The Acton Institute’s annual Acton University conference kicked off on June 12, 2012 with an evening plenary session featuring a conversation with public intellectual, author, and former US Ambassador Michael Novak.
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Tuesday was the first official day of Acton University. I made my way around the Acton office and DeVos Convention Center capturing photos of the initial registration and arrival of participants. Stay tuned for more posts about Acton University.
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- A view of Grand Rapids from the DeVos Convention Center
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- A view of the DeVos Convention Center
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- A view of the Grand River next to the DeVos Convention Center
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- Charles hands participants their papers
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- Charles the intern marks the path for participants
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- Dan mans the Acton front desk
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- Elise conquering social media
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- Elise makes additional chalk signals
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- Elly speaks with participants
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- Intern Bryan works on getting things together
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- Intern David tends participant folders
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- Intern John works on folders
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- Intern Krisztina works on folders
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- Interns proved themselves by marking up pavement
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- Joe Carter, Dylan Pahman, and Jordan Ballor prepare for dinner at AU
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- Joe hands participants their papers
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- Kara directs the DeVos staff
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- Kishore Jayabalan mingles with AU participants
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- Kresta In the Afternoon live from Acton University
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- Kris Mauren speaks with AU participants
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- Michelle helps participants
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- Our helpful signs tell participants what’s happening
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- Our important room signs
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- Our sign before it gets hung
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- Participants arrive at AU
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- Participants review their folders
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- Participants review their papers
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- Ray holding down the fort
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- Rev. Robert Sirico speaks with Acton’s Michael Severance from Rome
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- Samuel Gregg and Ray Nothstine discuss AU
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- The DeVos Convention Center as participants arrive
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- The registration booth before everyone arrives
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- Tom sets up the book shop
This is a huge week for us here at Acton. The annual Acton University kicks off tonight and runs through Friday with more than 700 attendees expected from dozens of countries. I’ll be blogging some of the scenes from this amazing event, starting with yesterday’s “prep rally” and breakfast at our offices in Grand Rapids. Stay tuned for more great postings on AU here on the PowerBlog and be sure to follow the Twitter feed on the right hand sidebar. If you’re at the event, make sure you connect with everyone with the #ActonU hashtag.
Are you attending the 2012 Acton University conference? If so, I can only hope that you are as excited as I am about all of the wonderful things we have planned for the event. To get your mind in gear for the conference, why not participate in a Q&A session with a member of Acton’s staff?
The deadline to register for the 2012 Acton University conference is this Friday, May 18! This means that you have less than five days to visit university.acton.org to finish that application you started a few days ago.
You only have a few days left to visit the website and register for the 2012 Acton University conference – the registration deadline is next Friday, May 18. Guided by distinguished, international faculty, Acton University is a four day experience (June 12-15) held in Grand Rapids, Mich. During the conference, our goal is to offer you an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and integrate rigorous philosophy, Christian theology and sound economics. If you have ever had the opportunity to attend Acton University, I’m sure that you’ll agree that it is a life-changing experience. If you haven’t had the chance to attend in the past, make this the year that you do!
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Journalist Matt Lewis recently talked to talked to Dr. Victor V. Claar about the rise of envy in economics. You can listen to the audio below.
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At last summer’s Acton University conference, one of the evening key note lectures included Diet Eman, a Grand Rapids resident and one of the leaders of the World War II Dutch resistance. As a 20-year-old bank teller in the Netherlands in 1940, Diet dove into underground activities, doing anything she could to protect Jews from the deadly Nazi advance. She, along with a small minority of ordinary Dutch citizens, bravely put their lives on the line to preserve human life and dignity.
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Acton Institute is pleased to announce both the opening of registration for the 2012 Acton University (AU), and the launch of AU Online, a new internet-based educational resource for exploring the intellectual foundations of a free and virtuous society.
Read more on Acton University Registration Opens, Plus AU Online Launches…
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