Bryan Calendar - Bryan College Events

Thanksgiving Break - The break begins Wednesday, November 25, and students return to campus on Sunday, November 29, 2009. The college is closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 2009.

Pre-registration for the Spring 2010 semester begins on Monday, November 2, 2009, and it continues through November 13, 2009.

Pre-registration for the Spring 2010 semester continues through November 13, 2009.

Pre-registration for the Spring 2010 semester continues through November 13.

Pre-registration for the Spring 2010 semester continues through Novmeber 13.

Pre-registration ends on this day, Friday, November 13, 2009.

What if Scripture is meant to actually be alive and help us to be alive? What might life be like if I actually met God in the pages of the ancient text? What if studying Scripture were less about analyzing a book and more about engaging in an awesome conversation? What if Scripture mattered to my soul? These are some of the questions that Drs. Jud Davis and Drew Randle will be addressing as we explore ancient (and contemporary) ways that the people of God have interacted with Him through Scripture in order to aid in our own souls’ quest to know God intimately. As a retreat CLF, we’ll have some awesome times together over coffee during the weekend of Nov. 6-8.

Formerly known as the "Bryan Film Lecture Series," this year's "Story & Craft Series" will embrace the multi-disciplinary arts that come together to produce a film. These events will be held at Create Here, 55 East Main Street, Suite 105, Chattanooga, TN 37408. Guest speaker: Bill Mallonee, Paste Magazine puts him #65 in the “100 Greatest Living Songwriter’s Poll.” The New York Press calls him the “best folk-rock act nobody’s heard of." Bill will come sing his songs and then talk to us about Faith, Art, and Cultural Relevance and the Christian Artist. The session emphasizes that in order for filmmakers to be better cultural story tellers, they must know their culture better, and film is a multi-disciplinary art.

Formerly known as the "Bryan Film Lecture Series," this year's "Story & Craft Series" will embrace the multi-disciplinary arts that come together to produce a film. These events will be held at Create Here, 55 East Main Street, Suite 105, Chattanooga, Tn 37408. Guest speaker; Pinckney Benedict is called by Joyce Carol Oates “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation.” Pinckney is a novelist and scriptwriter who is currently working on a script with Francis Coppola and will be talking to us via Skype.

Coffee, Cookies, and Composition will take place in the Academic Support Center in the library. This event will begin at 7:30 P.M. and end at 10:00 P.M.

Contact person: Miss Pamela Davis

Jud Davis in Mercer 139

Theological reasons for negative elements in pre-Fall creation? God's use of negative elements in a "very good" creation

Discussion led by Todd Wood in Mercer 139.

Topic: Molen. 2009. The evolution of the horse. Journal of Creation 23:59-63.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Dr. Robert Brabenec received a B.S. in mathematics from Wheaton College in 1960 and a doctorate in mathematics with a specialty in analysis from the Ohio State University in 1964. He has taught mathematics at Wheaton College for 45 years. During this time he has developed a special interest in the history of mathematics and especially the foundational ideas in the development of mathematics since 1600. Dr. Brabenec has had sabbaticals at Cambridge University in England and at the University of Virginia, and he presently is taking a sabbatical to visit fifteen colleges to present lectures and lead discussions on topics from the foundations of mathematics. These will be presented in an historical context and will include connections to Christian faith where appropriate.

9:00 A.M. Dr. Simpson's Real Analysis Class, Mercer 133 - "Cantor's Theory of the Infinite"

12:00 - 2:00 P.M. - Lunch in the Bryan dining room - opportunity for students/faculty to interact with Dr. Brabenec

2:00 P.M. - Dr. Lestmann's Linear Algebra Class, Mercer 133 - "Some Important Algebraic Structures"

5:30 P.M. - Dinner in the dining room

7:30 P.M. - Main floor of the Bryan library: "An Historical Overview of Mathematics"

Dr. Bob Brabenec will interact/speak as follows:

11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. - Rhea County Room in the dining room - Informal interaction with students on philosophy of mathematics

4:15 P.M. - Mercer 242 - "The Axiomatic Method"

5:30 P.M.- Rhea County Room - banquet with Science Division faculty and a few invited guests

7:30 P.M. - Main floor of the Bryan library - "Thinking Philosophically about Mathematics"

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. Walt Jackson, Goldman Sachs managing director and Bryan alum will speak on the topic, "Financing on a Global Scale: An Overview of the Investing and Lending in the Current Financing Environment." More details...

This dessert is a by-invitation-only event for new interns of the Acts Project for spring/summer 2010.

Friday, November 6, 4:00 P.M., in the Rhea County Room, six students will be inducted into Sigma Beta Delta. These students are Olivia Pool, Faith Martin, Stephen Russell, Heather Jones, Brian Mullennix, and Amy Whisman. Sigma Beta Delta is an international business honor society with 225 member chapters. The purposes of Sigma Beta Delta are to encourage and recognize scholarship and achievement among students of business, management and administration, and to encourage and promote personal and professional improvement and a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind. Membership in SBD is limited to juniors and senior business majors who are in the top 20% of their major. Faculty and administration participating in the program include Dr. Jeff Boyce, President Stephen Livesay, Dr. William Lay, Academic Vice President Dr. Bradford Sample and student Kevin Anderson.

Eva Havelkova, Director of the Slovak Non-governmental Platform for NGOs, Director of the Jan Hus Foundation, and former Third Secretary of the permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the United Nations at Geneva will address the topic of human trafficking as follows:

4:00 pm, Lecture for Worldview Initiative: “A 2009 Update on the World of Human Trafficking” Mercer 116

5:30 pm, Lecture for SSTOP: “Insights into Human Trafficking, Case Studies” Rhea County Room

7:00 pm, Class Lecture: “A Global Perspective on the Abuse of Women and Children” Mercer 139

Eva Havelkova, Director of the Slovak Non-governmental Platform for NGOs, Director of the Jan Hus Foundation, and former Third Secretary of the permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the United Nations at Geneva will address the topic of human trafficking as follows:

“A Global Perspective on the Abuse of Women and Children” Mercer 128

The Bryan College Debate Team is a student-led parliamentary debate team that has been competing on a local, regional and national level for four years. We compete in approximately four tournaments a semester, with weekly team meetings. The Bryan College Debate Team exists because we believe that debate is an invaluable catalyst in rhetoric and persuasive communication, and that it effectively trains students to think critically and speak well on a variety of issues. The Debate Team is open to students with or without prior debate or public speaking experience.

November 20-22 - Porch Swing, Carson Newman, Jefferson City, TN

Porch Swing, Carson Newman, Jefferson City, TN

Dr. Scott Jones will be speaking on the topic, "Positive implications from the emerging church movement for postmodern adult Christian education." The meeting will be held in the Anderson annex classroom, and light refreshments will be served.

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