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Student
discussions provide opportunities for professional students to
engage in faculty-led discussions on a variety of topics that
have moral or ethical relevance. Internet privacy, AIDS and Africa,
and end-of-life issues are among some the issues that have been
examined.
Student
Discussions, Professions in Crises
Student Discussions, Professions and Privacy
Professions and Society Course
CTP Student Retreat
STUDENT
DISCUSSION SERIES: PROFESSIONALS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Becoming a
“professional” has its rewards. It also has its obligations
and duties to the wider society. Truth be told, often the rewards
are found in the fulfillment of our professional obligations.
This spring, the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the
Professions has invited young leaders in their professions who
are striving to put their professional education to work for the
social good. These are leaders in developing solutions to deep
social problems. Their efforts enrich the lives of many. Please
come and participate in these discussions, whose focus is on this
question: How can our professional education make a real difference
in the world?
- Project
Pyramid: Global Poverty Alleviate Program
The panel
features students from the Owen Graduate School of Management
and Vanderbilt Divinity School, and the discussion will focus
on the basics of Project Pyramid, the significance of interdisciplinary
conversation and collaboration between the professional schools,
and how the program has shaped their vacational goals.
Date: Wednesday,
April 11, 5:00 -7:00 pm
Location:
Divinity School, Room G-23
Pizza and
soda will be provided.
History
of Project Pyramid:
In the spring
of 2006, just weeks before the end of school, 11 MBA students
and one faculty member from the Owen Graduate School of Management
developed the plan for an organization dedicated to global poverty
alleviation. In the Spring of 2007, 50-plus students from Owen
and Divinity enrolled in the course "Project Pyramid: Business
Applications and Innovations for Alleviating Poverty."
At the end of the course, a group of 21 students traveled with
three faculty members to Hyderabad, India for a 10-day study
of poverty. In the future, Project Pyramid plans to target the
future leaders of business, education, law, medicine, and religion
through Vanderbilt graduate, professional, and undergraduate
students.
REGISTER
Information
about our past student events (2004-2006)
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Professions
and Society is a trans-institutional course that engages professional
students in critical reflection of their intended profession and
places it within a broader social context. The students learn
about their own profession, including the overlapping concerns
they may have with professionals from other fields, as they engage
with the faculty from the University's Law School, Owen Graduate
School of Management, the Divinity School, School of Nursing and
School of Medicine. The specific focus of the course varies each
year.
Syllabus,
Spring 2006
Syllabus,
Spring 2005
Syllabus,
Fall 2003
For additional information about the course, please contact Graham
Reside, Executive Director, at (615) 322-4491 or
graham.reside@vanderbilt.edu.
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The
student retreat is an innovative event that brings together a
select group of students and faculty from Vanderbilt's professional
schools for two intense days of engagement with each other. An
underlying premise is that for individuals to be effective moral
leaders within their own profession, they need to understand the
challenges facing their own and other professions as well as be
familiar with the assumptions and perspectives held by professionals
in other fields. Faculty from each of the participating schools
lend their expertise and insight as they challenge students to
address a range of issues facing the professions.
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See
pictures from the CTP retreat
Vanderbilt
Register Article on the 2004 retreat
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