This post is a reminder about the Grad Fellowship workshop this weekend that we’ve given the fancy title of the Spring Symposium on Scholarship. The purpose of the event is simple, and so is its format. Being a Christian in a secular graduate school raises the unique challenge and opportunity of doing good academic work while bearing faithful witness to Christ. The workshop Saturday will feature four presentations from Christian grad students that illuminate these challenges and opportunities.

They are:

--Jamie Watson, from the FSU philosophy department, will make a presentation on “The Beast in Me: Morality and the Problem of Evil in Johnny Cash’s Music” taken from material he’s preparing for publication.

--Lindsey Harrington will present on her research into the Santa Clara Monastery of Havana during the Cuban Revolution.

--Mara Ginnane, from the American Studies program, will present “Under the Knife: A Personal Struggle with Feminism and Christianity.”

--Matt Harrington will present on "The Worke Wee May Doe in the
World: Justifying a 17th Century Preemptive War."

Here are some other important specifics:

--The event lasts from 10AM-3PM this Saturday in the fellowship hall at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church. St. Peters is at 901 Thomasville Rd. You get there from campus by turning right on Monroe from Tennessee Street and turning right onto Thomasville Rd. at the Y intersection by the Prince Murat Hotel. Further directions and parking information is at http://www.saint-peters.net/directions.

--Bagels, donuts & coffee will be available in the morning plus a full lunch of Publix subs and salad at 12.

--There will be a $3 fee per person to cover costs payable to me.

Please please RSVP if you are coming, but we won’t turn you away if you just show up.

--jwoodham@gfmse.org