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Program

Thursday, September 30
5:00 Registration Begins (off-campus guests)
 
Boyer Hall Atrium
6:00 Opening Reception (off-campus guests)
 
Boyer Atrium/Patio
6:30 Registration for Messiah College Participants
 
Hostetter Chapel Lobby
7:30-9:00 Opening Plenary
Hostetter Chapel
  Opening Remarks:
  Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen
 
  Featured Speaker:
   Lee Shulman, President Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
   "Professing understanding and Professing Faith: Synergies and Tensions within the Academy"

Friday, October 1
7:45-8:30 Continental Breakfast on Campus (off-campus guests)
 
Boyer Hall Atrium
8:30-8:45 Music and Meditations
(Faculty Brass Quartet with Damian Savarino)
Hostetter Chapel
8:45-10:15 Panel I: "Scholarship and Christian Faith: Organizational Perspectives"
 
Hostetter Chapel
  Moderator: Chris Coble, Lilly Endowment Inc.

Guiding Questions: How would the vision articulated in Scholarship and Christian Faith serve as a helpful resource on the campuses you represent? What new conversations might it open?

Robert C. Andringa, Council of Christian Colleges and Universities
Richard Ekman, Council of Independent Colleges
Monika Hellwig, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
R. Eugene Rice, American Association of Higher Education
10:15-10:45 break
 
Boyer Hall 1st flr. / 2nd flr. / 3rd flr.
10:00-6:00 Book Sales and Information Displays

 
Boyer Hall / Rm. 130
10:45-12:15 Parallel Sessions I 
 
Boyer Hall
  Session A. 1. The Role of Mission Statements
Frank E. Johnson, MidAmerica Nazarene Univ.
L. DeAne Langerquist, St. Olaf College
 
B235
  Session A. 2. Faculty as Mentors
Larry A. Braskamp, Loyola University (Chicago)
Donald Thompson and Cindy Miller-Perrin, Pepperdine University
 
B230
  Session A. 3. Student-Centered Teaching
Steven D. Crain, University of St. Francis (IN)
David L. O'Hara, Pennsylvania State University
 
B237
  Session A. 4. History as Catalyst for Student Convictions
John Fea, Messiah College
Susan Horner, North Park University
B335
  Session A. 5. Autobiography & Theology
John Kampen, Methodist Theological School Donald W. Musser, Stetson University
 
B330
  Session A. 6 Institutional Tensions/Community Contexts
Larry D. Harwood, Viterbo University
David G. Horner, North Park University
 
B131
  Session A. 7. Autobiography & the Social Sciences
Jenell Williams Paris, Bethel College (MN)
Theresa C. Tisdale, Azusa Pacific University
 
B331
  Session A. 8. Models of Faculty Development I
Marion H. Larson, Bethel College (MN)
Dale Soden, Whitworth College
 
B336
12:30 Conference Luncheon Brubacher Auditorium
(Eisenhower Center)
2:00-3:00 Panel II: "Scholarship and Christian Faith: Personal Perspectives"
 
Hostetter Chapel
Moderator: Glenn Bucher, Boyer Center

Guiding Questions: In what ways does the argument of Scholarship and Christian Faith dovetail with your own work dealing with faith in higher education? What is the future of faith in American higher education?

Richard T. Hughes, How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind (2001)
George Dennis O'Brien, The Idea of a Catholic University (2002)
Andrea Sterk, Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education (2002)
John Bennett, Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, and Spirituality (2003)
 
3:30-6:30 Refreshments and Conversation
Boyer Atrium
  Oakes Museum Open Jorden Science Cener
  Tobi Kahn Art Exhibition Climenhaga Fine Arts Center
4:00-5:00 Interaction with Essayists from Scholarship and Christian Faith
 
Crystal L. Downing
  "Imbricating Faith and Learning"
  Commentary by Gene Chase (math)
 
B235
Edward B. Davis
  "Is There a Christian History of Science?"
  Commentary by Norm Wilson (history)
 
B230
David L. Weaver-Zercher
  "Scholarship in the Anabaptist Tradition"
  Commentary by Richard Hughes (religious studies)
 
B335
Susanna Bede Caroselli
  "Instinctive Response as a Tool for the Scholar"
  Commentary by Charles Jantzi (psych)
 
B330
6:30 Conference Banquet
(Kirk Reese on jazz piano; Messiah College Singers, directed by Dwight Thomas; The Mendelssohn Trio)
Brubacher Auditorium

Saturday, October 2
7:45-8:30 Continental Breakfast (off-campus guests)
 
Boyer Atrium
8:00-12:15 Books and Displays/Conference Infromation B130
8:30-10:00 Parallel Sessions II
 
Boyer Hall
  Session B. 1. Campus Ministries
Stephen Butler Murray, Skidmore College
Cynthia Wells-Lilly, Messiah College
 
B235
  Session B. 2. Spirituality & Culture in the Classroom
Scott G. Huelin, Valparaiso University
Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Penn State University (Harrisburg)
 
B230
  Session B. 3. Reading, Writing, and Questions of Truth
David W. Chapman, Samford University
Barbara K. Olson, Lee University
 
B231
  Session B. 4. Faith & Social Justice
Andrea C. Dowdy, Stanford University
Sheryl M. Reimer-Kirkham, Trinity Western Univ.
 
B335
  Session B. 5. Public & Private Educational Settings
Danny L. Franke, Alderson-Broaddus College
James E. Johnson, Pennsylvania State University
 
B330
  Session B. 6. Institutional Culture & Christian Scholarship
Maxie Burch, Grand Canyon University
Michael Beaty, Baylor University
 
B131
  Session B. 7. Models of Faculty Development II
David Guthrie, Geneva College
Paul Contino and D'Esta Love, Pepperdine University
 
B336
10:00-10:30 break
 
Hostetter Chapel (on the lawn)
10:30-12:00 Closing Plenary
 
Hostetter Chapel
  Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
"Can Faith Be More Than a Side Show in the Contemporary Acedemy?"
 
 
  Kim Phipps, Messiah College Interim President
"Enlarging the Conversation: Facilitating Dialogue"
 


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