The John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship’s Center for L.I.F.E. (Leading the Integration of Faith and Entrepreneurship) in the Miami University Farmer School of Business is pleased to announce registration for the first-ever L.I.F.E. Teaching Conference on Faith & Entrepreneurship is OPEN.
The inaugural L.I.F.E. Teaching Conference will be held virtually on Thursday, November 7, 2024, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm EST (New York).
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-teaching-conference-tickets-1013933220557.
Building on the foundation of the successful L.I.F.E. Research Conference now in its fifth year, the 1st Annual L.I.F.E. Teaching Conference is one of the first international conferences to advance practical strategies that inspire, challenge, and equip students for purpose-driven work at the intersection of faith and entrepreneurship.
Key topics include:
✔️ Supporting students connecting their own values with their sense of calling and vocation.
✔️ Faith as a driver for understanding social issues and creating sustainable and impactful solutions.
✔️ Securing classroom resources from experts in faith and entrepreneurship so that you don’t have to go it alone.
✔️ The need to embrace faith as a key diversity measure.
A powerful lineup of speakers will share insights on how to bring faith and entrepreneurship into your curriculum, including:
👉 Dr. L Gregory Jones, President of Belmont University.
👉 Dr. David W. Miller, PhD, Director of the Faith and Work Initiative at Princeton University and author of the book "God at Work."
👉 Dr. Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Associate Director of Yale Center for Faith & Culture in the Yale Divinity School at Yale University.
👉 Kyle McManamy, Director of Strategic Projects in the Duke Divinity School at Duke University
Established at Miami University in 2018, the Center for L.I.F.E. was founded to provide practically-relevant knowledge at the intersection of faith and entrepreneurship. With more than $10 million in private donor funding, L.I.F.E’s academic scholarship and curricular pedagogy is open to all faiths and inter-faith examinations and builds on Miami University’s leadership position in interdisciplinary, practice-based entrepreneurship education and in the areas of social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Increasing interest in this area from schools nationwide.
The Center is led by Founding Executive Director Dr. Brett Smith, University Distinguished Professor and the Endowed Cintas Chair in Entrepreneurship, Cory Driver, Director, Tara Hoppe, Associate Director, and an experienced group of academic and business leaders from across the nation with faith and entrepreneurship backgrounds. For more information about the Center for L.I.F.E., visit https://lifemiamioh.com/.
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Tim R. Holcomb Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship
Director, John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship
Farmer School Endres Fellow
Miami University | Farmer School of Business
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