Application to host a Regional Conference

2010 Regional Conference

At its 2008 fall meeting, the National Network Board awarded the following schools funding to host the 2009 Regional Conference:

2010 - Baylor University
Seminar on Academic Leadership in Baptist Universities
Director: Donald Schmeltekopf

2010 - Gordon College
Imago Dei: Human Dignity in Ecumenical Perspective
Director: Thomas Albert (Tal) Howard

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2009 Regional Conference

The Pietist Impulse in Christianity
Directors:  G. William Carlson; Christian Collins Winn, and Christopher Gehrz
March, 2009
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Description and Guidelines

Regional Conferences or Workshops represent a flexible category of programs that encourage examination of topics of special significance to faculty, administrators, and students at a particular institution or group of institutions, or matters of special intellectual concern to faculty and others in Christian higher education.
The focus, character, and constituency of the conference may vary to suit the needs of the applicant, within the general guidelines listed above. Previous successful conferences and workshops have focused on issues facing schools in a particular region, topics of current debate among faculty at a particular school, student life issues, graduate student matters, various theological or denominational traditions in higher education, an array of topics in liberal and professional education, and issues of civic and public concern to the Christian intellectual community.
Funding is available for two Regional Conferences or Workshops for the 2010-2011 academic year at $12,500 each. It is expected that in many cases the host institution or group of institutions may also contribute to funding the conference. Institutions that have already received a grant in this category will not be eligible in the same category again for three years after the original grant was awarded. Application deadline: September 15, 2009 for a program planned for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Application to host a Regional Conference

Regional Conferences previously funded

2007 University of Notre Dame
Singing God's Song Faithfully: Implications for Theology and Music Faculty Seeking to Prepare Music Leadership for the Church
Coordinator: Charlotte Kroeker

2006 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Together and By Association, A Conference for Lasallian College and University Faculty.
Coordinators: Mary Catherine Fox and Judith Schaefer

2006 Saint Xavier University
To Be in Good Standing--Implications for a Catholic University
Sr. Susan Sanders, RSM, Coordinator

2005 Hope College
Academic Excellence and Christian Mission: The Chair's Role in a Both/And Approach
Carol Simon, Coordinator

2004 Texas Lutheran University
Building and Supporting Diversity at Church-Related Colleges
John Masterson, Coordinator