The 2018 Hancock Symposium starts today at Westminster College in Fulton. This year's theme is: "Creativity and Innovation: Imagining Our Way into the Future."
Today's schedule
9-9:20 a.m.- Opening of 2018 HSWC: Dr. Nate Leonard (Champ Auditorium)
9:20-10:15 a.m. - Plenary Session 1
Dr. Barbara Kerr, Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Kansas: "Bottled Lightning: The Psychology of Creative People" (Cha.m.p Auditorium)
10:30-11:30 a.m. - Executive Session 1
Ashley Tate, Founder & Artistic Director, Ashleyliane Dance Company: "Community in Creativity: Dance as a Unifying Art Form" (Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall)
Gina Shannon, Assistant Director, Clinical Skills Progra.m., Emory University School of Medicine: "Giving the Gift: Applying Improvisation to Healthcare Simulation" (Church of St. Mary)
11:45 a.m. - Lunch (Backer Dining Room/Marsh-Jones Dining Room)
1:30-2:30 p.m. - Breakout Session 1 (Coulter Science Center)
Gabe Fleisher, Editor-In-Chief, Wake Up to Politics: "Politics and Media in the Digital Age" (Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall)
One-on-One with Barbara Kerr, Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Kansas (CSC 239)
Mark Anastasio, Professor of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis: "Computational Methods for Modern Biomedical Imaging Systems" (CSC 138)
One-on-One with Ashley Tate, Founder and Artistic Director, Ashleyliane Dance Company (CSC 304)
Beth Snyder, Owner & Product Development, OneCanoeTwo: "Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mountains, and Canoes: The Creativity in Etsy Entrepreneurship" (CSC 206)
One-on-One with Gina Shannon, Assistant Director, Clinical Skills Program, Emory University School of Medicine (CSC 305)
Jane Mudd, Assistant Professor of Art, William Woods University: "Seeing Like an Artist" (CSC 126)
2:45-3:45 p.m. - Plenary Session 2
Sarah Lench, Chief Curiosity Officer, Center for Innovation in Education: "Beyond the Toothbrush Test: The 21st Century Imperative of Fostering the Creative Potential of Every Student in Every School" (Champ Auditorium)
4-5:30 p.m. - The National Churchill Museum's Special Relationship Project (Church of St. Mary)