April, 2009 who constructed a sand mandala. Mandalas are geometric patterns laid out with compasses and chalk lines and then filled in, grain by grain, with sand ground from white marble and colored. The sand is applied with small tubes, funnels and scrapers until the pattern is achieved. They’re believed to hold magical power and said to prolong life and protect against evil.
