Schedule of Speakers - Fall 2012
Unless otherwise noted, events take place from 12-12:50 p.m. in Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 3 | Nina Salmon, MEd Assistant Professor of English, School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Assistant Director of Senior Symposium and LCSR | A color line runs through it |
| Sept. 10 | Jordan Hill, MA and Doctoral Candidate Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT), Virginia Tech | Does genuine free will require sacrifice? |
| Sept. 17 | Sharon Bryant, Monacan Tribal Chief | Our neighbors the Monacan Indian nation |
| Sept. 24 | Gary Phillip '71, PhD, Dean of the College and professor of religious studies, Wabash College | Representing the irreparable: the Shoah, the Bible, and the art of Samuel Bak |
| Oct. 1 | James F. Pontuso, PhD, Patterson Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, Hampden-Sydney College | Resistance, freedom, and responsibility in Kurdish Iraq |
| Oct. 8 | Laura Kicklighter, PhD Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lynchburg College | Biology and destiny: Genetics and moral responsibility |
| Oct. 22 | W. Michael Bryant, President and CEO, Centra Health | Health care and health policy |
| Oct. 29 | Richard Stein, PhD, postdoctoral associate, Rockefeller University, laboratory of molecular biology and biochemistry | Vaccination: interdisciplinary perspectives and crossroads |
| Nov. 5 | Cynthia Ramsey, DMA, Chair and Associate Professor of Music, School of Communications and the Arts, Lynchburg College. Presentation will be in Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall. | Engaging the creative: The lessons of Stravinsky, Sessions, Spielberg and Starbucks |
| Nov. 12 | Siobhan Byrns, MAT., M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Art, School of Communications and the Arts, Lynchburg College | The fear of thinking creatively |
| Nov. 26 | Bill Hamilton, PhD, associate professor of biology, Washington and Lee University | Blue Lab Brewing: creativity in small business |
| Dec. 3 | J. P. Briggs, PhD, professor of writing, linguistics, and creative process at Western Connecticute State University | Genius as a process |
