Featured Events:
Savor the Flavor Dinner
Project CURA is a Creighton student-run organization that sends medical supplies and Creighton medical students to provide free medical care to underserved communities around the world. Savor the Flavor is the primary fundraiser for Project CURA. Please join us for an elegant evening including a Silent Auction featuring items from local businesses. Visit with Creighton faculty and medical students and enjoy ethnic food from each CURA supported country. Cocktail Attire is required. Tickets are generally $30, $10 for students, and will be available for purchase at the door. For more information, please visit
http://medicine.creighton.edu/projectcure/Project_CURA/Home.html.
Events this week:
FoodNet Information Meeting
Lakota Hand Game
West Virginia Service Learning Course Information Meeting-Sunday
Transition Omaha Monthly Meeting
Archbishop George Lucas Speaking at St. John’s
The Function and Role of Traditional African Music
West Virginia Service Learning Course Information Meeting- Tuesday
Pixan Ixim Weekly Service
Collaborative Ministry Praying Lent 2012 Website
Day of Remembrance
Encuentro Dominicano Interest Session
Faith, Justice, and Economics Lunch Discussion
Volunteers Needed for Ollie Webb Center
Savor the Flavor Dinner
Events More than One Week Away:
Spring Break Service Trips Send-Off Service
Friday, February 17
FoodNet Information Meeting
A member of the Creighton Community is trying to bring FoodNet to Omaha. This program gathers up perishable food donations (milk, eggs, meat, vegetables, etc…) from local stores like Trader Joe’s and local cafeterias such as CUMC, and distributes them out into the community. An informational meeting will be held at 12 pm at the Heart Ministry Center. Volunteers will be needed to help pick up food, serve food, and put food packages together. For more information, please contact Savannah Hobbs at savannahhobbs@creighton.edu.
Saturday, February 18
Lakota Hand Game
The Native American Studies Department will be hosting a Lakota Hand Game at 7 pm in the Harper Center Auditorium. Join them in playing, singing, dancing, eating, and general enjoyment. The host for this event is Alexandra Merdanian, Oglala Lakota and Miss Oglala Nation for 2012. All are welcome to attend this event.
Sunday, February 19
West Virginia Service Learning Course Information Meeting- Sunday
Are you interested in a certified writing, senior perspective, service learning course in West Virginia? If so, please come to an informational meeting in the CCSJ (Harper 2067) at 4 pm. Students in this class will travel to West Virginia and live with a community that serves those in the area through various forms of outreach. There is limited availability for this class. Applications are due by March 15. If you are interested, have questions, or would like an application, please contact Alice Smith at (402) 280-3623 or by sending an email to alices@creighton.edu.
Transition Omaha Monthly Meeting
Are you interested in solutions to help stretch dollars in the current economy? Transition Omaha meets monthly to engage the community and heighten awareness in moving from oil dependency to local resilience. This event will be held at the First Unitarian Church of Omaha, 33114 Harney St. from 2-3:30pm.
Archbishop George Lucas Speaking at St. John’s
The Catholic Student Organization is proud to sponsor a speaking event with Omaha Archbishop George Lucas on Sunday, February 19th at 7:30 pm in Lower St. John’s. Everyone is invited to come and hear as the leader of the Catholic Church in Omaha discusses the current status of the Church in the 21st Century and also the upcoming Lenten Season. This event will take place from 7:30-8:30 pm in Lower St. John’s. For more information, please contact John Roller at johnroller@creighton.edu.
Monday, February 20
The Function and Role of Traditional African Music
The Creighton University Black Studies Program presents: “Non-Western Culture Activities: the Function and Role of Traditional African Music” by Alhaji Papa Susso, Balla Kouyate and Baba Jallow, Ph.D. This event will take place from 7-8 pm in Harper Ballroom C. For more information, please contact Ngwarsungu Chiwengo at chiwengo@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, February 21
West Virginia Service Learning Course Information Meeting- Tuesday
Are you interested in a certified writing, senior perspective, service learning course in West Virginia? If so, please come to an informational meeting in the CCSJ (Harper 2067) at 8:30 pm. Students in this class will travel to West Virginia and live with a community that serves those in the area through various forms of outreach. There is limited availability for this class. Applications are due by March 15. If you are interested, have questions, or would like an application, please contact Alice Smith at (402) 280-3623 or by sending an email to alices@creighton.edu.
Wednesday, February 22
Pixan Ixim Weekly Service
Due to Ash Wednesday, the Pixan Ixim service group will not be going to the site this week. Instead, the coordinators will be offering an immigration movie in the CCSJ, beginning at 6:30. For more information, please contact Maureen Book or Melissa Hollabaugh at maureenbook@creighton.edu or melissahollabaugh@creighton.edu.
Collaborative Ministry Praying Lent 2012 Website
The Collaborative Ministry Office has been updated the Praying Lent website, which can be found by Google Searching “Praying Lent 2012.” The new site includes daily prayers for each day of Lent, the Triduum and Easter Week, resources for preparing for Lent and experiencing it in every day life, audio retreats around Lenten themes (including three by Fr. Larry Gillick), weekly audio commentary on the Lenten readings, a Lenten arrangement of the online retreat, and Stations of the Cross in harmony with the Spiritual Exercises. Check out the site this Lent, http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent.
Thursday, February 23
Day of Remembrance
You are invited to attend the annual Day of Remembrance event held at Creighton University in conjunction with the community sponsor, the Japanese American Citizens League and a number of on-campus co-sponsors. The Day of Remembrance events around the country help to raise awareness of the significance of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II and its legacies for the present and future. The focus of the event is on the campaign for redress and reparations that were given to the victims 40-50 years later. Please join us for this panel presentation with Hon. Raymond Uno and Mr. William Yoshino as they share their life experiences and knowledge in this area. This event will take place from 7-8:30 pm in Harper room 3028.
Encuentro Dominicano Interest Session
Are you interested in learning about studying abroad in the Dominican Republic? Come meet the Encuentro Dominicano Board members and alumni to learn more about this study abroad opportunity. This session will take place at 7 pm in Harper Center 3027.
Friday, February 24
Faith, Justice, and Economics Lunch Discussion
On Friday, February 24th from 12:30-1:15, all are welcome to a lunch discussion in the CCSJ on the intersection of faith, justice, and economics. Please bring a lunch and willingness to listen and engage in conversation. A short article will be the springboard for conversation. If you are interested, please contact Michael at rossmann.michael@gmail.com.
Volunteers Needed for Ollie Webb Center
Volunteers are needed to assist with a Disability Awareness Training entitled: “Awareness: The Key to Friendship.” This program is directed towards elevating elementary student’s awareness of and sensitivity to the day-to-day obstacles faced by people with disabilities. Through the program, each student will experience a learning disability, hearing impairment, physical disability, and visual impairment by engaging in 4 different activity centers. Volunteers are needed to assist with running the centers. Please contact Lisa Dougherty if you are available to assist by calling (402)346-5220 ext. 22, or by sending an email to ldougherty@olliewebbinc.org.
Savor the Flavor Dinner
Project CURA is a Creighton student-run organization that sends medical supplies and Creighton medical students to provide free medical care to underserved communities around the world. Savor the Flavor is the primary fundraiser for Project CURA. Please join us for an elegant evening including a Silent Auction featuring items from local businesses. Visit with Creighton faculty and medical students and enjoy ethnic food from each CURA supported country. Cocktail Attire is required. Tickets are generally $30, $10 for students, and will be available for purchase at the door. For more information, please visit http://medicine.creighton.edu/projectcure/Project_CURA/Home.html.
Upcoming Events:
Spring Break Service Trips Send Off Service
(Thursday, March 1)
Please join the CCSJ as we reflect on the work that out students will do over spring break serving a variety of communities across the country. Each group will receive a blessing, and share song and prayer before they depart. The Send-off Service will take place from 9-10 pm in St. John’s Church.
