The Center for Teaching and the Good Life was grateful to host Dr. Patrick Reyes on January 27 and January 28, 2020. Dr. Reyes is the Senior Director of Learning Design at the Forum for Theological Exploration. He is also the author of Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood, which Trinity’s faculty and staff read together during the fall 2019 semester.
Read on to hear more about how Dr. Reyes engaged with Trinity’s faculty, staff, and students during his visit.
Public Lecture
Dr. Reyes began his visit by offering a public lecture on understanding vocation as a call to survive and offered reflections on how a learning community can actively respond to that understanding. Faculty, staff, and students attended, including Trinity’s Diversity Scholars.
Lunch with Diversity Scholars
Dr. Reyes joined Trinity’s Diversity Scholars Leadership program, led by Nicole Saint-Victor (Director, Multicultural Engagement), for lunch and conversation surrounding Nobody Cries When We Die.
Book Talk and Q&A with Faculty and Staff
Faculty, staff, and students who have read Nobody Cries When We Die joined Dr. Reyes for a brief book talk and then an extended question and answer session on the book’s definition of vocation and what that definition means for Trinity.
Dinner with Honors Program Haiti Research Class
Dr. Reyes joined the Honors Program’s Haiti Research teams class session for dinner and conversation about Nobody Cries When We Die, which the research team will be reading during their community based qualitative research trip to Haiti in summer 2020.
Breakfast Conversation with Faculty and Staff
Dr. Reyes joined faculty and staff members for breakfast and conversation exploring one of the Center’s guiding question – “How do we ensure our vision of the good life is accessible to all human beings?”
