Coffee and bagels served at every class
Back to the Future: Justices, The U.S. Supreme Court, and the Constitution
Larry Stratton
July 10, 11:15AM
Assembly Room
This course will review the major cases of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015–16 term, the jurisprudential trends on the Court in the wake of the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia and President Obama’s nomination of Federal Appellate Judge Merrick Garland to replace him, and the future of the Court and American Constitutional Law.
Larry Stratton is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Constitutional Law and Director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership at Waynesburg University. He has taught courses relating to ethics and law at the University of Pennsylvania, Pepperdine, Villanova, and Drew Universities and Georgetown University Law Center. While pursuing his M.Div. and Ph.D. he was a teaching fellow at Nassau Presbyterian Church and served as a member of the Adult Education Committee.
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Unconventional Conventions; Thank You, William Wirt
Mark Herr
July 17, 11:15AM
Assembly Room
Other countries have conventions, party conferences and caucuses, but only the US has caucuses, primaries and conventions. Is this any way to run a railroad?
Mark Herr is a Managing Director, Head of Corporate Communications of Point72 Asset Management, L.P. He is responsible for creating and overseeing the firm’s enterprisewide
internal and external communications strategy and operations. Previously, Mr. Herr was a member of the administration of New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, serving as he
Director and Assistant Attorney General in charge of New Jersey’s Division of Consumer affairs and Bureau of Securities. Mark is a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church.
Talking Heads: “And you may ask yourself / Well… How did I get here?”
Mark Herr
July 24, 11:15AM
Assembly Room
The only thing less stable than this year’s electorate is a Donald Trump–Elizabeth Warren Twitter war. Never in the history of modern politics have the two party’s major candidates been so reviled by so many. To paraphrase the political sage, Pogo, have we met the enemy and he is us?
Doing Theology in Central America Today
Karla Koll
July 31, 11:15AM
Assembly Room
Churches in Central America face escalating violence, increasing economic inequality, and environmental degradation. The Latin American Biblical University trains leaders to confront these challenges. Learn how liberation theology continues to evolve and inform ongoing struggles for more just societies.
A mission co-worker of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Karla Koll has worked in theological
education in Central America for more than two decades. She holds a Ph.D. in Mission, ecumenics, and the History of Religions from Princeton Theological Seminary.
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