Student Handbook - Rudolf Steiner College

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2012–2013 College Calendar 1 September 4 Registration and Orientation September 5 Convocation 8:15am September 6 Community Games 1:30 – 3:20pm September 27 Michaelmas Festival 11:15am – 12:30pm November 1 All Souls Festival 11:15am – 12:30pm November 15 Thanksgiving Festival 11:15am – 12:30pm November 16 Thanksgiving Holiday Break begins November 26 Classes resume November 26 Advent Monday Gathering 8:15am December 3 Advent Monday Gathering 8:15am December 10 Advent Monday Gathering 8:15am December ?? Advent Garden TBA December 13 Christmas Assembly 11:15am – 12:30pm January 7 Classes resume Advent Festival 7:30pm Start of Christmas Holiday Break January 21 Martin Luther King Day – No classes February 18 - 22 Western Waldorf Educators’ Conference (No classes) February 25 Rudolf Steiner’s Birthday March 21 Easter Festival 11:15am – 12:30pm Easter Holiday Break begins April 8 Classes resume May 2 May Day Festival 11:15am – 12:30pm May 16 Closing Assembly 11:15am – 12:30pm Graduation 7:30pm
Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy Dr. Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), a native of Austria, was a scientist and philosopher and a researcher into the nature of the human being and of the world. He wrote over forty books and gave about 6,000 lectures, most of which have been transcribed and published in book form. His collected works comprise over 350 volumes and cover almost every area of human inquiry and activity, including philosophy, religion, history, natural science, mathematics, medicine, education, the arts, architecture, economics, and social organization. Steiner’s worldview, which he called Anthroposophy (“true knowledge of the human being”), is based on an understanding of the human as ultimately a spiritual being. He held that modern life must be transformed on the basis of this understanding. From Steiner’s indications in various fields, practical and artistic applications of Anthroposophy (also called “Spiritual Science”) have been developed. These include biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophically extended medicine, an approach to working with people with developmental challenges, Waldorf Education, the Threefold social order, and organic architecture. The General Anthroposophical Society, based in Dornach, Switzerland (near Basel), is founded on Rudolf Steiner’s teachings and work. The Society has about 50,000 members around the world, of whom about 4,500 are members of the Anthroposophical Society in America. Roots and History of Rudolf Steiner College Rudolf Steiner College was founded in 1976, but the beginnings of anthroposophical activity in Sacramento go back to the early 1940s. Lysbeth “Betty” Buck (1913–1987), a California native, came to know about Anthroposophy in England in the late 1930s and organized some activities when she returned to her home state. In 1959, she helped found the Sacramento Waldorf School. Four years later, Betty Buck was instrumental in forming the Faust Branch, the local branch of the Anthroposophical Society in America. A group of local people meeting with Carl and Christine Stegmann were inspired to create the College on February 22, 1976. It was first called the Sacramento Center for Anthroposophical Studies and its initial focus was the spiritual destiny of America. Carl then invited René and Merlyn Querido to join the endeavor. After their arrival in 1977, emphasis was placed on establishing a Foundation Year program to introduce students to the insights of Anthroposophy and a Teacher Training program to train teachers for the Waldorf schools. The center’s name was changed to Rudolf Steiner College in 1979. Betty Staley and Nancy Poer, who were among the College’s founders, have continued the work on the spiritual destiny of America at the College for over thirty years. 2
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