IACE 2025 Faculty Development Conference
RILEY CONFERENCE CENTER | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | MAY 21-23, 2025
Wednesday, MAY 21
1:30 pm Registration and Check-in
3:30 pm SESSION ONE (Room 150)
Welcome
Hymns of Praise
Affirming Our Faith
Devotional
Address: “Faith, Teaching, and Learning” (Matt Hall and Chris Leland, Biola University)
4:45 pm Break
5:15 pm Dinner (The Lane)
6:15 pm SESSION TWO (Room 150)
Address: “Research, Writing, Publication: Book Reviews, Articles, and Books”
(Tommy Kidd, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)
7:30 pm Adjourn
THURSDAY, MAY 22
7:15 am Breakfast (The Lane)
8:30 am SESSION THREE (Room 150)
Devotional
Address: “Teaching Effectiveness” (Leah Zuidema, Dordt University)
9:50 am Break
10:15 am Breakout Sessions (Room assignments TBD)
“Teaching, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence”
“Student Life, Student Formation, and the Hidden Curriculum”
“Reading Groups”
“Spiritual Formation”
“Honors Programs”
11:10 am Break
11:30 am Lunch (The Lane)
1:00 pm SESSION FOUR (Room 150)
Address: “The Place of Academic Freedom at a Faithful Christ-Centered Institution
(Melinda Stephens, Geneva College)
2:10 Break
2:30 pm Discipline-Specific Conversations
(Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Business, Education, Healthcare, Social Sciences
Biblical, Theological and Philosophical Studies, and Student Life)
3:40 pm “A Faculty Development Case Study” (Academic Leadership at Dallas Theological Seminary)
4:45 pm Break
5:15 pm Dinner (The Lane)
6:15 pm SESSION FIVE
“Conversations with Newer Faculty” (Riley 150)
“Conversations Regarding Academic Leadership” (Riley 250)
“Conversations Regarding the Work of Student Life” (Riley 243)
7:30 pm Adjourn
FRIDAY, MAY 23
7:15 am Breakfast (The Lane)
8:30 am SESSION SIX (Room 150)
Devotional
Address: “Faculty and Institutional Identity” (Thomas Mach, Cedarville University)
9:45 am Break
10:15 am
Address: “Christian Worldview and Christian Higher Education” (Mark Eckel, Liberty University)
11:30 am Closing Prayer
Adjourn