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Top storiesThe Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies launches inaugural lecture
“Terrorism, Counter Terrorism and the Ethics of Warfare” The inaugural lecture for the Catholic Studies program will take place April 8, 2008. The Rev. Edward A. “Monk” Malloy, C.S.C. will be the keynote speaker and served as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame from 1987-2005. He is currently professor in the Notre Dame Department of Theology and has served on the faculty since 1974. Malloy earned his doctorate in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt University in 1975. Vanderbilt honored him in 1998 with the establishment of a chair in Catholic Studies in his name. He has been awarded 24 honorary degrees and earned a bachelor's and master's degree in English from Notre Dame in 1963 and 1967 respectively, and a second master’s degree in theology in 1969, while studying for the priesthood. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Sacred Heart Basilica on campus in 1970. Internationally recognized for his leadership, scholarship, dedication to community service and athleticism, Malloy’s visit will be an extraordinary event. For more details, contact Dr. David Bromley at dgbromle@vcu.edu or Shirley McDaniel at srmcdani@vcu.edu. Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut selected as Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies
Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut will join the faculty in the School of World Studies in the fall of 2008. Chesnut is a leading international authority on Christianity in Latin America, especially in Brazil and Mexico. He is the author of two books and many scholarly articles. His first book “Born Again in Brazil: The Pentecostal Boom and the Pathogens of Poverty” (Rutgers University Press, 1997), examines the meteoric growth of Pentecostalism among the popular classes of Brazil. The book focuses on a single religion, whereas his second book, “Competitive Spirits: Latin America’s New Religious Economy” (Oxford 2003), considers the three religious groups that have prospered the most in the region’s new pluralist landscape; Charismatic Catholicism, Protestant Pentecostalism and African diasporan faiths. “Competitive Spirits” was recently published in paperback. The Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico’s patron saint, is the subject of his next book. Before joining Virginia Commonwealth University, he taught at the University of Houston for 11 years. VCU Adcenter becomes VCU BrandcenterAward-winning graduate advertising program changes name to better reflect evolving industry The VCU Adcenter, which has become one of the leading graduate advertising programs in the country by constantly adapting to the ever-changing advertising industry, is evolving again. The VCU Board of Visitors recently approved changing its name to the VCU Brandcenter.
The historic 27,000-square-foot building in VCU’s new Monroe Park Campus Addition was designed by the internationally renowned architect Clive Wilkinson. Wilkinson has designed spaces for Google, Disney Store Kingdom and advertising agencies such as TBWA/Chiat/Day (Los Angeles), Mother (London) and JWT (New York). He partnered with Richmond-based company, Baskervill for the Brandcenter project. “Since its infancy, the Brandcenter has distinguished itself by meeting and exceeding the needs of the entire advertising and branding community,” VCU President Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D., said. “Its name change is another indication of how the program continues to reshape advertising and branding education.” The Brandcenter is a graduate program in the School of Mass Communications and the College of Humanities and Sciences. For more information visit www.brandcenter.vcu.edu. |
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The Brandcenter was ranked the No. 1 graduate advertising program in the country by Creativity magazine in 2005 and one of the world’s 60 Best Design Schools by BusinessWeek magazine in 2007. The Brandcenter also moved into a new home that promotes creativity and collaboration. 