Wimps, Little Boys, or Pigs? Flowers, Princesses, or Skanks? Developing Healthy Masculinity & Femininity

-- John Stackhouse  bio

When "Jersey Shore", Hollywood blockbusters, and "Twilight" set the terms for gender among young people while the Eldredges and Driscolls set them for evangelicals, it's time to take another look at what it means to be a man and a woman. This session will probe the weird simultaneity of an anti-feminist backlash among evangelicals during a prolonged feminization of that form of Christianity. Can evangelicals find a way out of the mess that might offer hope to a broader culture at least as confused as we are?

A New Dimension in the Diversity Conversation: Race, Gender & Inclusivity

-- Diversity Task Force and Karen G. Marshall  bio(pdf)

Join the Diversity Task Force as they sponsor a workshop centered on having difficult, but necessary conversations around diversity. How can difficult conversations around equity and diversity become opportunities to build a more just inclusive environment?  How can we transform anger, embarrassment, frustration, cynicism or uncomfortable silence into a space for those engaged to be transformed?  Whether on campus in the classroom, administrative office, or faculty meeting there are things we can all learn to help manage these difficult conversations.  This workshop will center on having difficult, but necessary conversations around diversity. Key topics would be: listening and hospitality, courageous authenticity, and charting a path forward.  Whether you’re a resident director, programming coordinator, dean or vice president this workshop will expand your viewpoint on the topic of diversity at our Christian campuses.

Practicing and Teaching Mindfulness in College: Lessons from the Desert Elders, Clinic and Classroom

-- Dr. James Wilhoit  bio

Mindfulness is a cultivated disposition of being present to where we are. While this is an important interpersonal life skill it is basic to a life with God. This seminar looks at how we can grow in our being mindful and how we can cultivate this deeply Christian disposition in our students.

Developing Programs Based on StrengthsFinder Resources

-- Dr. Eileen Hulme  bio