Just in time for
Valentine’s Day, the Virginia Wesleyan community is invited to explore
love as it relates to the liberal arts as part of the University's
eighth annual "Love Liberally" event. In this special campus-wide
series, which begins this week and continues through February 22, our
faculty and staff members are opening their doors for special lectures
and activities that explore the concept of love through their own
disciplinary lens. Presentations and activities include:
Blind Date with a Book and Love Your Library
Hofheimer Library Interactive Activities
For the Love of Algebra: What's the Common Factor?
Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics
Sappho’s Woman-Centered Love
Michael Hall, Lambuth M. Clarke Professor of English
Free Valentine’s Day Cards (Make Someone a Valentine)
Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
Love as Extramarital Fun: Ovid's Amores 4
Michael Hall, Lambuth M. Clarke Professor of English
The Grammar You Love to Use vs. the Grammar You Used to Love (or Hate)
Carol Johnson, Associate Professor of English
Love in Two Oscar-Winning Best Pictures: It Happened One Night and Gone with the WindKathy Merlock Jackson, Professor of Communication
Followed by a showing of Casablanca
I Love 3D Printing: A 3D Printing Open House
Kathy Ames, Lecturer in Mathematics
The Ancient World's Greatest Love Story: Ovid's Orpheus and Eurydice
Michael Hall, Lambuth M. Clarke Professor of English
Puppy LoveKathy Stolley, Professor of Sociology
With guest presenter Caitlin Sierra and canine co-presenters from Four Paws Inn and Canine Training Unlimited
Thank
you to Denise Wilkinson, Associate Dean for Innovative Teaching and
Engaged Learning, members of the INTEL Committee, and participating
faculty and staff for bringing this dynamic event to our campus each
year.
More information and scheduling details for these special events is available at: www.vwu.edu/about-us/president-and-leadership/pdfs/LoveLiberally2018.pdf
