CKF Grant Recipient Named Finalist For National Teaching Award Chris Surprenant, associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Orleans, has been named a finalist for Questia’s “Most Valuable Professors” award. The national contest asked students to nominate “professors who have had the biggest impact on their education.” Surprenant is the director and founder … Continued
Philanthropy Roundtable Highlights CKF’s Well-Being Work Philanthropy Roundtable profiled a few of the Foundation’s efforts to explore and understand an important question – what drives societal well-being? As part of this work, the Foundation has supported opportunities for students with some of higher education’s leading institutions including UNCF, the Catholic University of America, and Fayetteville … Continued
Hope College’s Markets and Morality Group Receives Grant Hope College’s Markets and Morality group has received a grant to support programming and outreach. The grant will provide opportunities for students to attend conferences and expand the guest speaker and film programs. Founded in 2013, Markets and Morality has seen strong interest from students as it … Continued
Students at High Point University created a new application that allows iPads to communicate without using an internet connection. The students’ work was part of the university’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Works program that helps students develop skills for their future careers. One creator of the application, Reza Moghtaderi Esfahani, said the experience helped him … Continued
Arizona State University announced this month the launch of a new center. The Center for Political Thought and Leadership, headed by Professor Donald T. Critchlow, will focus on issues such as the foundations of civic engagement and “will encourage community involvement, create a network to foster students’ careers, and provide a path for scholars to … Continued
Winston-Salem State Students Study Abroad Business students at Winston-Salem State University were given the opportunity to travel to China as part of the program’s study of international economies and how those countries compare with the United States. The students met with local business leaders and visited manufacturing plants to better understand the factors driving the … Continued
Research Fellowship Provides Student Opportunity to Study Poverty-Relief Programs The Idaho Press-Tribune reports Jeremy Vanderpool received a research fellowship to study the relationship between church poverty-relief programs and economic freedom. Read the full article.
Economics Club at Ball State University Hosts Lecture on Karl Marx Scholar Peter Mentzel recently gave a lecture on Karl Marx to students in Ball State University’s Economics Club. In preparation for the lecture, students had read passages from The Communist Manifesto. Faculty adviser Cecil Bohanon described the event as a “convivial setting” in which students … Continued
Trinity University’s “Professional Ethics Speakers Series” featured a discussion on intellectual property in spring 2013. Jan Narvesor, professor at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), introduced students to a range of philosophical ideas on property and encouraged them to consider the challenges when applying these ideas to modern debates. Steve Luper, chair of Trinity’s philosophy … Continued
Grant to Produce Documentary on America’s Founding Actor Morgan Freeman and singer Kenny Rogers lend their voices to a new documentary, “We The People”. The short film, sponsored by a coalition of businesses and foundations, recounts America’s founding. As part of the project’s filming, Kansas City’s Union Station displayed historical documents including first-edition copies of … Continued
