Education for Everyone

University of the West is proud to offer classes and workshops to the wider community through Community Education.  Registration is easy and allows you access to real -time class sessions and/or online video lectures.

Community Education classes and lectures are provided on a no-credit basis.  If you are interested in taking a class for college credit, please register through OPEN ENROLLMENT»

CE-RS8505
Women in Buddhism: Exploring the Sacred Feminine

Jitsujo Gauthier

***This course has reached capacity. To join the wait list, please email Dr. Jitsujo Gauthier JitsujoG@UWEST.EDU.

This special seminar will gather a group of leaders, facilitators, and practitioners from a variety of traditions and cultural backgrounds to empower each other and create meaningful and powerful connections.

Open to women, nonbinary, and transgender individuals.
The course is made possible by a grant from the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation. University of the West in collaboration with the Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA). For more information, please contact: Dr. Jitsujo Gauthier <JitsujoG@UWEST.EDU>

Teaching Team

• Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community (2023)
• Ilia Shinko Perez, The Zen Priestess and the Snake: A Woman’s Path of Transformation and Healing Through Rediscovery of the Great Mother Tradition (2020)
• Hsiao-Lan Hu, This-Worldly Nibbāna: A Buddhist-Feminist Social Ethic for Peacemaking in the Global Community (2011)
• Sister Clear Grace Dayananda,“Traveling Nunk,” presently
• Thanissara, Time to Stand Up: An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth (2015)

Schedule

Part 1: Why We Are Here? – Weaving Our Divine Energies

Aug 7, 2024 — Wed 7:00 – 8:30pm PST
(hybrid: zoom and in-person (ZCLA))
Aug 8-10 — Thu, Fri, Sat 3:00-6:00pm PST
(hybrid: zoom and in-person)

Part 2: Exploring the Project Questions

Aug 20-Nov 29 — Tue 5:00-7:00pm PST
(zoom only)

Part 3: Manifesting the Sacred Feminine

Jan 10-11, 2025 — Fri, Sat 3:00-5:00pm PST
(hybrid: zoom and in-person (ZCLA))

• Session type: Hybrid in-person, remote & online
• First class: August 7, 2024
• Cost of attendance: $350.00

CE-RS8641-1
Buddhist Studies & Artificial Intelligence

Lewis R. Lancaster

Provides hands-on training in artificial intelligence (AI) that involves the construction of Bots on three projects: (1) Buddhist bibliography; (2) Chinese-English Buddhist Dictionary; (3) personal research datasets. Working Bots, students will learn how to make use of AI for summaries, structure, and analysis of their own material.

Fridays 7:00 – 9:50pm

• Session type: Hybrid Remote & Online
• Term: August 30 – December 13, 2024
• Cost of attendance: $350.00

Education in the Community (EIC)

University of the West partners with community organizations, training centers, and religious institutions to provide opportunities for learning and growth “in the community.” We are pleased to feature these courses offered through our community partners. These courses are often free with the option of enrolling for a certificate issued by UWest at minimal cost.

CE-MED822A (BASIC)
Mindfulness Therapy: Self-Discovery & Transformation – Basic Level

Thich Thien Tri

Saturdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Mindfulness Therapy” is a 10-week in-person course, for students who would like to learn about basic meditation as a path to self-discovery and transformation.

• Session type: In-person
• Term: May 18 – July 20, 2024
• Location: Dao Trang Kieu Dam Di: 9057 La Crescenta Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
• Cost of attendance: free
• Cost of attendance with certificate of completion: $25

If you have questions about this course, please contact: thienthucnghiemchanhniem@gmail.com

CE-MED822A (BASIC)
Mindfulness Therapy: Self-Discovery & Transformation – Basic Level

Thich Thien Tri

Saturdays 3:30pm – 5:30pm

Mindfulness Therapy” is an 8-week in-person course, for students who would like to learn about basic meditation as a path to self-discovery and transformation.

Location: Dao Trang Kieu Dam Di: 9057 La Crescenta Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708

• Session type: In-person
• Term: July 13 – September 14, 2024
• Location: Dao Trang Kieu Dam Di: 9057 La Crescenta Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
• Cost of attendance: free
• Cost of attendance with certificate of completion: $25

If you have questions about this course, please contact: thienthucnghiemchanhniem@gmail.com

CE-MED826 – Meditative Practices

Dr. Joanne Kwoh-Maysami

Wednesdays 6:00pm – 7:30 pm

This 6-week in-person course will teach you how to lead meditative practices in a 1:1 or small group setting.
Topics each week are:

• coping with depression and anxiety
• empowering women
• empowering immigrant communities
• empowering LGBTQIA+ teens/youth
• grief process – for both humans and pets
• conclusion with certification process

FREE without certification. If you are interested in receiving a non-credit certificate, there is a $25.00 fee. Attendance of 4 out of 5 sessions, not including the last session, is mandatory to receive certification. Space is limited.

• Session type: In-person
• Term: August 26 – October 3, 2024
• Location: University of the West, Ken Locke Hall
• Cost of attendance: free
• Cost of attendance with certificate of completion: $25

This course is offered in partnership with the YWCA SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ».
If you have questions about this course, please contact: Lily Tran <lilytran@ywcasgv.org>.