Campus News

• Creighton to Induct 66 into Jesuit Honor Society
  

  • Creighton University’s student chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, the intercollegiate Jesuit honor society, will induct 62 students and four honorary alumni, faculty and staff at its annual ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Harper Center, Hixson-Lied Auditorium. For more information and the names of the inductees visit the Creighton News Center.

• 2010 Spirit of Creighton Nomination Call
  

  • The Public Honors and Events Committee is calling for nominations for the 2010 Spirit of Creighton Award. One man and one woman will be honored with the award during the 2010 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15. Criteria for the award is included in the nomination form. The deadline for nominations is Monday, March 15. Contact Kathy Dare at dareu@creighton.edu for a nomination form.

• Feeling Under the Weather?
  

  • Feeling under the weather, but can’t get away from the office? Visit the General Internal Medicine Clinic inside Creighton University Medical Center. Bruce Houghton, M.D., internist and associate professor of medicine, has reserved time to see Creighton University, Creighton Medical Associates and Creighton University Medical Center employees each Tuesday between the hours of 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment, call 280.4180.

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Human Resources News

• AAA Passport Event Feb. 24
  

  • AAA Passport Event will be held Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Skutt Student Center, drawing room (first floor, to the right of the fireplace near the ballroom). All guests attending this “Passport Event” will receive two free passport photos. Click here for more information.

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Development & Training

• MyCreighton Portal Community Learning Opportunity
  

  • MyCreighton is Creighton's one stop for academic and social information. The portal includes the ability for communities or groups to collaborate and share information. In this introductory class, you will learn all the ins and outs of managing your own community, including: how to request a community of your own, how to add pages, how to add a variety of content to those pages and membership management. The class will be held Friday, Feb. 12, 9-11 a.m., in the Old Gym, LearnIT Lab, room 401a. To register, go to the Creighton Calendar.

• BlueLine Basics Class on Feb. 18
  

  • Get to know BlueLine at this session, which is meant to be a general overview of how BlueLine works and how to use some of its basic tools. At the end of the class, you will be ready to use many features in BlueLine and see how this application can work for your class or classes. The class will be held Thursday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m.-noon, in the LearnIT Lab, room 401a of the Old Gym. To sign up for this class, please go to: www.eventbrite.com/event/528367361. If you have any questions, please contact Alesha Alvis at x3910 or aalvis@creighton.edu.

• BlueCafe Basics Class Feb. 10
  

  • You are invited to attend this first class on BlueCafe on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1:30-4 p.m. The basics class offers users a first look into this web conferencing and online classroom tool whether you are using it in BlueLine or separately. This hands on approach will help give you a look into the program and ideas for how you can use it for your business needs, meetings, classes, study sessions and much more. BlueCafe has many great features and benefits. Come take a look for yourself. To register, go to www.eventbrite.com/event/528315205. All sessions are held in the LearnIT Lab, room 401a of the Old Gym.

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Research & Scholarship

• Professional Notes
  

  • Associate Professor Susan Aizenberg has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poems published in 2009.

• Healthy Kids Can Help
  

  • The Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center is conducting an important study of bone health in growing children and adolescents. Your child may qualify if he/she is between the ages of 5 through 18 years. This study would include a one time visit and a monetary stipend. For more information contact a pediatric nurse at
    402.280.4070 or 800.368.5097.

• Women Smokers Needed
  

  • The Osteoporosis Research Center at Creighton University is looking for women who smoke at least a pack of cigarettes a day to participate in a genetic study. The study is looking at the effect smoking has on bone health. This study involves no medication and is not a stop smoking study. If you qualify you will receive a bone density test at no cost to you. This bone density test will provide you with information related to your own bone health. This study involves one visit to our center and a stipend is available to those who qualify. To qualify you must: be Caucasian, be age 30-40 and pre-menopausal, not have taken hormones in the last year (including birth control medications), not have taken osteoporosis medication in the last year, not currently on any cholesterol medication, not have taken steroid medication in the last six months, not have taken seizure medications in the last six months and currently in good health. For more information, please contact the research staff at 402.280.BONE (2663) or 800.368.5097 or http://osteoporosis.creighton.edu.

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Faith & Spirituality

• Catholic Comments Podcast: Creighton Medical Mission to the Haitians
  

  • Surgeon Brian Loggie and nurse anesthetist Theresa Keefe speak with Catholic Comments co-hosts John O'Keefe and Wendy Wright about the Creighton University Medical Center's recent medical mission to aid earthquake devastated Haiti. A new podcast is posted weekly.

• Spiritual Direction and Ignatian Retreats
  

  • Cardoner will fund a four to eight day spiritual retreat or spiritual direction through June 30, 2010. Your retreat will include a spiritual director (find sites here). E-mail Janine ter Kuile for more information on how to be reimbursed. Only one retreat reimbursed by Cardoner is considered within a five-year period.

    Ignatian spirituality, the vision of the relationship between God and the human person grounded in the mystical experiences of St. Ignatius, has its primary expression in his book of The Spiritual Exercises. More than 20 retreat houses and spirituality centers in the United States provide a variety of services based on The Spiritual Exercises for clergy, men and women religious and lay people. The Creighton Retreat Center in Griswold, Iowa, can set up a retreat for you. Contact Fr. David Smith for more information.
    
    What is Spiritual Direction? Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God (or the holy or a higher power). For more information on spiritual direction and how to find a person to direct you, visit www.sdiworld.org/. Cardoner will pay for four visits for spiritual direction (for a total of $100 at $25 per hour). For further assistance in choosing a director, contact Janine ter Kuile.

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