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Engineering Roundtable
On Nov 18, 2020, Virtues & Vocations hosted a meeting on character in engineering with Ravi Bellamkonda, the Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, Olga Pierrakos, the Founding Chair of the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University, and Richard Miller, the Founding President of Olin College of Engineering.
Andrew Delbanco
“What is Higher Education For?”- On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Suzanne Shanahan, Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Associate Research Professor in Sociology and Andrew Delbanco had a conversation on Higher Education. Andrew Delbanco is a professor at Columbia University and president of the Teagle Foundation.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Tressie McMillan Cottom discussed Race & Purpose in Higher Education. Tressie McMillan Cottom is an associate professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, a senior research professor with the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, and a faculty affiliate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein […]
Elwood L. Robinson
On Tuesday August 18, 2020, Elwood L. Robinson, Chancellor of Winston Salem State University, discussed “Lessons from HBCUs on Cultivating Purpose & Community.”
Emily Esfahani Smith
On Tuesday August 4, 2020, Emily Esfahani Smith, journalist and author of The Power of Meaning discussed “Social Upheaval and the Search for Meaning & Purpose.”
Nancy Koehn
On Tuesday July 28, 2020, Nancy Koehn, a historian at the Harvard Business School and author of Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times discussed “Character & Leadership in a Crisis.”
Yuval Levin
On Tuesday July 21, 2020, Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and bestselling author of the recent release A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream discussed “Why Institutions Matter for our Future.”
Angela Duckworth
On July 9, 2020, Angela Duckworth, Founder & CEO of Character Lab, Professor of Psychology at Penn, and bestselling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance discussed “Cultivating Resilience for the Road Ahead.”