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American Tensions, a reading hosted by Bill Reichard at Birchbark Book Store, November 10th

Submitted by Mary on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 4:53pm
American Tensions: Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice, a recently published anthology of collected writings that features selected fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction challenging the myth of a classless democracy, redefining the family, deconstructing American notions of race and patriotism, and tracking the growth of environmental awareness within the American psyche. HECUA's own, William Reichard, is the editor for the anthology and has organized some of the contributors to do a reading at Birchbark Books, a locally owned and operated bookstore in Minneapolis. Thursday, November 10th @ 7pm Birchbark Books and Kenwood Cafe 2115 West 21st Street Minneapolis, MN 55405

The Learning Fairy, now showing until November 12th at the Open Eye Figure Theater, co-directed by Molly Van Avery

Submitted by Mary on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 4:40pm
"If you want to see Peewee Herman and Courtney Love have a child, then you have to go to The Learning Fairy, because it does all that and more!" says Tim Carroll, a Minneapolis performance and installation artist. He featured The Learning Fairy as an Art Hound recently on Minnesota Public Radio. The Learning Fairy is the most recent productive of the Open Eye Figure Theater and preformances have been extended to November 12th because of popular demand. Molly Van Avery, an Instructor for both Writing for Social Change and City Arts at HECUA, worked closely to produce and direct this piece with Michael Soomers. This is for all aged children, from 5 to 95 years!

HECUA Participating in Give To the Max, November 16th

Submitted by Mary on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 4:28pm
GiveMN.org is once again hosting a Give to the Max day coming up on November 16th. Please mark your calendars for the "Great Minnesota Give!" and consider HECUA's scholarship fund as one of the few (or many!) projects that receives your attention and financial gift. We're asking that folks choose to donate $40 for our 40th anniversary, but any and all amounts are helpful. We appreciate your support and generosity.

HECUA's new look--logo and Web site

Submitted by Mary on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 3:39pm
Working closely with Triangle Park Creative, HECUA underwent significant updates to our branding.

Scandinavian Urban Studies Term (SUST) is now accepting applications for both the fall and spring semesters

Submitted by admin on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:51pm
SUST, one of HECUA’s flagship programs and first international site, was originally taught in 1973. Since then the curriculum has shifted with the times as it continues to investigate the dramatic changes of Northern Europe by critically analyzing the development of the Norwegian welfare state with an increasingly multicultural population.

J-term application deadline extended to November 1st

Submitted by Mary on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 2:50pm
The deadline to apply to HECUA's Social and Political Transformation in Ecuador or the Development and Community in Bangladesh programs (both January-term options) has been extended to November 1st. Currently spaces are still available. Please contact HECUA immediately to let us know of your interest and to receive further instructions on how to proceed with a late application. Note that some schools will support a delayed application whereas others may not. HECUA is also extending the Scholarship for Community Engagement, a $250 award, for these same J-term programs.

First-Ever Festival of the Commons—October 7 & 8 at Augsburg College

Submitted by Mary on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 4:38pm

HECUA faculty assist in helping to plan and organize Augsburg's first-ever "Festival of the Commons: Celebrating All that We Share" scheduled for October 7 and 8. The event kick-offs on October 7 with the esteemed Nobel Laureate for Economics Elinor Ostrom. Elinor Ostrom received the Nobel Prize for her research proving the importance of the commons around the world. Her work investigating how communities co-operate to share resources drives to the heart of debates today about resource use, the public sphere and the future of the planet.

Announcing new semester-long program based in Auckland, New Zealand, beginning fall 2012

Submitted by Mary on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 5:08pm
Program development is underway, and the first offering of HECUA's new semester-long program will be fall 2012. The New Zealand program will follow the experiential learning model of other HECUA semester-long programs, with students in dialogue with readings, theories, and field speakers; with an independent research project; and with an opportunity to learn through experience by engaging with community or municipal organizations. Housing arrangements will be homestays in and around Auckland, and a great deal of travel around the North Island will be built into the program.

Environmental Sustainability student alumni help organize MN350 event, Moving Planet, Sept. 24

Submitted by Mary on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 4:26pm
350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. MN350.org is a local chapter of this international movement. On September 24th Minnesotans will be gathering at the State Capitol at 2pm for a day called Moving Planet. We will ride bicycles, one of the few tools used by both affluent and poor people around the world. We will gather with our faith communities to become one of the largest interfaith rallies in the history of the US climate movement. But we won't just be cycling or marching--we'll also be delivering a strong set of demands that can have real political impact. Environmental Sustainability alumni are working to organize the day, under the leadership of Program Director, Julia Nerbonne.

Imagining America's annual conference in Minneapolis, Sept. 22-24, 2011

Submitted by Mary on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 3:56pm
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life supports colleges and universities to animate and strengthen the public and civic purposes of humanities, arts, and design through mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships that advance democratic scholarship. HECUA has faculty presenting at the 2011 national conference, "What Sustains Us?" which is co-hosted by the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis campus) and Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, this year.