Two upcoming events will celebrate the launch of Sena Jeter Naslund’s new novel, Adam and Eve (Morrow-HarperCollins, 2010). At 6 p.m. on October 1, Naslund will present Adam and Eve at the Speed Art Museum with a reception to follow, and at 7 p.m. October 21, the author will join KET’s Bill Goodman at the Louisville Main Library.

Naslund is the New York Times bestselling author of Ahab’s Wife and the Program Director of the Spalding University brief-residency Masters of Fine Arts in Writing. Adam and Eve has been chosen as an alternate main selection by Book of the Month Club and as the October “Pick” by the independent bookstores of America.

New York publisher Morrow-HarperCollins describes Naslund’s new novel as “audacious and provocative,” and says, the story “envisions a world in which science and faith contend for the allegiance of a 21st Century Adam and Eve. Set against the searing debate between evolutionists and creationists Adam & Eve expands the definition of a ‘sacred book,’ and suggests that true madness lies in wars and violence fueled by religious literalism and intolerance.”

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August 22 – September 19, 2010
Reception: Sunday, August 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

The Huff Gallery is free and open to the public

TL Macon’s current body of work is an abstract representation of multiple topics expressed by the movement of the brush stroke, texture and the figures represented. Mr. Macon states about this body of work, “By allowing my thoughts and emotions to reflect on so many of the events over the course of the year, I wanted to translate the experiences and knowledge of this time in texture and color.”

After serving thirteen years in the military, Mr. Macon earned a BA degree in art from Spalding University. He lives and works in Louisville where he paints and exhibits locally.

Image: “So You Say” (detail), 2010, TL Macon, oil on canvas, 40 x 62 in.

The Huff Gallery is located in the Spalding Library, 853 Library Lane, between Fourth and Third Streets and Breckinridge and York Streets.

The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information about the gallery contact Joyce Ogden at (502) 585-9911 ext.2360 or e-mail jogden@spalding.edu.

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Spalding University’s College of Education is opening its newest program in September.   The Master of Education, M.Ed, in Teacher Leadership is designed as a first, second or third masters degree for teachers.  Coursework is collaboratively designed with local districts to ensure quality instruction to meet the demands of the successful education of today’s P-12 children.   Participation with arts and sciences faculty as well as local district personnel enhances the delivery and content of the new program.  Other unique features include the following:

• Application of research-based practices in curriculum and instruction
• Inclusion of components of high quality professional development for the classroom and as the leader of other teachers
• Provides teachers with current with effective leadership skills to be a leader in the classroom, the school, and the community.
• Enables teacher leaders to develop the skills and understandings to assess student learning and thus increase student achievement
• Core coursework is completed in six classes {three semesters}
• Candidates complete the program by selecting Spalding elective courses/endorsement programs  of interest from many options including:  Endorsement for Reading and Writing, Endorsement for Instructional Computer Technology, Endorsement  for Teaching English as a Second Language, and Applied Behavior Analysis, and  from the Master of fine Arts program.

For information, Contact Dr. Jayne Morgenthal, Director of the Teacher Leader Master program at (502) 585-9911 ext. 2265.

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