Center for the Study of Ethics
Schedule of Events Spring 2008
(As of January 7, 2008)
For more information:
801.863.6455
801.863.8455
http://ethicscenter.info/
January 11
Representative Chris Cannon (R-Utah)
³Civility, Democracy and Elections²
10-10:50 a.m., Center Stage, Student Center Public reception with
Representative Cannon:
11-11:30 a.m., Center Stage, Student Center
January 23 & 24
Ninth Annual Conference by the Faculty:
³Bioethics and Medical Ethics Across the Disciplines²
January 23:
9 a.m.-3:50 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
January 24:
10 a.m.-2:15 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
February 6
Monthly Ethics Forum:
³Tortured Times for American Values²
David Irvine, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (retired)
7:00-8:30 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
February 11
Ethan Bronner, Reporter, The New York Times
³War and Terror: How The New York Times Covers Today¹s Big Global Conflicts²
3-4:30 p.m. Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
February 14
Lunchtime Ethics and Integrity Open Discussion:
³Ethics and People of Integrity²
Jack R. Christianson, Executive Director, Center for Engaged Learning Wayne
Hanewicz, Program Coordinator, Persons of Integrity Initiative 11:30
a.m.-12:45 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
(Organized by Wayne Hanewicz, Program Coordinator, Persons of Integrity
Initiative)
March 5
Annual Kirk Englehardt Business Ethics Lecture:
Jeanette Lynton, Founder and CEO, Close to My Heart Corporation 10-10:50
a.m. Regan Theater Public Reception:
11:00-11:30 a.m., Trustees Suite (SC 213c)
Monthly Ethics Forum:
7:00-8:30 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
March 31-April 4
Environmental Awareness Week
April 1 & 2
Twenty-First Annual Environmental Ethics Conference:
Public Health and the Environment
April 1
8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
Environmental Ethics Conference Day One Keynote Address:
Brian Moench, M.D.
President, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment ³Utah¹s Air Pollution:
Should You Give Up & Move Out of State?² 10-11:15 a.m.
April 2
9 a.m.-3:50 p.m., [room TBA]
Environmental Stewardship Award:
³The Future of Environmental Stewardship in Utah²
Jon Huntsman Jr., Governor, State of Utah
Presented by William A. Sederburg, President, UVSC
10-10:50 a.m., Regan Theater
(Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program)
Reception with Governor Huntsman:
11-11:30 a.m., Trustees Suite, SC 213c
April 2
Monthly Ethics Forum:
Environmental Ethics Conference Day Two Keynote Address:
³Coming Home from Going Crazy: Restoring Environmental Connectivity²
Chip Ward, Author and Environmental Activist
7:00-8:30 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
(Cosponsored with the Peace and Justice Studies Program)
April 3
Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference:
³The Greening of Ethics²
8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., [room TBA]
(Cosponsored with the Department of Philosophy and Humanities and the Honors
Program)
Second Annual G. Lawrence Anderson Keynote Address:
³The Future of Environmental Ethics²
Holmes Rolston, III, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University
2:30-3:45 p.m. [room TBA]
Book Discussion Group with the Author:
Rolston¹s Genes, Genesis, and God
4-5:30 a.m., Trustees Suite, SC 213c
April 10
Lunchtime Ethics and Integrity Open Discussion:
Book Discussion Group of Shirin Ebadi¹s Iran Awakening: One Woman¹s Journey
to Reclaim Her Life and Country
Discussion led by UVSC Faculty [TBA]
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
(Cosponsored with the UVSC Library)
April 18
Shirin Ebadi
Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize, 2003
Author, Iran Awakening: One Woman¹s Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-autobio.html
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11 a.m., University of Utah Union Ballroom (200 South Central Campus Drive)
(Organized by the Tanner Humanities Center; Supported by the Center for the
Study of Ethics)
April 28-May 2
Ethics Across the Curriculum Faculty Summer Seminar:
³International Justice and Peace in Process²
Visiting Scholar: Omar Kader, President and CEO, Planning and Learning
Technologies
1:00-4:00 p.m., SC 213c (Trustees Suite)
(Cosponsored with the Peace and Justice Studies Program)
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David Richard Keller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Ethics
Utah Valley State College
801.863.6363
http://davidkeller.us/
