The Interfaith Center offers a variety of education, reflection, and community building opportunities open to the campus community, as well as specific groups (e.g. staff/faculty, departments, or student organizations). Follow our Instagram to discover what's currently happening!
What do you mean by that? A teach-in focusing on the language used at UVM and beyond during protests of the war in Gaza!
As protests of the war in Gaza continue at UVM and universities throughout the US, language plays a significant role in perceptions of safety and discrimination on campuses. This teach-in will explore charged terminology used throughout the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
The UVM Interfaith Center invites you to join a conversation with Dr. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Associate Professor of Religion & Director of UVM Humanities Center and Matt Vogel, Hillel at UVM Executive Director, as they discuss the context, history and impact of some of this language. This session will be moderated by Rev. Dr. James Ross, Interim Director of the Interfaith Center.
Friday, May 3, 2024 3pm - 4 pm
Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center
RSVP at go.uvm.edu/teach-in . Pizza from Leonardo's will be provided!
The UVM Interfaith Center is excited to host a Leadership Retreat this Spring at Interfaith Center's Gathering Hall in Burlington, VT. During the retreat, students will have the opportunity to reflect on their own spirituality, growth, inspiration, and to enhance the leadership skills!
Breakfast and Lunch Meals will be provided in the Fireplace of the Interfaith Center.
This retreat is FREE to UVM students. Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to participate. If you have further questions, please reach out to Ali.Mahmood@uvm.edu. RSVP by Tuesday, April 16th @ 11:59 pm.
Craving an opportunity to just sit and chat with others? During the academic year drop by anytime Tuesday mornings from 9 - 10 am for bagels, a beverage (not just tea!), and informal conversation. The entire UVM community is welcome!
This annual, six-part series invites students, staff, faculty, and members of the greater Burlington area into meaningful conversation around a common theme. It is an opportunity to reflect upon our core religious and philosophical values, gain insight into those of others, and consider how we can live them out in meaningful, tangible ways in the midst of our diverse communities at UVM and society as a whole. Dinner is free and we ask folks to RSVP along with their religious or philosophical identity or background to help us plan for numbers and create diverse groups for conversation. Click here to find out what we've discussed in previous years!
The Interfaith Center hosts a variety of educational programs as well as special opportunities to celebrate and share diverse sacred and cultural celebrations within our community. For example, you can watch a recording of "Voting as Spiritual Practice"- a conversation we hosted between three religious leaders as they discussed how their religious traditions and practices inform their involvement in political and communal life.
As part of the Interfaith Center's mission to equip and empower the UVM community to engage more comfortably and competently with spirituality and religion in our life and work on campus, we offer workshops and trainings to address religious pluralism, meaning making, religious literacy, and other topics. Email us if you are interested in scheduling some type of educational activity for your student organization, office, or department.
The best way to stay updated with programs and events connected with the Interfaith Center, as well as the greater community, is to sign up to receive the weekly "Interfaith Update." Each Monday you'll receive an email message with a selection of spiritual and religious opportunities happening on-campus, in the Burlington community, and beyond.