Sentences with phrase «first academic conference»

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I first met a witch at a secular academic conference, one decade after the tarot card incident.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Note that the East Region First Four matchup between the Radford Highlanders and Hampton Pirates will be a conference game next season, as the MEAC's top seed is moving to the Big South after this academic year wraps up.

Recipient of: Superintendent's Key Scholar Award, Honor Roll, Georgia Scholar, Optimist Club Essay Contest — First Place, National Latin Exam — Gold (Latin I, II, and III), Spirit of Learning Award, Academic Excellence Certificate, Academic Letter, Lamp of Knowledge, Georgia Certificate of Merit, Governor's Honors Program Nominee, Student of the Month, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, GHSA State Literary Competition Essay Writing — First Place Divisional, Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference and Leadership 56, Mock Trial Lawyer Award, Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Citizenship Award

Almost 50 years and many professional achievements later — including serving as the first principal of the first postsecondary institution in southeastern Nigeria and founding the International Conference on Thinking — Maxwell's academy in which both athletics and academics are emphasized is becoming a reality thanks to an invitation from the National Olympic Committee of Albania, a country that is among the 100 nations that have never won an Olympic medal.

The CEO of The Children's Guild, Dr. Andrew Ross kicked off the conference by introducing the «Kids First Movement,» the idea of teaching the whole child, not just from an academic perspective.

Other programming highlights of the fall include an exhibition curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, LUMA Fellow and CCS Bard Senior Academic Advisor, and Fionn Meade, Independent Curator, along with first - year CCS Bard students, at Family Business, Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni's exhibition space in New York City, opening on October 12, 2012; the CCS Bard Speakers Series, including Sarah Pierce, Gregg Bordowitz, and Julia Bryan - Wilson; and the Nova Benway Conference, Methods and Models: Experimental Education at the Hessel Museum of Art, on October 18, 2012.

The first manifestation of this work was in the context of an academic conference in Beirut in 1998, and the second in the context of an artist talk at the Ayloul Festival in Beirut in 1999.