The Academic Program of the Center supports the contemplative dimension of teaching, learning and knowing in higher education with fellowship grants, retreats for educators and summer curriculum development sessions. The Center supports a network of leading academics, and is a resource for anyone interested in the growing contemplative education movement.
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5th Annual Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
August 9 - 14, 2009
Smith College, Northampton, MA
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Retreat for Academics
November 12 - 15, 2009
Marconi Conference Center, Marshall, CA
6/11/09
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Contemplative Practice Fellowships. The large number of proposals we received indicates the growing interest in contemplative practice in academic settings, but made the selection process difficult. If we had greater funding, we would have funded many other worthy proposals.
We extend a warm welcome to the 2009 Fellows. Read the course abstracts.
5/19/09
Registration and payment instructions, travel details, and other logisitical information are now available for participants in the 2009 Summer Session: Information for 2009 Summer Session participants.
4/13/09
The recipients of the 2009-2010 Contemplative Practice Fellowships have been selected. Announcements will be made in May.
1/22/09
Applications for the 2009 Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development are now being accepted. Learn more.
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We are pleased to announce the recipients of the
2008 CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE FELLOWSHIPS
This past year, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society took over the complete selection process and administration of the contemplative practice fellowship program, after ten years of working closely with ACLS (the American Council of Learned Societies). The competition was promoted widely, to include proposals from the sciences and from Canada, and resulted in the greatest number of applications ever, almost twice as many as in previous years.
The increase in applications attests to the growing interest in integrating contemplative practice into the classroom and the field of contemplative studies, but made the selection process very difficult. Among very many applications worthy of recognition, these were the strongest. We extend a warm welcome to the 2008 Fellows.