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Institute for Honor Symposium

Food, Housing, and Health: Exploring Corporate Impact on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the Shenandoah Valley Schedule of Events

Friday, March 14

3:00-3:50 PM Program Registration
(Early-Fielding Lobby)
4:10 PM Doors Open for the Institute for Honor Keynote Address
(Stackhouse Theater)
4:30 PM Welcome
Dennis Cross, Acting Director of Lifelong Learning
4:35 PM Program Welcome and Introductions
Kish Parella, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Law
4:45 PM Keynote Address: “The Sustainable Transformation of Our Global Food Systems: An Imperative for the Survival of Whom?"
Ambassador Ertharin Cousin
5:45-6:45 PM Institute for Honor Reception
(Evans)
6:45-7:45 PM Institute for Honor Dinner
(Evans)

Saturday, March 15

8:30-9:00 AM
 Continental Breakfast
(Elrod Commons Atrium)
  Expert Conversations
Moderator: Kish Parella
(Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons)
9:00-9:45 AM Housing: A Conversation with Lindsey Perez, Executive Director of Rockbridge Area Relief Association
9:45-10:00 AM Break 15 min
(Elrod Commons Atrium)
10:00-10:45 AM Education: A Conversation with Tim Diette, Provost, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Economics and Business at Hampden-Sydney College, and former Executive Director of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty
10:45-11:00 AM Break 15 min
(Elrod Commons Atrium)
11:00-11:45 AM Health: A Conversation with Holly Ostby, Community Health Improvement Program Manager, Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital
11:45 AM-12:00 PM  Break 15 min
(Elrod Commons Atrium)
12:00-12:30 PM  Panel Discussion
12:30-1:30 PM Luncheon with additional speakers
(Evans)

*The history of previous Institute for Honor Symposium titles and speakers is available upon request. Please contact the Office of Lifelong Learning for a copy.