InnerEyeMarch 23, 2000
InnerEye
This East-West dialogue series, involving both practitioners and theorists, is intended to enhance cultural understanding and develop culturally sensitive practices in the healing arts. It will help to create a common ground where practitioners can explore healing in cross-cultural settings. One of the project's long-term goals is to create a psychological clinic in Tokyo that offers top quality therapeutic services that incorporate the best work from this dialogue. Other initiatives will be trainings in Tokyo by CIIS faculty, and public symposia in San Francisco designed to improve the psychotherapy available to the Japanese-American population here.
Somatics faculty Don Hanlon Johnson, the U.S. program coordinator, says, "This project has the potential of greatly enriching the practice of psychotherapy, particularly for the very large population of Japanese-Americans, by addressing very different notions of self, family, and healing."
Haru Murakawa '90 M.A. (East-West Psychology), a student in the Institute's Individualized Doctoral Program, is the Japan coordinator for the project. From 1990-1994, Haru worked in Japan as an organization development researcher in a large corporation, and as a body-mind counselor. He rediscovered the value of traditional Japanese healing arts, such as qi gong, yet realized direct application of traditional methods were problematical in modern society. He says, "The issues involved needed to be examined in a broader context." When Haru met Ms. Iwamoto, who was in the U.S. searching for the best resources for her clinic in Japan, he proposed that she collaborate with CIIS. "It made sense," he says, "since the Institute has one of the most innovative psychotherapy training programs in the United States as well as an enthusiastic history of participation in the East-West dialogue."
Henry Villareal, dean of enrollment management at CIIS, was recently elected to the position of chair of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA), whose mission is to "foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development in order to improve society." The organization's goals are to increase the enrollment of Hispanics in graduate management programs, assist corporations and other allied business organizations in the recruitment, development and promotion of Hispanic business professionals, provide career networking opportunities, and promote Hispanic business leadership and entrepreneurship. Upon hearing of the election, President Subbiondo congratulated Henry, and thanked him for adding to the distinction of the Institute.
Henry has been involved with the organization, which has over 2200 members throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico, since it was founded in 1988. Among NSHMBA's projects are a scholarship program (over $250,000 was awarded in 1999), and the "Brillante Awards," given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Hispanic community.
Duane Elgin has had a long association with CIIS and in 1994-95 taught three courses at the Institute. Today, he is interested in the question, "How are we going to create a sustainable and meaningful future?" I believe that distance and online learning will be vital to a healthy future-and not only online learning, but also integrative learning. I feel CIIS could have a powerful role as a virtual university in this new world. The Institute is looking at the world as an integrated system and this, in turn, mirrors the nature of the Internet. The Internet can make CIIS a unique resource for the world, and for learning our way into a promising future.
Duane sees his new book, Promise Ahead, as one contribution to a core curriculum for our species-a curriculum concerned not only with maintaining ourselves but also with surpassing ourselves. He comments, "We are a teenage species; if you look at our behavior, we're acting like teenagers. The challenge is not technology, but rather maturity. As a species, we need a soulful maturity to handle the challenges of the decades ahead. CIIS is providing the kind of integrative education essential for understanding our higher potentials at this time of sweeping transition."
Duane Elgin, along with faculty Brian Swimme, will be presenting at the Planetwork Conference, May 12-14, a gathering that will explore how digital technologies can help to create a sustainable future (see www.planetworkers.org). The work of Duane's organization Awakening Earth can be viewed at
www.awakeningearth.org.
Dear Colleagues,
I greatly appreciate the community's response to our strategic planning and budget process. So far, our committee meetings and forums have been effective in gathering ideas from a broad range of constituents. Whatever time we select for our forums, there will be schedule conflicts. If the times of the forums are not convenient for you, please e-mail me (josephs@ciis.edu) your comments on the ideals. I assure you that your comments will be included in the planning process.
On Friday, March 17, the Strategic Planning and Budget Committee will be discussing the budget process. While many of our expenses are non-negotiable (e.g. utilities, building rent, and insurance), we need to decide as a committee how we will allocate the negotiable expenses (e.g. salary increases, financial aid, and copying). The Institute has been almost completely dependent upon tuition to pay its expenses. We need to get past this dependency and begin to look for other sources of revenue (e.g. conferences, public programs, and contributions). As WASC pointed out in our past visit, the Institute must expand its financial base.
I hope that you will continue to consider ways in which the Institute can increase its revenue apart from tuition and be faithful to its educational mission and program excellence. Fortunately, we are living during a time of spiritual renewal-even revolution. What we care passionately about-our seven ideals-are the values that many outside the Institute are beginning to embrace. We need to be imaginative in discovering programs and activities that can link our Institute to the external world and continue to lead the way to a higher consciousness.
Cordially,
by Donna Blakemore, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Wednesday, April 5, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, 360 Cumberland Street, SF
Sunday, April 16, 2:00 - 4:00 pm,18210 Robin Avenue, Sonoma
Wednesday, May 17, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, 1951 Oakview Drive, Oakland
Wednesday, May 24, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, 191 Throckmorton Avenue, Apt. B,
RSVP and Directions: call 415-575-6113 or e-mail annet@ciis.edu
By Lionel Chan, Chief Information Officer
This month, CIIS entered an agreement to purchase a new telephone PBX and voice-mail system; the desktop phone sets will not have to be replaced. The purchase includes lifetime training for CIIS and a generous 90-day money back guarantee. Once we address the technical issues, however, some of the phone system problems are going to require an integral solution involving all staff and faculty at the Institute. If we wish to attract top quality students, and individuals who may become friends of the school, then human users, a key systemic component, must answer the telephone and return voice-mails. In addition, we will need designated backup attendants to receive the front desk calls when the attendant is not available.
By the time this issue is published, it is likely that the new system will have been installed and the necessary training will have taken place. Now we can focus on conveying a people-friendly 'phone culture' at the Institute that will reflect to those who express interest in the school that we truly do practice the values we espouse.
Philip is the son of Louis Gainsborough, founder of the San Francisco Asian Academy-the institution that sponsored Haridas Chaudhuri to this country. His interest at CIIS, he says, "is in the original mission that the West should try to understand the East." Philip was impressed with the openness of the board of trustees meeting he attended in late January. He comments, "I thought that was a unique way to hold a board meet
ing, having held many myself. Everyone was very respectful of the board, and of each other. They were very caring of each other-that's what I found very interesting. It was very different from corporate board meetings. People were truly trying to understand each other, and clearly cared for each other and for the Institute, almost with a passion. We need more of these kinds of people in this world."
Coming soon! A CIIS-wide International Event is being planned for May 2000.
Wednesdays, Town Hall Meetings, March 29-Community; April 12-Multiple Ways of Learning; April 19-Feminism/Sustainability.
9:30-11:30 am-Namaste Hall, third floor
Wednesday, April 5, 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm, Reception to Honor Dr. Yi Wu, Asian & Comparative Studies Distinguished Faculty, Room 306, Light Lunch Will be served
Complete line up: go to www.ciis.edu
In this last of our series on CIIS Counseling Centers, we introduce you to the Clement Street Counseling Center, a training center affiliated with the Somatics Program.
The Clement Street Counseling Center offers something that is still rarely found in therapeutic settings-a body-oriented psychotherapy integrated with more traditional forms of counseling. It is a therapeutic environment that attends to the whole person. As Clinical Director Rhaea Maurel says, "We approach psychotherapy with the belief that our experience and behavior are held in the body and spirit, as well as in the mind."
Student counselors at the Clement Street Center, who see up to 150 clients per week, address a variety of life's challenges, including such issues as depression, trauma, family problems, grief, sexual and physical abuse, spiritual growth, and eating disorders. Licensed body-oriented clinicians from the professional community and Institute staff provide advanced training and supervision to interns.
In talking about her internship at the Center, Becky McGovern noted, "More and more new clients come in wanting to work with body-oriented issues. Our whole community is so alive with all the issues of practicing somatic psychotherapy. To touch or not to touch? When and how to introduce somatic experiments?
Just being in the staff room before or after sessions can be like attending
advanced workshops."
The Clement Street Counseling Center is open for sessions by appointment, days and evenings. It is located at 310 Third Avenue (at Clement) in San Francisco. To find out more about the Center or to make an appointment, call 415-221-9227.
Faculty
Brant Cortright, "An Integral Approach to Spiritual Emergency," Journal of
Counseling and Guidance," v. 7: 3, Spring 2000
Constance Jones, "East Meets West in Belief and Practice," International Aumist
Colloquium, Paris, March 5, 2000.
by David Weinstein
Teaching excellence is the "open secret" of the Institute, and the Student Alliance is creating a time and a space for the expression of appreciation and gratitude. The Alliance is sponsoring a faculty appreciation week from Monday, April 10 to Friday April 14. Festivities will culminate in a ceremony in the third floor Cafe on Friday at 12:00 noon.
During the week students will have the opportunity to vote for the teacher they feel best exemplifies the passion, commitment and excellence in teaching we feel CIIS is so fortunate to enjoy. The list of activities is still evolving and suggestions will be appreciated; here is what has been planned so far. An altar will be set up in the Cafe where students may place personally meaningful offerings (an apple, a drawing, flowers, an old paper, etc). A wall hanging/collage will also be created in the Cafe; here students can clip, staple, glue or otherwise attach objects of appreciation, such as a photo of your favorite teacher. This collage will later be moved to Namaste Hall for future viewing. A large artbook will be available in the cafe for students to write notes of appreciation. This artbook will be subsequently available in the teachers' lounge to uplift the spirits of professors on those difficult days. Students are encouraged to make spontaneous acts honoring professors of their choice throughout the week, individually, or in groups.
This outpouring of joy and appreciation will be capped by a short award ceremony on Friday, April 14 at 12:00 noon, when two distinguished teaching awards will be presented to one instructor from each of the schools. Creative plaques or statuettes (designed by SA students) will be awarded by SA representatives and President Subbiondo to those professors who represent the wonderful and unique education we are blessed to receive here. A catered lunch (no charge) and mixer will follow-all are invited to eat, drink and be merry!
Monday, March 27, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Wednesday, March 29, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Friday, March 31, 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, April 1, 10:00 am -2:00 pm
Monday, April 3, 11:45 am to 12:30 pm
Monday, April 3-Friday, April 7
Wednesday, April 12, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Wednesday, April 12, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, April 19, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Friday-Sunday, May 12-14
August 26-27
Monday, October 23
Office Hours
President Joseph L. Subbiondo's 'walk-in' hours
SCT Dean Janis Phelps 'walk-in' hours
PSY Dean Leland van den Daele
*For further details on these PCC forums, go to http://pcc.ciis.edu, or call Christina Hardy at 415-575-6270.
To date, four of the seven planned Town Hall meetings-designed in alignment with the seven Institute ideals-have been held. (See the Calendar of Events in this issue for dates of upcoming meetings/themes. Students, faculty, and staff are urged to attend. If you would like an expanded version of the recap below, go to the YAPP Discussion Forums.
Affirming Spirituality, February 23
Approximately 70 students, faculty and staff joined to share thoughts, ideas and concerns regarding the Institute ideal of "Affirming Spirituality." Co-facilitators were students Urusa Fahim, Colleen Wimmer, and Francine Szymanoski. In small groups, the following questions were explored: 1) How does spirituality relate to the other six Institute Ideals?; 2) From the perspectives of past, present and future, why is this ideal important?; 3) What can we do right now to enhance spirituality in the community?
Themes that emerged included the need to have an Institute-wide retreat, the need for acting with respect and kindness on a daily basis, and the importance of creating a dialogue between traditional and the non-traditional concepts of spirituality. The genuine feeling of love present at this meeting strongly reminded many of us why we came to CIIS.
Anyone interested in joining the Affirming Spirituality Task Force for the strategic planning process should contact Pam Chaloult, director of communications and marketing, at 415-575-6165 or via e-mail her at pamelac@ciis.edu.
Integral Learning and Research, March 1
Approximately fifty people broke into small groups to discuss the following topics: integral research, pedagogy, feedback loops, and integral scholarship.
Among the topics for the integral research group were: the definition of integral research; potential content areas for integral research; and ways of supporting research (including research fellowships, support for publication, and classes on how to get your work.
The pedagogy group discussed training/orientation for new faculty; expanded advising; epistemological diversity; and modeling integration in the classroom.
The group addressing feedback loops talked about the importance of explicitly articulated expectations and policies (e.g., for incompletes, how advising and other activities are evaluated) and other topics.
Topics in the integral scholarship group ranged included bringing together multiple paradigms; increased interaction between schools; the importance of faculty returning student papers in a timely manner with helpful comments; honoring different learning styles; and tools to help students transition to the world of work.
Exit Seminars for Graduates
Graduating students who need a signature from the Financial Aid Office on their graduation
forms must first complete an exit seminar. Go to www.educaid.com: click the homepage button
marked "exit seminar," and the Financial Aid office will receive the results electronically.
Or call Samantha Kahn at 415-575-6122 for an appointment.
If you are a Financial Aid student who wants to file for the tuition tax credit, you should keep in your own files the 1098T Form they received in the mail. Send in the 8863 schedule with your taxes. The 8863 (and other tax forms) are available at the IRS office in the Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate, or you can download from www.irs.ustreas.gov. To receive the credit, you must file a 1040 or a 1040A tax return, not a 1040EZ. Brochures about this tax credit are available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 402.
Welcome
Monte Whatley as assistant to the registrar. Monte will graduate in June with a B.A. in psychology from New College.
Transitions
The financial consultants who have been on campus the past four months have completed their work. To cover the duties formerly handled by the Controller, Lilya Reyzelman will be increasing her duties as accounting manager, and Beatriz Rincon will be increasing her financial responsibilities as internal auditor.
Congratulations
Naomi Hoffer, CIIS alumna and Expressive Arts program assistant, and John Hofmann, East-West Ph.D. student and former admissions office counselor, who were united in marriage on February 5, 2000.
Skills Workshops for Students in Asian & Comparative Studies
Spring Break Library Hours
Photo Ids
Online Catalog
The ground is fertile for new beginnings with the passing of the equinox and the Sun in the tropical zodiac sign of Aries. It's a new astrological year. Initiative, risk taking, and getting those projects out of your head and into action are the energies of the month ahead. It's a great time to join the student group going snow skiing over spring break to utilize the speed, thrill, and challenge energy of Aries.
Chiron has just gone retrograde until August 13th. Chiron symbolizes holistic healing from wounded places, utilizing maverick thinking and action and holistic healing practices. The area of your birth chart where Sagittarius is found would benefit from inner reflection on these Chironic themes
Each issue of the Inner Eye features a photograph of staff or faculty from another time in their lives.
(Please submit photos to Candice Chase in Communications.)
Editor: Candice Chase
The Inner Eye is published every 3 weeks by the Communications & Marketing Department.
Articles may be submitted to candicec@ciis.edu via email or disks may be put in the Inner Eye mailbox. Articles are subject to editing for clarity, length, and appropriateness.
On February 15, President Joseph L. Subbiondo and Ms. Reiko Iwamoto, president
of Cosmore International Corporation (a mental health service agency in Tokyo),
entered into an agreement whereby CIIS and Cosmore Corp. will collaborate on the
topic of "U.S. and Japanese Contributions to the Field of Psychotherapy." Cosmore
is funding all early stage activities, travel, workshops fees, translations fees,
etc.
"This dialogue series will develop culturally
sensitive practices in the healing arts."
-President Subbiondo
Dean of Enrollment Management Elected Chair of National Society of Hispanic MBAs
Sage Advice: Duane Elgin
A Soulful Maturity
CIIS Sage Duane Elgin-author, speaker, researcher, and evolutionary activist-has more than twenty-five years of experience in exploring the broad sweep of human evolution and in working for a sustainable future. He is the author of Awakening Earth, and Voluntary Simplicity. In May, William Morrow will publish Duane's new book, Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future.
"The challenge is not technology, but rather maturity."
- Duane Elgin
ADVANCING THE INSTITUTE
Message from President Subbiondo
Joseph L. Subbiondo
Development Developments
Alumni Invited to Meet President Subbiondo
(the home of Bina Chaudhuri, Institute co-founder)
(the home of Cathy Coleman '91 and Ralph Metzner, faculty)
(home of Peg Jordan '98 and Stu Sovatsky '84)
Mill Valley (home of Susan Christy '94)
Eye on Technology
The Beginner Looks at Telephones
While observing CIIS with my 'beginner's mind,' I often noticed that the telephone system at the Institute was problematic: misdirection of incoming calls, unexpected cutoffs of telephone conversations, failure of the voice-mail indicator to light, inability to reach a live voice, failure to return calls left on voice mail messages, and so on. A manufacturer's technician said that it is impossible for the system to work as configured-even though it does! At least the system has a spirit, albeit a trickster one. These technical problems, as well as some human behaviors, undermine our infrastructure and our efforts to attract students and donors.
New Committee Member Blows Own Horn
Would you be surprised to discover that one of the members of the Institute's finance committee is not only a financial expert, but also an accomplished musician? Philip N. Gainsborough expresses his passion for jazz-particularly the West Coast jazz of the 1950s-as
founder/leader/tenor saxophonist with the Phil Norman Tentet, which performs at venues throughout the country. He is former president and CEO of the Associated Financial Group, Inc., which offers a wide array of quality products, investment opportunities, and financial planning services. He founded the firm-considered to be a leader in the financial services industry-in 1982.
The International Student Potluck
on Friday, March 3, was a tremendous success! Over 40 people, including President Joseph L. Subbiondo, joined the party and enjoyed delicious dishes from various countries.
NOTABLE DATES
Town Hall MeetingsSummer Programs!
A Somatic Approach to Psychotherapy
On the Page, On the Stage
KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE STUDENT ALLIANCE
Open Secret: Teaching Excellence at CIIS
Open House
10 am - 2 pm
Saturday, April 1 & October 14
Namaste Hall CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Saturday, March 25, 3:00 pm
A Benefit for the Cultural Integration Fellowship (CIF)
"The Enduring Elegance of the Sari"
2650 Fulton Street, SF; $15.
Call 415-386-9590 or 415-626-2442
www.culturalintegration.org
"Life After Death and the Power of the Spirit to Heal"
Joel Rothschild, Co-sponsored with The Learning Annex
www.learningannex.com
Town Hall Meeting: Theme-Community
Namaste Hall
"How Can We Open the Heart of the World?"
Joanna Macy
Namaste Hall*
Open House Namaste Hall
"Landscape of the Soul"
Art Show Opening/Reception, Room 425
Faculty Appreciation Week
sponsored by Student Alliance
Town Hall Meeting: Theme-Multiple Ways of Learning
Namaste Hall
Drama Therapy Program presents Playback Theater
Namaste Hall
sponsored and funded by Student Alliance
Town Hall Meeting: Theme-Feminism & Sustainability
Namaste Hall
Planetwork: Ecology & Technology Conference
Presidio, SF
415-436-0123 www.planetworkers.org
All-Class Alumni Reunion
Stuart Sovatsky, 510-336-0107
e-mail: stuartcs@jps.net
CIIS Gala
Asian Art Museum, SF
SAVE THE DATE
Tuesdays through March 28
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Mondays, 3:00-4:00 pm, (Room 412)
other times by appointment by calling Michael Aho, 415-575-6257.
Thursdays, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, and Friday, 3:00-4:00 PM
office hours by appointment only (Room 408)
call Michael Korson, 415-575-6210.
TOWN HALL MEETING REPORTS
Spirituality & Integral Learning/Research
By Pamela Chaloult
By Don Hanlon Johnson
ON CAMPUS
Financial Aid Notes
Scholarships for Continuing Students
Deadline for scholarship applications for continuing students-April 15, 2000. Available by download from www.ciis.edu, or pick up in Financial Aid or Admissions Offices. Contact Henry Villareal (415-575-6156) in the Admissions Office for additional information.
Tax Time!
Comings & Goings
Secrets of the Stacks
By Olive James, Library Director
Two workshops will familiarize students in the Asian & Comparative Studies with new databases in the library, e.g., the Bibliography of Asian Studies, Proquest, Webspirs, Firstsearch, and Winnebego. The basic techniques of research in the library and online will be covered on April 6 at 1:30 pm, while a more advanced class will follow on April 13 at 3 pm.
Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The library is inaugurating its new automated circulation system at the end of spring break. To avoid a line at the circulation desk, please bring your CIIS photo ID to Room 303, right opposite the library, the first time you use your barcoded ID to borrow. We trust that this two-step process will speed things up during the first week or two of this transition. The library appreciates your cooperation.
The online catalog now tells you which items are on reserve and cannot be found in our stacks; once we are fully automated, a catalog search will let you know if the item you want is already checked out.
IT'S IN THE STARS
by Cathy Coleman
during this retrograde motion the next five months.
WHO IS IT?
HINT: He may be occasionally heard chanting Rumi in the hallways.
INNER EYE
Editorial Board: Donna Blakemore, Pamela Chaloult, Cathy Coleman, Anne Teich, Phaedra Valencia
Deadline for next issue: Wednesday, March 29
Next issue: Thursday, April 13