Schedule of Events

Tuesday, September 21
10:40am	DeVos Day Chapel featuring Mass Choir and Orchestra	Conn Center
12:00pm	DeVos Day Luncheon with Community Donors	Great Room Science & Math Complex
Thursday, September 23
7:00pm	VIP Dinner	Deacon Jones Dining Hall
8:30pm	VIP Showcase	Dixon Center
Friday, September 24
8:00am	Continental Breakfast for Seminar Speakers	Humanities Center Lobby
9:00-10:00am	Seminars for Students & Guests	College of Education Humanities Center School of Religion Science & Math Complex Vest Building Walker Memorial
10:30am	Service of Dedication	Conn Center
11:30am	Human Wall	Conn Center to Science & Math Complex
11:45am	Ribbon Cutting Ceremony	Science & Math Complex
12:00pm	Reception & Open House	Science & Math Complex

Seminar Speakers & Topics

As part of Celebration 2010, students will have the opportunity to listen to various speakers holding seminars on campus at 9 a.m.
Listed below are the guest speakers that will be on campus, the title of the presentation (when available), and the venue in which each will be speaking.
Note: The School of Music does not have any seminars due to preparation for the Convocation service at 10:30 a.m.

Science

Bruce Conn; American Science Diplomacy and Foreign Policy: Issues of Global Health and Environmental Sciences; SMC 255
Jeff Conn; The 21st Century Crisis in Drug Discovery: Where Will We Find the Medicines for the Future?; SMC 301
Claire Sanger; From Lee to Medical School to Changing Faces; SMC 250
Kelley Mondi; Medicine and Motherhood: the Unique Challenges and Common Joys; SMC 257
Anita Rich; Guarding the Treasure I Hold in My Arms: Stories of a Cardiac Nurse with the Children’s Heart Project; SMC 258

School of Religion

David Ramirez; What is the Future of Missions in the 21st Century; SOR 147
Joe Mulvihill; What Are the Gospels?; SOR 148
Mark Williams; Preparing for Pastoral Ministry: Conversations with the Apostle Paul; SOR 113

College of Education

Kim Fisher, Sharon Harper, Autumn O’Bryan; The New 3R’s: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships; EDU 234
Anita Bordeaux; Are Public Charter Schools the Answer to Academic Achievement for Underserved and Underachieving Students?; EDU 105
Grady Bogue; The Power of One: Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness; EDU 114

Physiology and Exercise Science

Phil Bishop; Evidence of God in Human Physiology: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made; SMC 100
Barry Dale; God Made Stress, Too; SMC 305
Andy Bosak; Application of Biomechanics in Sports; SMC115

Communication and the Arts

Mike Tetreault; Building Your Brand: The Secret To True Career Fulfillment Is In You; HUM 202
Jordan Lee; Do What You Love; HUM 105
Rob Reid; On the Way to Hollywood: How to Build a Career Without Destroying Your Dreams; HUM 205
Tom Griscom; Do We Value Things That Are Free?; HUM101
Stacey Isom; Christine Williams; Voices and Violence: A Series of Documentary Monologues; VST 305
Allen Mincey; The Me in Media: How Communications Has Shaped My Life; EDU 101
Michael Hodges; Quiet on the Set; HUM 102
Tiffanie Robinson; After College for Dummies: Surviving Post College Chaos and the Recession; HUM 204
Matt Young; Extreme Communications: Telling Stories from Mount Everest and Beyond; SMC 300

Business

Cyndi Joiner; A Career in Consulting: Do You Have What It Takes?; WMB 207
Vernon Darko; Think, Act, Breathe Global: Grow Your Business; WMB 206
Al Hartgraves; Life After College: What Are Your Options?; WMB 201
Camilla Warren; Essential Tools for the Work Place: Energy, Perspective, and Accountability; WMB 202

English and Modern Foreign Languages

Carren Green Gallaher; Meeting Great Expectations Without Killing the Mockingbird; SOR 248
Augustin Bocco; Language: A New Paradigm for Change; SOR 231

Benevolence/Development

Jason Edgerton; An Ambiguous Calling: The Challenge to Just Go; EDU 124
Vince Hungate; Social Good: The New Good; SOR 146
Joan Conn; The Weight of a Word; EDU 235
Liz Conn; Small World, Big Oyster: Navigating Life After College and My Experiences in International Non-Profits; EDU 121
Jon Halverson; Impact Investing – The Time is Now for Africa; EDU 106

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Timothy Sisemore; Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children; HUM 203
Michael Dieterich; Beyond Freud & Co. – A New Approach to Christian Counseling; HUM 104
Brandon Roper; Psychology in Industry, Adventure, and Ministry; HUM 103

History and Political Science

John Gentry; Christian Faith in Public Service: A Match Made in Heaven; HUM 206

Hunter Baker; Freedom, Democracy & Secularism; HUM 201

Matt Sharp; Defending Our First Freedom: First Amendment Litigation and the Practice of Law; HUM 207

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