CCCU News

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As Christian Higher Education Month concludes and the Council counts down to the 2010 International Forum on Christian Higher Education, the CCCU recognizes the partnerships highlighted this month and their respective ties to the Forum.

World Vision president and CEO Richard Stearns will be the opening keynote speaker Wednesday night at the Forum, while Teach for America CEO Wendy Kopp will address attendees Friday morning. With Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum and Dr. Francis Collins rounding out the keynote speaker lineup, the Forum will be in the spirit of what Christian Higher Education aims to accomplish. In addition, the 2010 International Forum will be going green, with every attendee receiving a digital flash drive that will have materials from the keynote and topic sessions. The conference will be digital, from registration kiosks to signage.

Also, the Council is pleased to announce Lauren Winner and Tim Elmore as devotional leaders for the International Forum.

Lauren Winner writes and lectures widely on Christian practice, the history of Christianity in America, and Jewish-Christian relations at Duke Divinity School. She is the author of three books, Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture, and Christianity Today. Winner has degrees from Duke, Columbia, and Cambridge universities, and holds a Ph.D. in history. The former book editor for Beliefnet, Lauren teaches at Duke Divinity School, and lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Dr. Tim Elmore is the founder and president of Growing Leaders, a non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders and connect generations. Through Growing Leaders, he and his team are equipping middle school, high school and college students on hundreds of campuses across the U.S. and overseas to think and act like authentic, servant leaders. Dr. Elmore has authored more than twenty books, including the bestselling Habitudes: Images that form Leadership habits and attitudes, Life Giving Mentors and Nurturing the Leader within your Child.

For more about the International Forum, visit www.cccu.org/forum2010.

The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities is a higher education association of 180 intentionally Christ-centered institutions around the world. There are now 111 member campuses in North America and all are fully-accredited, comprehensive colleges and universities with curricula rooted in the arts and sciences. In addition, 69 affiliate campuses from 24 countries are part of the CCCU. The Council’s mission is to advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education and to help its institutions transform lives by faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth.

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