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Center for the Study of Ethics
Schedule of Events Fall 2009
(As of August 17, 2009)
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information:
801.863.5455
801.863.6455
http://ethicscenter.info/
August 28
Economic Summit:
The Fiscal Future of America
Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine, President and CEO of
Forbes
Inc.
Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator, Utah
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Former Director, Congressional Budget Office,
Fellow,
Council on Foreign Relations. Fellow, and Chief Economist for the
President¹s Council of Economic Advisors
Introduction by Elaine Englehardt, Special Assistant to the President,
and
Distinguished Professor of Ethics, UVU
(Organized by the Office of U.S. Senator Hatch; Cosponsored with the
Woodbury School of Business. Part of the Utah Democracy Project)
9-11:30 a.m., Regan Theater
Public Reception to precede:
8:30-8:55 a.m., SC206c
August 31
Congressman Rob Bishop (Utah)
Why is it Important to Choose a Political Philosophy?
10-10:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Reception with Congressman Bishop
Library Foyer, 11-11:15 a.m.
September 21-25
Ethics Awareness Week
September 21
Ethics Across the Curriculum Faculty Discussion on Pedagogy:
Student-Centered Teaching
3-4:30 PM, Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Organized by Anton Tolman, Director, Faculty Center for Teaching
Excellence)
September 22
Ethics Discussions
8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Ethics Panel Discussion:
Revealing the Sacred: Is it Ever Ethical?
Brian Birch, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Director, Religious
Studies
Program, UVU
Alex Caldiero, Artist-in-Residence, UVU
Lynn England, Lecturer in Sociology, UVU
David Knowlton, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UVU
Michael Minch, Associate Philosophy of Philosophy, and Director of the
Peace
and Justice Studies Program, UVU
Moderator: Don LaVange, Executive Program Coordinator, Center for the
Study
of Ethics
8:30-9:45 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Civil Rights at War: Korematsu vs. the United States, 1942, and 9/11
Dale Minami, Lead Lawyer, Fred Korematsu case
Introduction by Catherine McIntyre
10-11:30 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Organized by Jane Beckwith and Catherine McIntyre)
University Faculty Fellow in Ethics Keynote Address:
Will You Accept My Love? Ethics, Aymara Culture, and Global Society
David Knowlton, Professor of Anthropology, UVU, and Ethics Faculty
Fellow
2008-2009
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Composing a Community: The Music of Dialogue and the Rite of
Springdale
Phillip Bimstein, Composer and Former Mayor, Town of Springdale, Utah
1-2:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Part of the Utah Democracy Project)
Dance Performance
2:30-3:45 p.m., Regan Theater
(Organized by Angie Banchero-Kelleher, Assistant Professor of Dance,
UVU)
September 23
Ethics Discussions
9 a.m.-1:50 p.m.
Utah: The Happiest or Most Depressed State?
Jack Jensen, Director, Mental Health Services, UVU
Cameron John, Associate Professor of Psychology, Licensed
Psychologist,
Student Health Services, UVU
9-9:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Rendition to Torture: A Critical Legal History
Alan Clark, Legal Scholar and Professor, Integrated Studies, UVU
10-10:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Panel Discussion on Dance:
Ethical Considerations when Using Students in Controversial Work
Moderator: Angie Banchero-Kelleher, Assistant Professor of Dance, UVU
11-11:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Panel Discussion on Medical Ethics:
Should Neutraceuticals be Regulated?
Olga Kopp, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ruhul Kuddus, Associate Professor of Biology
12-12:50 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
The Untold Story Behind the Production of 'Strawberry Fields'
Mike Wisland, Assistant Professor of Multimedia, UVU
1-1:50 p.m., Library Audit
orium (LI 120)
Faculty Book Discussion Group with the Author:
Matthew S. Holland, Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making
of
America (Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln)
3-4:30 p.m., Trustees Suite (SC213C)
(Cosponsored with the UVU Library)
Annual Excellence in Ethics Award
2009 Award Recipient: Brent S. Crane, Executive Director, Food and
Care
Coalition, Provo
Presentation of Award by Matthew S. Holland, President, UVU
7:00 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Keynote Address:
7:05-8:00 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
September 24
Annual Ethics and Public Policy Symposium:
Is the University a Corporation?
8:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Part of the Utah Democracy Project)
Session 1
The Threats to Academic Freedom
Cary Nelson, President, American Associate of University Professors,
and
Professor of English and Criticism and Interpretive Theory, University
of
Illinois‹Champaign
8:30-9:45 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session 2
The University Has a Bottom Line, All Right, But What Is It?
L. Jackson Newell, Professor Emeritus of History and Former Dean of
Liberal
Education, University of Utah, and President Emeritus, Deep Springs
College
10-11:15 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session 3
Susan Olson, Professor of Political Science, Associate Vice President
for
Faculty, University of Utah
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session 4
Plenary Panel Discussion
Cary Nelson, President, American Associate of University Professors
L. Jackson Newell, Professor Emeritus of History and Former Dean of
Liberal
Education, University of Utah
Susan Olson, Professor of Political Science, Associate Vice President
for
Faculty, University of Utah
William A. Sederburg, Commissioner of Higher Education, State of Utah
1-2:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
September 25
Documentary Screening:
Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators
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http://www.lordsofnature.org/trailer1.html>
10-10:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Karen Mizell
11-11:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
October 1
Utah Democracy Project Keynote Address: Great Thinkers in the History
of
Democracy
Civic Charity and the Making of America: Winthrop, Jefferson, and
Lincoln
Matthew S. Holland, Political Scientist and President, UVU
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Part of the Utah Democracy Project)
October 29
The Civic Duty of Pro Bono Work
Adam Ford, 2009 Pro Bono Law Firm Ford and Huff
Melissa Fulkerson, 2009 Pro Bono Young Lawyer of the Year
Scott H. Martin, 2009 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
Linda F. Smith, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law,
University of
Utah, and 2009 Commitment to Community Pro Bono Award
Introduction by Tom Seiler, 4th District Bar Commissioner
Moderator: Rob Jeffs, Utah Bar President Elect
Noon-1:30 p.m., Lakeview Room, Library
(Organized by Jill Jasperson, Associate Director, Center for the Study
of
Ethics, and Associate Professor of Legal Studies, for National Pro
Bono
Week; Part of the Utah Democracy Project)
*****
David R. Keller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Ethics
Utah Valley University
801.863.6363
http://ethicscenter.info/
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