IACE 2024 Faculty Development Conference

Noon – Snack lunch for early arrivals (The Lane)

1:00 pm – Registration Opens

2:30 pm – Plenary Session One

Welcome — Ralph Enlow, IACE Board Chair

Devotional: Ryan Stokes, Carson-Newman University

Confession of Our Faith

Address: Christian Worldview and Christian Higher Education

David S. Dockery, president, IACE and Southwestern Seminary

4:10 pm – Break

4:40 pm – Faithful Learning

Jacob Shatzer, associate provost, Union University

5:40 pm – Break

6:00 pm – Dinner (The Lane)

7:00 pm – The Priority of Mission Faithfulness: A History of Christian Education in North America

Tommy Kidd, Research Professor of History, Midwestern Seminary

8:00 pm – Adjourn

7:00 am to 8:15 am – Breakfast on your own in The Lane

8:30 am – Plenary Session Two

Devotional – Lilly Park, Southwestern Seminary

Presentation: Teaching Effectiveness:

Melinda Stephens, Provost and Professor of Chemistry, Geneva College

9:45 – Break

10:15 am – Panel Discussion on Teaching Effectiveness

Led by Barbara McMillin, Blue Mountain Christian University, Ralph Enlow, IACE, Melinda Stephens, and Tom Cornman, Corban College

11:15 am – Break

11:30 am – Lunch in The Lane

1:00 pm – Plenary Session Three

Presentation – Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition

Scott Rae, Special Assistant to the President, Biola University, and Rick Langer, Director, Institute for Faith and Learning, Biola University

2:00 pm – Break

2:15 pm – Discipline Specific Conversations

Jeff Green, Arizona Christian University, Chris Mathews, Crown College, Melinda Stephens, Barbara McMillin, Scott Rae, Jacob Shatzer

3:15 pm – Break

3:45 pm – Breakout Sessions

Faith and Learning: Implications and Applications, Christina Crenshaw, Dallas Theological Seminary/Baylor University
Reading Groups: Michael Bryant, Charleston Southern University, and Donny Mathis, North Greenville University
Innovation: Amy Crider, Southwestern Seminary, Michael Wilder, Charleston Southern University, Jonathan Arnold, Cedarville University

4:45 pm – Break

5:00 pm – Presentation: Christian Worldview and Cultural Engagement

Matt Pinson, President, Welch College

6:00 pm – Break

6:15 pm – Dinner in The Lane

7:00 pm – Dessert and Breakout Sessions

New(er) Faculty Session – Jacquelyn Pleis, Charleston Southern University, and others
Faculty Leadership Opportunities – Calvin Troup, Geneva College, and others

8:15 pm – Adjourn