Program

Time

Location

Check-in

2:30 to 3 p.m.

Schellhase Commons Lobby

Welcome and Opening Remarks

President Robyn Hannigan, Ursinus College

Paul Stern, Ursinus College

3 to 3:15 p.m.

Schellhase Commons, Room 105

Session 1: What is Liberal Education and Why is it Valuable?

Panel Discussion:

Andrew Delbanco, Columbia University

Jonathan Marks, Ursinus College

Roosevelt Montás, Columbia University

Moderator: Paul Stern, Ursinus College

3:15 to 5 p.m.

Schellhase Commons, Room 105

Dinner

5:30 to 7 p.m.

Faculty and Staff Dining Room, Wismer Center

Informal Conversation and Reception

7 to 8:30 p.m.

Student Interactive Space, Schellhase Commons (second floor)

Program

Time

Location

Continental Breakfast

8:30 to 9 a.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center Atrium

Session 1: What are the goals of liberal education and how do we know we are achieving them?

Remarks and moderated discussion:

Wendy Fischman, Harvard University

9 to 10:40 a.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center, Classroom 114

Coffee Break

10:40 to 11 a.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center Atrium

Session 2: What external obstacles challenge our mission and how can we make the case for it?

Remarks and moderated discussion:

Joseph Bagnoli, Grinnell College

11 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center, Classroom 114

Lunch

12:40 to 1:30 p.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center Atrium and Patio

Session 3: What can be done here

and now?

Moderator:

Sheryl Goodman and Doron Taussig, Ursinus College

1:30 to 3 p.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center, Classroom 114

Closing Remarks

Mark Schneider, Ursinus College

3 to 3:15 p.m.

Innovation and Discovery Center, Classroom 114