Baylor Presidential Symposium Series

September 17, 2010

The Role of the Supreme Court in American Society

The initial symposium and related break out sessions for the series was held on September 17, 2010. For more information on please visit Presidential Inaugural Symposium and Break-Out Sessions.

October 29, 2010

Kenneth G. Elzinga
Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics, University of Virginia

Speaking on the distinction between Christian higher education and Christians in higher education

Fall 2010

Jean Bethke Elshtain
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the Divinity School, Department of Political Science and the Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago

Speaking on the value of liberal education

December 7, 2010

Nancy Cantor
Chancellor and President, Syracuse University

Speaking on engagement of the university with the community

January 19, 2011

Baruch A. Brody
Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Rice University

Speaking on ethics in the twenty-first century

Spring 2011

Lee S. Shulman
Former President, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Former faculty member, Stanford University and Michigan State University

Speaking on the future of higher education

April 9, 2011

Mark A. Noll
Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, Notre Dame University

Speaking on Christian higher education and the Bible in contemporary culture