Ethics symposium brings together students, professors
By: Meghan Kazer
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: News
DePauw University's Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics hosted students and professors from schools across the country to discuss various ethical issues April 3-5. The symposium began Thursday night and ended Saturday afternoon.
The weekend kicked off with a keynote lecture from DePauw visiting professor John Roth. Three more lectures took place throughout the weekend, as well as student writing workshops.
Students nationwide were given the opportunity to submit creative and non-creative pieces of writing covering issues of ethics including human rights, environmental issues, ethics of international relations and religion, among other subjects.
The institute placed this call for papers on Blister.com, and received a large turnout with over 60 submissions, said fifth-year Prindle Institute for Ethics intern Paddy McShane. She helped plan and execute the weekend's activities alongside the Faculty Advising Committee, Professor of English and chair of the committee Martha Rainbolt and Linda Clute, the assistant director of the institute.
After six DePauw faculty members read the papers, 25 undergraduate students were selected from across the country to participate. Thirteen students were accepted from DePauw, which translates into a little over one-third of the students who submitted work, said junior participant Beth Towle.
The other 12 students came from universities across the country including Lewis University, Claremont-McKenna, Calvin College, University of North Florida, University of Tennessee, Azusa Pacific, St. Edward's and Biola. The 25 students were invited to attend the weekend of workshops, lectures and dinners, Towle said.
A fellow student recommended to Towle that she submit some work, she said.
McShane said the setup for the weekend was composed of three groups. On Saturday, the students workshopped each other's writing in two sessions, three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. Writing topics included issues of ethics in the media, altruism and the application of ethics in every day life, Towle said.
The weekend kicked off with a keynote lecture from DePauw visiting professor John Roth. Three more lectures took place throughout the weekend, as well as student writing workshops.
Students nationwide were given the opportunity to submit creative and non-creative pieces of writing covering issues of ethics including human rights, environmental issues, ethics of international relations and religion, among other subjects.
The institute placed this call for papers on Blister.com, and received a large turnout with over 60 submissions, said fifth-year Prindle Institute for Ethics intern Paddy McShane. She helped plan and execute the weekend's activities alongside the Faculty Advising Committee, Professor of English and chair of the committee Martha Rainbolt and Linda Clute, the assistant director of the institute.
After six DePauw faculty members read the papers, 25 undergraduate students were selected from across the country to participate. Thirteen students were accepted from DePauw, which translates into a little over one-third of the students who submitted work, said junior participant Beth Towle.
The other 12 students came from universities across the country including Lewis University, Claremont-McKenna, Calvin College, University of North Florida, University of Tennessee, Azusa Pacific, St. Edward's and Biola. The 25 students were invited to attend the weekend of workshops, lectures and dinners, Towle said.
A fellow student recommended to Towle that she submit some work, she said.
McShane said the setup for the weekend was composed of three groups. On Saturday, the students workshopped each other's writing in two sessions, three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. Writing topics included issues of ethics in the media, altruism and the application of ethics in every day life, Towle said.
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