In many different ways, Lilly Network colleges and universities intend that the Christian identities of their institutions should shape their undergraduates' experience—that students should be somehow formed by the faith commitments of their schools.
We hear anecdotally about how this happens, in the classroom and beyond. But what would we learn from more systematic analysis? How do undergraduates experience their own intellectual and social enlargement in relation to faith commitment? Are young people indeed exploring how their professional and personal paths intersect with faith-informed narratives? Are their patterns of church affiliation affected by what they learn or do as students?
Join us at Westmont College September 27-29, 2024 for "Hearts and Minds: Undergraduate Spiritual and Intellectual Development at Lilly Network Institutions," hosted by Westmont's Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts. The centerpiece of the conference will be a new study, commissioned by the Lilly Network and implemented by Springtide Research Institute, that investigates the intellectual-religious experience of undergraduates at Lilly member schools. Springtide's director, Tricia Bruce, will present findings from that study, Fuller Seminary's Steve Argue will provide additional framing about young-adult development, and a panel of religious-life professionals drawn from Lilly campuses will give a snapshot of what they've seen with their students.
Registration closes on August 13, 2024, or when the conference's capacity has been reached. This event is open to representatives from Lilly Network schools only.
