The DPLS Blog at Gonzaga University

Dear DPLS Grad Students:

As many of you may know the philosophy department sponsors an annual graduate conference. In the past, many DPLS have submitted papers to the conference. Competition is sometime fierce, but DPLS has a proven track record: two years ago a DPLS student was the only GU student in any department to have a paper accepted. I know that many of you would not ordinarily see our CFP. If you would like to submit a paper on any philosophical topic whatever, feel free to send it directly to me (hutchins@gonzaga.edu) and I will be happy to make sure it receives serious consideration.

Thanks,

Debby Hutchins

***Update: Meeting will be located in the Dean’s Conference Room in Tilford.

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to solicit interest and commitment on the part of doctoral students and leadership faculty to help organize a small Leadership Research Conference in March. This conference would be in lieu of our SUGU conference. At this late date I think we should plan on only one day of presentations and forgo the dinner and speeches. But I am open to what you all think.

Could we please have an organizing/interest meeting next week? I am hoping that 1 p.m on Monday, January 28, would work for people. We will meet in the Dean’s Conference Room in Tilford.

If you can make that meeting either in person or via Skype please let me know. I will find a room to accommodate.

Respectfully,

Chris Francovich
francovich@gonzaga.edu

Congratulations David!

We are pleased to report that doctoral candidate David McNamee’s proposal has been accepted to lead a workshop entitled, “Leading Differently: The Servant Leader in a Military Environment” at the Greenleaf Center’s 23^rd Annual International Servant Leadership Conference on June 12-14, 2013 in Indianapolis, IN. The accompanying paper will be included in the conference’s proceedings.

Here’s David’s info:

David McNamee

Interim Chair, Graduate and Undergraduate Business Programs

Director, Center for Servant Leadership

Chair, Global Society Committee

T 503.699.6308

MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY

You. Unlimited.

17600 PACIFIC HIGHWAY
MARYLHURST, OR 97036-0261

marylhurst.edu

The first meeting of the Inland Northwest Pragmatist Network meets tomorrow, Saturday, January 26, from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at Gonzaga in College Hall, Room 101. This is free, open to the public, and no registration is required. The agenda is below:

Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington
January 26 (Saturday), 2013
All sessions meet in College Hall, Room 101 – no fee, no registration, open to the public

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: “Pragmatism & Obama” – a Discussion led by Jon Isacoff (Political Science, Gonzaga)

LUNCH

1:45-3:15 p.m.: “What Does Naturalism Mean By ‘Practical’?” – Kevin Decker (Philosophy, Eastern Washington)

3:15-3:30 p.m.: BREAK

3:30-5 p.m.: KEY TEXT DISCUSSION of John Dewey’s new book: Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy

Questions can be directed to host Charlie Hobbs (Philosophy, Gonzaga): hobbsc@gonzaga.edu or 509-313-4249

Journal Club picks back up today! All are welcome to attend this forum for doctoral students and faculty to present journal articles, book chapters, or other scholarly works to colleagues. We meet now each Friday class meets, 4-5:15 p.m., in Tilford 117. If you would like more information about Journal Club or presenting, please click here.

In order to avoid late charges, please note the following dates for adding or dropping classes:

• January 23 (tomorrow) is the last day to ADD classes for Spring 2013
• January 25 is the last day to DROP classes for Spring 2013

Go to Zagweb to add or drop courses.

Interested in the Italy courses? These courses are coming up soon. More info can be found here.

…March 18, 2013! Fall Registration occurs a few weeks later. Date TBA.

The next conference scholarship deadline where two scholarships of $500 each will be offered is January 25, 2013. Click here for more info.