DECEMBER 2016: RENEWAL EDITION
Heather Jarvis Returns
Heather Jarvis, Student Loan Expert, returns to Iliff for the Renewal Conference, February 6-8, 2017. Jarvis will present on February 6th. Individual consultations with Jarvis are available, by first-come and first-served advanced appointment, included with Renewal Conference registration. Don't forget to use Promo Code "ALUM" to save $100 OFF of the regular registration fee.

Read more about Jarvis here.
Dr. Tracee Keesee
Dr. Tracee L. Keesee is Deputy Commissioner of Training for the New York City Police Department. Keesee will give a plenary lecture based on her knowledge and experience in law enforcement, her innovative work in improving community/law enforcement relations, and her commitment to developing and tailoring the latest training methodologies for more than 50,000 uniformed and civilian members of the NYPD.  

Dr. Tim Beal   
In one of the plenary sessions of the conference, Tim Beal will present his lecture, "It's the End of the Word! Or, What I've Learned this Year While Hanging Out at Iliff." He'll talk about his time with the new Experimental Humanities @ Iliff project meeting at Iliff's Taylor Library. He'll discuss the ways that religious studies has met Natural Language Processing in his work.

Micah Bazant
Micah Bazant is a visual artist who works with social justice movements to make change look irresistible. They create art inspired by struggles to decolonize ourselves from white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism, and the gender binary, and by ways of reimagining ourselves in right relation to the planet in the face of climate change. Micah is also an anti-zionist jew and identifies as trans, gender non conforming, and timtum (one of six traditional jewish gender categories). Bazant will be coming to Renewal to teach conference participants how to listen to and ally with communities who have been marginalized. 

See Bazant's work here
Familiar Faces Bring New Message
Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding will present a workshop, "Drawing from Ancestral Wells: Resources of Spirit, Creativity and Activism in African Diaspora Religions."

Read more about Harding here.




Dr. Richard Ward will be the preacher for chapel service on the first day of the conference. He will also lead a homiletics workshop and then, provide his wisdom on a panel.

Read more about Ward  here
Poet and Preacher Alumni Presenters
Dale Fredrickson (MDiv '06), a pastor, preacher and poet, and Daniel Klawitter (MDiv, '02), an actor, preacher and poet, will present a homiletics workshop, "Now Comes the Poet." 
Adjunct Faculty and Staff Presenters
Jane Vennard will present a workshop centered around spiritual formation issues and strengthening people who work in social justice.




Our creative team of Iliff Information Professionals from the Experimental Humanities @ Iliff team, Michael Hemenway, Micah Saxton, Justin Barber, and Elizabeth Coody will be leading the collaborative workshop "translating our legacy with technology," part of their work this year on programming and Natural Language Processing.
 
Student Presenters/Responder
Faculty Presenters
Come and hear some of our elite faculty, again, for the first time.
  • Pamela Eisenbaum, Mark George, Cathie Kelsey, and Jacob Kinnard will speak of transforming a legacy in the way we read and interpret sacred texts.
  • Eunjoo Kim, Jennifer Leath, Jeffrey Mahan and Richard Ward will participate in a panel intended to provide a post-election response. 

     
Registration includes:
  • Opportunity to learn from all of these provocative speakers, presenters, preachers, and fellow registrants
  • Open Space returns in a more authentic format for you to improvise and participate in workshops of your own making. 
  • First-come first-served individual appointments with Student Loan Advocate Heather Jarvis
  • Super Bowl Alumni ReMembering Party
  • Scholar Book Fair with Heavy Refreshments Reception
  • Alumni Celebration Brunch
  • Unique and Unconventional Worship
  • Jameson Jones Worship Service and Community Meal
  • Personally-customized Open Space Sessions
  • Free Parking
  • Opportunity to earn CEU credit 

Renewal Conference space is limited. The Promo code "ALUM" saves you $100 OFF of the regular registration fee.

Register Here and Be Sure to Use Promo Code: ALUM

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