Past Valor Institute Events

Led by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Assistant Professor at the University of Dallas

Led by Dr. Benedict Whalen of Hillsdale College, the Valor Institute’s College Program offers collegiate Juniors and Seniors the opportunity to spend a week in Austin, TX immersed in study, friendship, and the natural world.

Led by Maria Fedoryka, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Ave Maria University

Led by Andrew Moran, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chair of English at the University of Dallas.

The Valor Institute Hosts Dana Gioia

Valor’s Annual Winter Symposium, with Keynote Speaker Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD., President of the University of Dallas. Dr. Sanford will speak on Plato's Apology.

Led by Dr. Jason Baxter, the Valor Institute’s College Program will offer collegiate Juniors and Seniors the opportunity to spend a week in Austin, TX immersed in study of Dante’s Purgatorio.

Valor’s Annual Fall Symposium, with Keynote Speaker Daniel Coupland, Dean of Hillsdale’s Graduate School of Education. Readings for the event include “Beauty and the Beast” and selections from Vigen Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue.

The annual Valor Fall Symposium, with Keynote Speaker Dr. James Matthew Wilson. Seminar readings include T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” and Josef Pieper’s Tradition.