Wednesday, April 17, 2-3:30PM, Old City Presbyterian Apartments (25 N. 4th St.).

Seeking student volunteers for Creative Aging!

Creative Aging brings together Jefferson students and local elders to connect through creative activities including art-making and storytelling. This initiative explores approaches to creative aging, a practice that seeks to imbue late-life with creativity and meaning while countering notions of ageism. This workshop series is led by Cassandra Gunkel, an artist, historian and folklorist, who works in fiber, printmaking and photography. 

No previous art experience required - all are welcome! 

PA State Background check required.

For more information and to sign up, email Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator, at Kirsten.bowen@jefferson.edu

Wednesday, April 24, 12-1PM, Hamilton 224/225. Lunch provided.

Open to Jefferson students, faculty, staff and alumni.

In Marc-David Munk’s memoir Urgent Calls from Distant Places, in 2008 a young doctor sets out for Kenya to volunteer with the famed AMREF East African Flying Doctors Service. An emergency physician looking to make a difference, Marc-David Munk flew dozens of missions as a flight surgeon to eleven East African countries, including war-torn Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Each chapter details the medical challenges of the mission but also explores the greater philosophical questions raised by treating patients in East Africa: African history, the impact of colonialism, communism, religion, terrorism, and war. Munk examines the unique histories and politics of the eleven countries he visits.

Urgent Calls from Distant Places is the story of the doctors, nurses, and pilots who tackled complex and dangerous missions to save lives, as well as Munk’s moral development as a healer and as a human.

Marc-David Munk is a Canadian/American emergency physician and healthcare executive. Over the past decade, he has held leadership roles at various nontraditional healthcare delivery organizations in the US and abroad. He graduated from Colgate University with a BA in philosophy and religion and completed an MPH in international health from Boston University.  After graduating from Philadelphia’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College, he did residency training in emergency medicine, completed a clinical fellowship in international health at the University of Pittsburgh, and then completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at Peru’s Gorgas Program. He also holds a master’s degree in health care management from Harvard University.  

Moderator: Daniella Ibiam, SKMC Class of 2027

Questions? Contact Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator, Kirsten.Bowen@jefferson.edu. 

Wednesday, May 1, 5:30-7 P.M., Jefferson Alumni Hall Eakins Lounge. Refreshments provided.

Join us for our culminating event to celebrate this year of the humanities! We will congratulate those who earned the Asano Humanities & Health Certificate and the contributors and editors of Inside Out, Jefferson’s student-run arts & literary journal. Hear students share excerpts of their written and artistic works from Inside Out’s newly-minted edition! We hope you come out for this in-person celebration to meet your fellow humanities peers, decompress, snack, and wrap up the year.