CULTURAL EVENTS
The ACS Cultural Events requirement and ACSP's own ACS Concert Series are inspired by St. Augustine’s desire to seek wisdom and insight with “heart and voice and pen” in community. ACS events seek to bring us out of the seminar room onto campus and out into the wider world.
From inspiring lectures by prominent figures to thrilling moments in music and storytelling, ACSP events and programs give special consideration to the Catholic traditions of humanity, solidarity and common good, while providing a forum to share the experiences and stories that make us all so different and yet bring all of us together.
CULTURAL EVENT REQUIREMENT
All students taking the Augustine and Culture Seminar must attend three or more cultural events per semester and successfully reflect on the event, either through written work or class discussion. This requirement of the seminar program receives course credit.
Departments, programs, and offices in every discipline across the University, as well as student groups, host these cultural events — from workshops on navigating social life at Villanova, to academic lectures, to student-organized discussions. Events might also include performances, films, and art exhibits. Related to high-impact first-year practices that emphasize real-world settings and integrative learning opportunities (Kuh, 2008), these experiences aim to demonstrate that learning is not confined to the classroom. ACS-approved events take intellectual and interpersonal dialogue outside the classroom to expand student learning creatively through different venues, whether on or off campus.
To make the process of identifying events easy and accessible for faculty and students, ACSP has a cultural event submission and approval process.
University orgranizations may submit an event approval form. Questions? Contact Caehlin Bell, Event Planning and Communications Assistant, Augustine and Culture Seminar Program.
ACS CONCERT SERIES
The goal of the ACS Concert Series is to bring high-quality professional musicians to our campus to introduce our students to live performances from a diverse array of musical traditions. The Concert Series is integrally tied to the Cultural Event requirement of the ACS Seminar experience and provides musical performances distinctly different from those that our on-campus student groups typically offer. Past performances have featured groups such as St. Thomas Gospel Choir, Vox Ama Deus, Magdaliz Roura and her Latin Ensemble Crisol, guest artists from the Curtis Institute, and the Temple Graduate Jazz Ensemble among many others.