Past Valor Institute Events
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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 Dr. John Finley, Tutor at Thomas Aquinas College and Kingfisher Fellow of the Valor Institute.
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.
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 2024 Valor Winter Symposium, featuring Keynote Speaker Peter Crawford. Readings for the event include Viktor Frankl’s classic Man’s Search for Meaning and Robert Spaemann’s essay “Education as an Introduction to Reality.”
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.
Led by Andrew Shivone, Ph.D. candidate at John Paul II Pontifical Institute in Washington D.C.
Led by Dr. John Finley, the Valor Institute’s College Program offers collegiate Juniors and Seniors the opportunity to spend a week in La Jolla, CA immersed in study, friendship, and the natural world.
Led by Michael Hickman, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Mary.
Led by Susan Hanssen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at the University of Dallas.
Led by Hilary Finley, Ph.D.
An Academic Retreat led by David Walsh, Ph.D., Professor of Politics at Catholic University of America.
College Student Retreat on C S Lewis’ Space Trilogy led by Dr. John Finley.
Open to collegiate juniors and seniors, the Valor College Student Retreat offers students an immersive week of study, discussion, and adventures in some of Southern California’s most beautiful places.