IACE 2024 Faculty Development Conference
RILEY CONFERENCE CENTER | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | MAY 21-24, 2024
Pre-Conference Schedule (May 21-22, 2024)
(In conjunction with the Land Center for Cultural Engagement)
TUESDAY, MAY 21
2:00 pm Registration and Check-in for Pre-Conference
3:30 pm SESSION ONE (Room 150)
Welcome
Devotional
Address: For the Sake of Our Kids, Brad Wilcox (Director, National Marriage Project, Senior Fellow, Institute for Family Studies, and
Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia)
5:00 pm Break
5:15 pm Dinner (The Lane)
6:30 pm SESSION TWO (Room 150)
Interview and Q&A (Daniel Darling and Brad Wilcox)
7:45 pm Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
7:15 am Breakfast (The Lane)
8:30 am SESSION THREE (Room 150)
Devotional
Address: The Closing of the American Heart, Brad Wilcox
9:45 am Break
10:15 am SESSION FOUR (Room 150)
Address: Male and Female Complementarity for Human Flourishing,
Gregg Allison (Professor of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
11:30 am Break
Noon Lunch (The Lane)
Faculty Development Conference Schedule (May 22-24)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
1:00 pm Registration and Check-In for Faculty Development Conference
2:00 pm SESSION ONE (Room 150)
Welcome
Devotional
Confessing Our Faith
Hymn
Address: The Great Commandment, The Great Commission, and the Great Tradition (Nathan Finn, North Greenville University)
3:30 Break
4:00 pm SESSION TWO (Room 150)
Address: C. S. Lewis and Christian Higher Education (Harry L. Poe, Union University)
5:10 pm Break
5:30 pm Dinner (The Lane)
6:30 pm SESSION THREE (Room 150)
Address: The Story and Mission of Christian Higher Education (Tommy Kidd, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)
7:45 pm Adjourn
THURSDAY, MAY 23
7:15 am Breakfast (The Lane)
8:30 am SESSION FOUR (Room 150)
Devotional
Address: Effective Teaching Across Disciplines and Platforms (Janet Black, Colorado Christian University
9:40 Break
10:00 am SESSION FIVE (Various Rooms)
Identifying and Pursuing Your Unique Contribution as a Professor (Michael Bryant, Charleston Southern University) Room 237
Honors Programs, Chuck Fuller (Anderson University)
Faithful Education: Learning from the College of the Ozarks (Paige Ray and Geoff Akers, College of the Ozarks) Room 239
Land Center Research Project (Daniel Darling) Room 250
11:15 am Break
11:30 am Lunch
12:45 pm SESSION FIVE (Room 150)
Address: Christian Worldview and Christian Education (Gregg Allison)
1:45 pm Break
2:15 pm SESSION SIX (Various Rooms)
Discipline-Specific Conversations
Sciences and Healthcare (Jan Foster, North Greenville University)
Business (Rick Martinez, Dallas Baptist University)
Music and the Arts (Jeremy Buckner, Carson-Newman University)
Humanities (Jonathan Arnold, Cedarville University)
Education (Jacquelynn Pleis, Charleston Southern University)
Bible, Theology, and Philosophy (John Basie, Impact 360)
3:30 Break
4:00 pm SESSION SEVEN (Various Rooms)
Spiritual Formations (Aaron Lumpkin, Missouri Baptist)
Reading Groups (Donny Mathis, North Greenville)
Importance of Colleagueship and Community
5:00 Break
5:15 Dinner
6:30 SESSION EIGHT (Room 150)
Distinctive Service in Christian Higher Education Contexts:
-Serving as a Faculty Member (Jeff Green, Arizona Christian University) – Room 150
-Serving as an Academic Leader (Tom Cornman, Corban University) – Room 250
7:45 Adjourn
FRIDAY, MAY 24
7:15 am Breakfast
8:30 am SESSION NINE
Devotional
Panel Discussion: "Artificial Intelligence: The Opportunities and Challenges of Technology"
(Michael Arena, Dean, Biola University; John Dyer, Vice President, Dallas Theological Seminary;
Adam Dodd, Vice President, Southwestern Seminary; Justin Gandy, Dallas Baptist University; Daniel Darling, (Panel Moderator)
9:45 am Break
10:15 SESSION TEN
Panel Discussion: Teaching, Scholarship, Spiritual Formation, and Church
(Ralph Enlow, Nathan Finn, Madison Grace, Melinda Stephens, Gregg Allison)
11:30 am ADJOURN