FAU’s Peaceful Mind/Peaceful World Series Offers Workshops and Lectures on Seeking Inner Peace:
Florida Atlantic University’s Peace Studies Program presents the Peaceful Mind/Peaceful World outreach series. Now in its 7th year, the series offers workshops and lectures to help calm the mind and lift the spirit. All workshops are facilitated by Barbara Schmidt and Adriana Faraldo of Peaceful Mind/Peaceful Life. Each of these workshops is $25, and lunch is included. The 2012 series also offers a lecture presented by the Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and another presented by former monk James Finley. Several Buddhist monks will also visit FAU to create a sand mandala. View the 2011 brochure.
 

Awaken your Heart: Uncovering Our Truest Self: 
Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life Workshop
Saturday, Feb. 18, 9:30 am - 12 pm, Senate Chambers, Student Union Building, FAU Boca Raton – The awakening of our heart allows us to more fully live the life we have been given. See how the practice of being present in our life begins to bridge the distance between our head and our heart allowing us to uncover our true self. Registration $15. Register here. For more information about registering for the workshop, call 561-297-2337.

Tibetan Sand Mandala – Mystical Arts of Tibet
Opening Ceremony: Saturday, Feb. 25, noon Closing Ceremony: Saturday, March 3, 1 - 3 pm Schmidt Center Gallery, FAU Boca Raton – Painting with colored sands is one of the most exquisite and unique expressions of Tantric Buddhism. Over the course of a week, visiting Tibetan monks will create an intricate work made from millions of grains of colored sands. Free and open to the public. For gallery hours, call 561-297-2966. 

Sand Painting: The Sacred Art of Tibet
Wednesday, Feb. 29, 4 pm, FAU Boca Raton – Lecture and film co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology. In this beautifully photographed and fascinating  documentary, Tibetan monks from the Dalai Lama's personal monastery create the most sacred of all Buddhist sand paintings. Free and opn to the public. For more information about the film call 561-297-2623.

Cultivating Patience in Our Busy Lives: Removing Personal Obstacles
Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life Workshop
Saturday, April 21, 9:30 - 12 pm
Tuesday, April 24, 6-8:30 pm
Senate Chambers, Student Union Building, FAU Boca Raton – We live in a world that has never been busier and yet we have come to expect instant gratification. Learn how daily spiritual practices can help us cultivate the patience it takes to look at our lives and understand the personal obstacles that prevent us from being the person we are meant to be.  Register here.  For more information about registering for the workshop, call 561-297-2337. 

[ Mission Statement ]

The Peace Studies Program at Florida Atlantic University is committed to the extensive investigation and understanding of the causes of peace from a multidisciplinary perspective. The Program invites the active participation of students at all academic levels as well as the broader community.

[ Program Description ]

For over a decade, the FAU Peace Studies program has brought together students, faculty, and community members to explore pathways to peace and the processes of peacebuilding. As an interdisciplinary program, Peace Studies draws from a broad range of fields: anthropology, literary studies, political science, communication, history, ethics, social work and many more. Peace Studies is designed to complement a traditional major in any field. Peace Studies students take five courses from a set of curricula approved by the Program faculty committee. The Peace Studies Program at Florida Atlantic University is committed to the extensive investigation and understanding of the causes of peace from a multidisciplinary perspective. The Program invites the active participation of students at all academic levels as well as the broader community.

Most courses come from the home college of Peace Studies, the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. At graduation, students receive a certificate in Peace Studies that is noted on their academic record along with their major. Graduates enter employment like law, international relations, social and community work, and education.

Our curriculum and community outreach programs continue to evolve and expand, but our mission is always the same: we explore the meaning of peace and the paths to/of peace. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said,”Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

Peace Studies invites the community to join FAU faculty and students in their ongoing work of studying and making peace. The Peace Studies Program also offers a broad range of lectures, workshops, research conferences, and other activities outside of the classroom such as the Peaceful Mind/Peaceful World community outreach program, talks by prominent peacemakers, and related workshops. Thousands of people have attended our events during our first 10 years, and we expect to continue this tradition in our second decade.

Whether as a student or community supporter, we invite you to become a part of Peace Studies.

[ Executive Committee ]   

Composed of faculty from numerous departments, the Peace Studies Executive Committee is responsible for overall program management, curriculum and program development, management of the program resources, and allocation of funds.  Executive Committee members include:

Lynn Appleton, Sociology

Clifford T. Brown, Anthropology

Carla Calarge,Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literacies

Noemi Marin, Director of Peace Studies, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies

Doug McGethcin, History

Jeffrey Morton, Political Sciences

Ex-officio representative of the Dean's Office