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wp-block-paragraph\">Fall 2026 \/ Spring 2027: The Value of Care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, September 2, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Crop-Square-Faculty-Poster-0210810-JLH-Jennifer-Prough-001-Copy-269x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Smiling person with short curly hair, glasses, and a dark blazer against a plain background, ready to present at Symposium Events.\" class=\"wp-image-11406\" style=\"width:142px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Prough, Ph.D.<br>Dean &amp; Professor of Humanities &amp; East Asian Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who Cares? <\/strong><br><em>What would it mean to make care the central ethic in our lives?<\/em><br>5:30 p.m. &#8211; Mueller Hall Refectory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, the dean of Christ College starts the academic year with some thoughts to set the stage for our year together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To kick off this year, Dean Prough will ask us to take <em>care<\/em> seriously. Together, we will begin to explore what it might mean to place care as the central ethic of our lives. Care is multifaceted and underrated; it can feel thin in the face of love and hate, and yet, to \u201ctake care\u201d requires that we give our attention to someone or something and that is not always easy. Like baking with yeast, embracing care as an ethic requires patience and practice. It is less like a precise recipe, and more like a way of leavening ourselves for full human flourishing. This talk will explore what it means to care for ourselves, others, and the world in a time of distraction and disconnection. Indeed, centering the ethic of care in our lives might help us better navigate the uncertainty, suffering, surprises, and great joys of this life. Join us for the start of a conversation about what it might mean to care \u2014 <em>fully<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Prough \u201991, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist with field research experience in Japan. Her teaching and research interests include the anthropology of media, anthropology of tourism, Japanese studies, gender studies, and globalization. At the heart of Prough\u2019s research and teaching interests are issues of representation and the ways that cultural meanings are produced and managed, experienced and interpreted through mass culture. Her first book, Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Sh\u014djo Manga (University of Hawai\u2019i Press, 2011), examines the production of girls\u2019 comics in Japan through ethnographic analysis. Her most recent book, Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Kyoto (University of Hawai\u2019i Press, 2022), analyzes the ways that tradition, history, and culture are produced, packaged, promoted, and consumed in the Kyoto tourist industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a Christ College and Valparaiso alumna, Jennifer is deeply devoted to the transformative experience that a cohort-based, interdisciplinary honors education delivered by a dedicated faculty can provide. She served as Interim Dean of Christ College in 2017-2018, and again in 2021 before being named Dean in 2023. Jennifer is committed to facilitating holistic educational experiences of the highest caliber to a more diverse community of honors students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Monday, September 21, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11622\" style=\"width:136px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-420x420.webp 420w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-190x190.webp 190w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-450x450.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-485x485.webp 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Albert Howard, Ph.D.<br>Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics; Professor of Humanities and History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-683x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12382\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6669954663581008;width:111px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-1680x2520.webp 1680w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-600x900.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-323x485.webp 323w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20140515-JLH-Edward-Upton-010-scaled.webp 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edward Upton, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor of Humanities, Religion, and Literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Magnificent Humanity: Discussion of Pope&#8217;s Letter on Artificial Intelligence<br><\/strong>7:00 p.m. \u2013 Refectory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join Dr. Ed Upton and Dr. Tal Howard for an engaging discussion of Pope Leo XIV\u2019s recent landmark encyclical, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnifica Humanitas<\/a>, and its timely reflections on artificial intelligence, human dignity, technology, and the shape of contemporary society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-hosted by&nbsp;St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Student Center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday, November 12 \u2013 Sunday, November 15, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First-Year Production: Apples to Apples, Dust to Dust<br>Join us for the 54th annual Christ College First-Year Production!<br>Tickets are required for this event and will go on sale for $5 in the CC dean&#8217;s office around two weeks before opening night. They will be available for purchase between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. All shows take place in the Mueller Hall Refectory.<br>Thursday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m.<br>Friday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m.<br>Saturday, November 14th at 1:00 p.m.<br>Sunday, November 15th at 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item init-expanded\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Monday, November 16, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11622\" style=\"width:136px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-420x420.webp 420w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-190x190.webp 190w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-450x450.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-485x485.webp 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Albert Howard, Ph.D.<br>Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics; Professor of Humanities and History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Jim-W.webp\" alt=\"Smiling man in a black clerical shirt with a white collar, facing the camera against a gray background\u2014an ideal portrait for Symposium Events promotional materials.\" class=\"wp-image-12307\" style=\"width:136px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Jim-W.webp 420w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Jim-W-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Jim-W-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Jim-W-190x190.webp 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James A. Wetzstein, M.Div., Ph.D.<br>University Pastor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Art and Liturgy: Exploring the Legacy of Ernst Schwidder<br><\/strong>4:00 p.m. \u2013 Brown &amp; Gold Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Livestream this event by <a href=\"https:\/\/giveto.valpo.edu\/register\/?id=8c329581-9941-4126-9ddd-e0f502c26487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>registering here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernst Schwidder thought deeply about how art conveyed meaning in a liturgical context. While he worked within the Christian symbolic tradition, he wrote that the artist has a duty to introduce a degree of ambiguity into their work, making space for the viewer\u2019s interpretation, which he believed was authoritative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does this sort of local interpretation happen? What are the conditions that support this level of engagement? Study of Schwidder\u2019s archive at Valpo, along with interviews conducted at six sites, and current brain science, has led Pr. Jim to some conclusions about what makes for good liturgical art and how Christian congregations can make the most of the art in their churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Jim recently earned his Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies at Notre Dame. His research involves the work of the 20th-century Lutheran liturgical sculptor,\u00a0Ernst Schwidder, and questions regarding the role of art and design in communication and spiritual formation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday, November 19, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First-Year Production Talkback<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<br>Join us for the annual talkback and reflection on the first-year production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, March 23, 2027<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ College Oxford Debate 1<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, March 30, 2027<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ College Oxford Debate 2<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday, April 1, 2027<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ College Oxford Debate 3<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item show-group\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\">Fall 2025 \/ Spring 2026: The Good Life in Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained advgb-dyn-d244cb6a\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, August 26, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Crop-Square-Faculty-Poster-0210810-JLH-Jennifer-Prough-001-Copy-269x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11406\" style=\"width:142px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Prough, Ph.D.<br>Dean &amp; Professor of Humanities &amp; East Asian Studies<br>5:30 p.m. &#8211; Mueller Hall Refectory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Flourishing: The Good Life in Community<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year the dean of Christ College starts the academic year with some thoughts to set the stage for our year together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Dean Prough will open the year ahead of us with some thoughts about how we might try to flourish in times of great challenge, polarization, or just transition. Approaching this topic from a variety of perspectives, she will (re)turn our attention to some of our first-year program authors to approach the question of how to live well in uncertainty. Times of transition are exciting and challenging, as first-years and seniors know all too well; our polarized national arena filled with hatred and hyperbole breeds fear and distrust; social media and AI give us content at our fingertips in an instant while removing our control, heightening our anxiety, and eroding our creativity; beyond these larger trends, life never moves along exactly as planned. In the end, we can navigate the tricky terrain of precarity best, through a life of reflection and care in community. This year we have a host of events, talks, and fireside chats to help us think together, reflect on our world, and cultivate a community of learning \u2014 to flourish.<br><br>Jennifer Prough \u201991, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist with field research experience in Japan. Her teaching and research interests include the anthropology of media, anthropology of tourism, Japanese studies, gender studies, and globalization. At the heart of Prough\u2019s research and teaching interests are issues of representation and the ways that cultural meanings are produced and managed, experienced and interpreted through mass culture. Her first book, Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Sh\u014djo Manga (University of Hawai\u2019i Press, 2011), examines the production of girls\u2019 comics in Japan through ethnographic analysis. Her most recent book, Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Kyoto (University of Hawai\u2019i Press, 2022), analyzes the ways that tradition, history, and culture are produced, packaged, promoted, and consumed in the Kyoto tourist industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a Christ College and Valparaiso alumna, Jennifer is deeply devoted to the transformative experience that a cohort-based, interdisciplinary honors education delivered by a dedicated faculty can provide. She served as Interim Dean of Christ College in 2017-2018, and again in 2021 before being named Dean in 2023. Jennifer is committed to facilitating holistic educational experiences of the highest caliber to a more diverse community of honors students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, September 9, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/bj_4.28.18_meghan_sullivan_15358.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11621\" style=\"width:157px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/bj_4.28.18_meghan_sullivan_15358.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/bj_4.28.18_meghan_sullivan_15358-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/bj_4.28.18_meghan_sullivan_15358-388x485.webp 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meghan Sullivan, Ph.D.<br>Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy; Director: Notre Dame Ethics Initiative<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Fireside in the Mueller Hall Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Love Ethic: Aristotle, Jesus, and an Ancient Debate on Who You Let In To Your Life<\/em><br>This Fireside Symposium will look at philosophical arguments for loving strangers and enemies and consider advice from ancient virtue ethicists about how to improve our love lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She serves as Director of the University-wide Ethics Initiative and is the founding director of Notre Dame\u2019s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ethics.nd.edu). The university hub for research and teaching in ethics, the Institute includes the new Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C, Center for Virtue Ethics and the Notre Dame\u2013IBM Technology Ethics Lab. The Institute is home to faculty program chairs, postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, and undergraduates and runs several residential fellowship programs for faculty, nonprofit leaders, and faith leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan is deeply interested in the ways philosophy contributes to the good life and the best methods for promoting philosophical thought. She has served as PI for over $15M in grants to advance ethics and human flourishing, from agencies including the John Templeton Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, the Mellon Foundation, and the NEH. Time Biases, her 2018 book with Oxford University Press, offers philosophical guidance about how to navigate the puzzles that the passage of time poses to rational planning. It was featured in a 2021 New Yorker piece. In 2022, Sullivan published The Good Life Method with Penguin Press (co-authored with her teaching collaborator Paul Blaschko) based on a wildly popular introductory philosophy course she developed at Notre Dame called \u201cGod and the Good Life.\u201d Since 2016, \u201cGod and the Good Life\u201d has accompanied thousands of Notre Dame students through the process of developing a philosophical plan for their lives. In the past, Sullivan has collaborated with faculty in other departments to offer courses on NBC\u2019s The Good Place, Ted Chiang\u2019s science fiction, and Thom Browne\u2019s fashion empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan is currently working on a book about the role of love in our moral lives. She is also directing a major grant project with scholars and nonprofit leaders to expand the love ethic, as well as a major planning grant considering the role of Christian thought in AI ethics. Sullivan will be a featured speaker at the 2025 TED Next Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan has been honored with one of Notre Dame\u2019s Joyce Awards for Teaching, with the Provost\u2019s All-Faculty Team Award, and with the City of South Bend\u2019s 40 Under 40 Award. She holds degrees from the University of Virginia (B.A.: Philosophy and Politics, Highest Distinction), Oxford (B.Phil: Philosophy), and Rutgers (Ph.D.: Philosophy), and studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (Balliol College). Sullivan enjoys cooking, building elaborate Lego sets, reading science fiction, and traveling the world. She cheers for the Fighting Irish and Virginia Cavaliers in all of their endeavors, and when they play each other she has a rational crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Monday, September 15, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11622\" style=\"width:136px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-420x420.webp 420w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-190x190.webp 190w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-450x450.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/20161005-JLH-Tal-Howard-005-800x800-1-485x485.webp 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Albert Howard, Ph.D.<br>Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics; Professor of Humanities and History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<br><em>Rethinking Religion, Secularism, and Violence<\/em><br>What is the relationship between religion and violence? What is the relationship between secularism and violence? What is the relationship between religion and secularism? This lecture by Tal Howard, Duesenberg Chair in Ethics, will explore all three questions, based on his new book, <em>Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History<\/em> (Yale University Press, 2025).<br><br>Thomas Albert (Tal) Howard (Ph.D, University of Virginia) is professor of humanities and history and holder of the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University, where he is affiliated with Christ College, Valparaiso University\u2019s humanities-based honors college. He also serves as a senior fellow for the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities. Prior to coming to Valparaiso, he taught at Gordon College, where he founded and directed the Jerusalem and Athens Forum honors program and led the Center for Faith and Inquiry. He is the author or editor of many books, including The Faiths of Others: A History of Interreligious Dialogue (Yale University Press, 2021), The Pope and the Professor: Pius IX, Ignaz von D\u00f6llinger, and the Quandary of the Modern Age (Oxford University Press, 2017), Remembering the Reformation: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Protestantism (Oxford University Press, 2016), and (edited with Mark A. Noll) Protestantism after 500 Years (Oxford University Press, 2016). His writings have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of the History of Ideas and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and in more general venues such as Hedgehog Review, Wall Street Journal, Modern Age, Touchstone, Inside Higher Ed, National Interest, Christian Century, First Things, and Commonweal. His work has been translated into German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese. A new book, Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History is recently out from Yale University Press. He is currently working on another entitled \u201cModern Christian Theology: An Intellectual History\u201d (under contract with Princeton University Press) in addition to a collection of travel essays and an essay on the Christian conception of wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, September 24, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Katelyn_Donnelly_224x336.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11623\" style=\"width:99px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Katelyn_Donnelly_224x336.webp 224w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Katelyn_Donnelly_224x336-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katelyn Stermer \u201914 Donnelly, M.D., M.P.H.<br>Resident Physician in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Human Rights Initiative: How a Humanities Education Shaped my Medical Career<\/em><br>How does a humanities education impact the practice of 21st century medicine? Does the physician&#8217;s role extend beyond the exam room to promote human dignity in the face of injustice? We&#8217;ll explore the concept of humanism in medicine and how its practice can lead to compassionate, justice-driven care for our most vulnerable populations. Specifically we&#8217;ll examine the work of <a href=\"https:\/\/phr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physicians for Human Rights<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hribuffalo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Initiative of Western New York<\/a> amid a growing tension between medical ethics and federal immigration policy. The Human Rights Initiative is a medical student-run asylum clinic founded in 2014 at the University at Buffalo that collaborates with licensed healthcare professionals to provide forensic medical evaluations for survivors of torture and\/or persecution seeking asylum in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katelyn Donnelly is resident physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. She received her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, where she additionally served as the director of research and publications for the Human Rights Initiative of Western New York. In 2016, she received a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in epidemiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was the recipient of a David L. Boren Fellowship for public health and isiZulu language studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Katelyn graduated from Valparaiso University in 2014 with a B.S. in chemistry, international service, and humanities with Christ College Scholar honors. She was VP of public relations for the Panhellenic Council, a member of Kappa Delta sorority, participated in the medical mission trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and spent a semester abroad in Windhoek, Namibia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, October 1, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Symposium<\/em> Symposium &#8211; Night One<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6:30 p.m. &#8211; Mueller Hall Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CC students and faculty, join us for <em>The Symposium<\/em> Symposium, a two-night pop up discussion of Plato&#8217;s <em>The Symposium<\/em>. All CC faculty and the first ten students who opt in to participate will receive a complimentary copy of the text! You must read the full text to participate. RSVP at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ccplato2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/ccplato2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, October 15, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Symposium<\/em> Symposium &#8211; Night Two<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6:30 p.m. &#8211; Mueller Hall Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CC students and faculty, join us for <em>The Symposium<\/em> Symposium, a two-night pop up discussion of Plato&#8217;s <em>The Symposium<\/em>. All CC faculty and the first ten students who opt in to participate will receive a complimentary copy of the text! You must read the full text to participate. RSVP at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ccplato2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/ccplato2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, October 28, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CC Day in Mueller Hall<br>All Day &#8211; Mueller Hall Commons<br>Join us in the Commons for an all-day celebration of CC Day, featuring a pumpkin carving competition, guessing games, snacks, and<em> It&#8217;s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!<\/em> on loop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday, November 13 \u2013 Sunday, November 16, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First-Year Production: Gee Wiz!<br>Join us for the 53rd annual Christ College First-Year Production!<br>Tickets are required for this event and will go on sale for $5 in the CC dean&#8217;s office around two weeks before opening night. They will be available for purchase between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. All shows take place in the Mueller Hall Refectory.<br>Thursday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m.<br>Friday, November 14th at 6:30 p.m.<br>Saturday, November 15th at 1:00 p.m.<br>Sunday, November 16th at 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday, November 20, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First-Year Production Talkback<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<br>Join us for the annual talkback and reflection on the first-year production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, December 3, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ College Holiday Gathering<br>5:30\u20137:30 p.m. &#8211; Harre Union Ballrooms<br>Christ College students, faculty, and staff: join us for the annual Christ College holiday gathering! In addition to a delightful dinner, attendees will enjoy skits by the sophomores, juniors, TAs, seniors, and CC faculty. We may even sing a carol or two! The dean\u2019s office will send an RSVP link via email in November.<br><em>Please note the revised date.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, January 28, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student Scholarship Symposium<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<br>Three CC students will present research that they have done in one of their classes from anywhere in the university. Presentations will be approximately 15 minutes in length, and papers can be from any field or major \u2014 though students should be able to present their work to a general audience. Interested students should write a 250-300 word abstract to be submitted per the emailed instructions (TBA later in the Fall 2025 semester). Students who are applying for NCUR 2026 may also apply for the symposium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, February 10, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Guston.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12013\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judith Guston <br>Curator &amp; Senior Director of Collections Emerita, Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>4 p.m. &#8211; Mueller Hall Refectory<br><br><em>Joyce and Matisse as Collaborators: Modernism in Text and Image<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a 1935 limited edition of James Joyce\u2019s <em>Ulysses<\/em>, artist Henri Matisse was enlisted to provide illustrations, creating a lasting comparison of the employment of Modernist concepts to both art and literature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, February 25, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Study Abroad Symposium<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Monday, March 2, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1496\" height=\"1996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11969\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7495123989969351;width:150px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited.webp 1496w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited-767x1024.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited-768x1025.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited-1151x1536.webp 1151w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited-600x801.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Sara-Hendren-photo-edited-364x485.webp 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1496px) 100vw, 1496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Hendren, MDes<br>Associate Professor, Art + Design and Architecture, Northeastern University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>New time! <\/em>5:30 p.m. &#8211; Harre Union, Brown &amp; Gold Room&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cyborgs, Superheroes, and Machines: Disability Meets Design<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Northeastern University. Her book, <em>What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World<\/em>, explores the places where disability shows up in design at all scales. Her art and design work has been exhibited at the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum, the White House Lawn (Obama administration), the Seoul Museum of Art, and many others, including work held in the permanent collections at MoMA and the Cooper Hewitt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday March 26, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oxford Debate One<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resolved: Previously unclaimed and uninhabited territories should be open to colonization by individual, existing nations.<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, March 31, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oxford Debate Two <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resolved: Schools have a responsibility to teach children about gun safety.<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, April 7, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oxford Debate Three<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resolved: It is immoral to patent life-saving medicines.<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Thursday, April 9, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oxford Debate Four<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resolved: The United States should expand refugee status to include environmental refugees.<br>6:30 p.m. &#8211; Refectory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday April 23, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item show-group\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\">Fall 2024 \/ Spring 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, August 27, 2024 \u2013 Jennifer Prough, Ph.D. \u2013 Dean\u2019s Annual Address<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jennifer Prough, Ph.D.<\/strong><br>Dean and Professor of Humanities and East Asian Studies, Christ College, Valparaiso University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mueller Hall Refectory, 5:30 \u2013 6:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Crop-Square-Faculty-Poster-0210810-JLH-Jennifer-Prough-001-Copy-269x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11406\" style=\"width:142px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/files\/2021\/08\/Crop-Square-Faculty-Poster-0210810-JLH-Jennifer-Prough-001-Copy.jpg\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Dean\u2019s Annual Address \u2013<\/strong><\/em><br><strong><em>\u201cThe Value of Curiosity\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dean Jennifer Prough\u2019s Annual Address to the CC Community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Wednesday, September 4, 2024 \u2013 Got Stress? Try Mindfulness<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got Stress? Try Mindfulness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stress is a natural response to life; we need it to get stuff done. But add homework, deadlines, and high expectations to climate crisis, political polarization, and the need for justice and healing \u2026 and stress quickly floods and overwhelms our systems. Mindfulness practice can help. Learn how to work with your thoughts and pay attention to your breath in this 30-minute session. Leave with resources to continue exploring mindfulness. Your nervous system will thank you for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Register for your preferred session via the links below:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/242335086175154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday, September 4, 10:05-10:35 a.m. Central<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 limit 25 registrants<br><a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/242335579697170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday, September 4, 8-8:30 p.m. Central<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 limit 25 registrants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please register by September 3. Should this event hit capacity, please join the waitlist by emailing christ.college@valpo.edu and specifying which time you\u2019d like to attend. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link to join your session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: If you don\u2019t see the email after 10 minutes or so, check Updates, Promotions, Spam, or any other categorical folders you may use in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Tuesday, September 10, 2024 \u2013 Stephanie Slade, \u201cThe Role of Religion in the American \u2018New Right\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephanie Slade<br>Senior Editor at Reason Magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mueller Hall Refectory, 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, September 10, Stephanie Slade will deliver a lecture on \u201cThe Role of Religion in the American \u2018New Right\u2019\u201d to illuminate the interplay between right-wing politicians, religious leaders, and the political objectives of religious communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephanie Slade is a senior editor at Reason magazine, where she covers the intersection of religion and politics, and a fellow in liberal studies at the Acton Institute. In 2016, she was selected to the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship. In 2013, she was named a finalist for the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. Her writing has also appeared in America magazine, The New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and elsewhere. She\u2019s working on a book about fusionism\u2014which probably isn\u2019t what you think!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November, Americans will participate in one of the most contested events in our national history \u2013 the presidential election. Heated debates on reproductive rights, racism, immigration, foreign policy, the role of religion in public spaces, and educational curriculum reveal an ominous polarization threaded throughout society. Conservatives complain of leftist wokeism and the agenda of a deep state, while liberals sound an alarm on right-wing nationalism and religious favoritism. Religion continues to play an important role in communicating with voters. A moderated Q and A session will follow the lecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Monday, September 23, 2024 \u2013 Tal Howard, Ph.D.: \u201cWisdom: One or Many?\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Albert (Tal) Howard, Ph.D.<br>Professor of Humanities and Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mueller Hall Refectory, 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duesenberg Ethics Chair Lecture: \u201cWisdom: One or Many?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the centuries, wisdom has served as a master concept in Christian learning, invoked once again in one of Valparaiso University\u2019s new taglines: \u201cgrounded in wisdom.\u201d But what exactly is wisdom? Is it a disposition of mind, an abstract idea, a philosophical ideal, a virtue, a character trait, or what? Can the recovery of a robust vocabulary about wisdom breathe new life into the challenged enterprise of church-related higher education?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join Thomas Albert Howard, Ph.D., professor of humanities and history and the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair of Christian Ethics, for this lecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-valpo-accordions-item valpo-accordions-item\">\n<p class=\"valpo-accordions-item__group-head wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__toggle is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons valpo-accordions-item__buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button valpo-accordions-item__button is-style-no-style\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Friday, October 18, 2024 \u2013 Red, Blue, Purple: Mindfulness Practices for Polarized Times<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10100a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-accordions-item__content-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Red, Blue, Purple: Mindfulness Practices for Polarized Times<\/strong><br>Friday, October 18, 2024 \u2013 2:30-4 p.m. Central via Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you feel particularly activated this election year? Do fear and worry lurk beneath your excitement? Every day, the media offers up more evidence of danger and division to our already stressed out nervous systems. It is possible to shift away from the habit of catastrophizing and live with more freedom. Join me in this 90-minute session to explore mindfulness practices that can support you in broadening your view and cultivating compassion without forsaking your values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/242345667255159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register via this link<\/a>. Limited to 20 registrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please register by October 11. Should this event hit capacity, please join the waitlist by emailing christ.college@valpo.edu. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link to join your session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: If you don\u2019t see the email after 10 minutes or so, check Updates, Promotions, Spam, or any other categorical folders you may use in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-valpo-contact-information valpo-contact-information valpo-block component alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-contact-information__container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group valpo-contact-information__left is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading valpo-contact-information__heading\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left valpo-contact-information__paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Follow Christ College online at <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/ValpoCC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">linktr.ee\/ValpoCC<\/a>, where you\u2019ll find our social media pages alongside back issues of The Spillikin. 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