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This presentation was given at the Alcuin Retreat in March of 2024 at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
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Dr. Brian Williams is the Dean of Templeton Honors College and Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities at Eastern University.
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This presentation was at the 2013 Alcuin Retreat hosted at Calvin College. Dr. David Smith addressed the retreat on the ways that Christian hospitality should inform our pedagogy.
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Dr. David Smith is a professor of Germanand the Director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin College.
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This was a remarkable panel discussion involving Christian scientists representing three different views of human origin–yet sharing a remarkable common trust in the authority and teaching of Scripture.
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- Dr. Deb Haarsma of BioLogos
- Dr. Jeff Zweernick of Reasons to Believe
- Dr. Paul Nelson of the Discovery Institute
- Ravi Jain of the Alcuin Fellowship
- Dr. David Diener of the Alcuin Fellowship
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Dr. Brian Williams presents a lecture at the Mid-Atlantic regional Alcuin Retreat hosted at the Veritas School in Richmond, VA. He addresses the way the liberal arts make humans more human.
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Dr. Brian Williams is the dean of the College of the Arts and Humanities and the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University. Prior to going to Oxford for his DPhil, he taught upper school Humanities at the Cair Paravel Latin School in Kansas. Brian is National Alcuin Fellow and part of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Fellowship.
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In this lecture, science educator and author Chris Hall presents on how classical teaches can practically apply the common arts to science education.
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Chris Hall is a long-standing science educator and the author of Common Arts Education: Renewing the Classical Tradition of Training the Hands, Head and Heart. He is a national Alcuin Fellow and active in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Fellowship. Chris is also the founder of Always Learning Education.
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In this lecture, Robyn Burlew (Upper School Head, Veritas School, Richmond, VA) presents on how to build a cohesive school culture.
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Robyn Burlew has served as a teacher and administrator at classical schools for over 15 years. She study biology and math at Houghton College and did her masters in educational leadership at Covenant College. She serves as the Upper School Head at the Veritas School in Richmond, VA and is active in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Fellowship.
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In this lecture, Josh Gibbs (Upper School Humanities Educator, Veritas School, Richmond, VA) discusses whether old things can be regarded as superior to the new.
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Josh Gibbs has served as an upper school humanities teacher at classical schools for over 15 years. Josh has published several books with the Circe Institute where he also regularly blogs. He is the founder of GibbsClassical and is a National Alcuin Fellow active in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Fellowship.
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In this lecture, Andrew Smith (Academic Dean, Veritas School, Richmond, VA) lays out four critical, big ideas that are a part of classical Christian education.
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Andrew Smith has served as teacher and administrator at classical schools for over 20 years. Andrew serves as the Academic Dean at the Veritas School in Richmond, VA. He is a National Alcuin Fellow and the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Alcuin Fellowship.