C. S. Lewis Foundation

"The Crisis of the University:
Freedom, Tolerance, and the Pursuit of Truth”
a National Faculty Forum at the University of Colorado, Boulder


Preliminary Program Schedule

 

 

Friday, Oct. 5

 

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Conference Check-In

 

3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Science Lecture (free to the public)

Bridging Science and Religion to Care for the Creation"
Panel Discussion - CU Energy Initiative

 

Calvin DeWitt

5:30 – 7:30

Dinner on the Town (no host)

 

7:30 – 9:30

Opening Session

Welcome & Orientation
Reading and Reflection
Welcome - "Sir Arthur Dimworthy"
Musical Interlude
Keynote Address: "Intrinsic Goods of the Once and Future University: Wisdom, Freedom, Community, Truth"

Opening Reception

 


Peter Barnes

Mark Jennings

David Lyle Jeffrey

Saturday, Oct. 6

 

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Conference Check-in

9:00 - 10:30

Morning Plenary Session

Welcome
Reading and Reflection
Plenary Address –"The Decline of the Secular University Revisited"

 

Christian Kopff
Fr. Kevin Augustyn
John Sommerville

10:30

Coffee Break

 

11:00 - 12:15 p.m.

Disciplinary Tracks

 

12:30

Lunch (on campus) - No Host

2:15 - 3:15

Concurrent Academic Paper Sessions

Graduate Student Workshop
Finishing your Degree: A Practical & Personal Guide

 

3:30

Afternoon Plenary Session

C.S. Lewis Study Centre at "The Kilns"
Whimsy - "Kilns Senior Scholar"
Film Documentary
Film Response

 

"Living the Legacy" DVD
“Sir Arthur Dimworthy”
"The Wall of Separation"
Conference Faculty

6:00

Distinguished Faculty Forum Award Buffet Dinner

Introduction to the Faculty Forum
Colleague Tributes


Honoree Remarks

 

Stan Mattson
Carl Koval, Wesley Morriston, Doug Groothuis
Prof. Ed Miller

7:30

Evening Plenary Session

Music - La Premiere Communion de la Vierge (O.Messiaen)
Dramatic Monologue - "Gideon's Tale "
Plenary Address - "Why We Need Authoritative Traditions"

 

Hsing-ay Hsu

Mark Jennings
Jean Bethke Elshtain

9:30 p.m.

Closing Reception

 


* This schedule is subject to change.