Convocation with Jill Conklin | Feeding the Future

14 May 2024

Fri, May 10, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel Jill Conklin is the Director and Strategic Officer of Food for Soul, an international nonprofit organization founded …

Convocation with Pipo Nguyen-duy ’83 | A Dust of Life

6 May 2024

Fri, May 3, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel Pipo Nguyen-duy was born in Hue, Vietnam. Growing up within thirty kilometers of the demilitarized zone of…

Convocation with Pipo Nguyen Duy '83 Fri, May 3, 2024 • 10:50am - 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel

Convocation with Brian Sostek ’90 | “Fear, Failure, and Catastrophe: How To Talk with Strangers”

26 April 2024

Fri, April 26, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am • Skinner Memorial Chapel Brian Sostek, is a writer, choreographer, director, performer, and teacher who brings the best practices of his performing…

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Convocation with Fiona Hill | Navigating a World in Turmoil

22 April 2024

Fri, April 19, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel Fiona Hill is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the…

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Convocation with Alex Weber | Unstoppable Leadership

12 April 2024

Fri, April 12, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am • Skinner Memorial Chapel * Please note this presentation will not be posted on Youtube.  With his contagious positive energy, Alex Weber…

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Convocation with Françoise Baylis | Altered Inheritance: The Era of Designer Babies

8 April 2024

Fri, April 5, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel Françoise Baylis CM, ONS, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, FISC is Distinguished Research Professor  Emerita, Dalhousie University, Canada. She…

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Convocation with Steve Hanson | OUR TIME IS NOW 

2 April 2024

Fri, March 29, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am • Skinner Memorial Chapel Steve Hanson is a man on a mission. He is determined to open a dialogue that welcomes candid conversations…

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Convocation with Mayor Jaylen Smith

23 February 2024

Fri, February 23, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am • Skinner Memorial Chapel Jaylen Smith, a native of Earle, Arkansas, for 18 years is the newly elected Mayor of the city of…

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Convocation with Gin Hammond ’93

16 February 2024

Fri, February 16, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am • Skinner Memorial Chapel Gin Hammond is a Harvard University/Moscow Art Theatre MFA graduate and a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework™.…

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Convocation with Dudley Edmondson

12 February 2024

Fri, February 9, 2024 • 10:50am – 11:50am • Skinner Memorial Chapel Dudley Edmondson: Filmmaker, Photographer, Author, Filmmaker, Motivational Speaker and Advocate of Nature As a young boy, Dudley Edmondson…

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