Episode Topic: The Higher Calling of Education

As part of the Virtues & Vocations webinar series, Conversations on Character and the Common Good, we are pleased to welcome Laurie Patton to discuss The Higher Calling of Education. Dr. Patton is the 17th president of Middlebury, and the first woman to lead the institution in its over 200-year history. Before coming to Middlebury, Patton was the Dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Robert F. Durden Professor of Religion. Her scholarly interests are in the interpretation of early Indian ritual and narrative, comparative mythology, literary theory in the study of religion, and women and Hinduism in contemporary India. The live conversation will include time for audience questions.

Featured Speakers:

• Suzanne Shanahan is Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director and Professor of the Practice at Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns
• Laurie L. Patton is the 17th president of Middlebury, and the first woman to lead the institution in its 222-year history. Patton joined Middlebury in 2015 after serving as dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and as the Robert F. Durden Professor of Religion.

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Virtues & Vocations: Conversations on Character and the Common Good.

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