Santa Clara University

Conference Archives

• Bridges to Infinity: Humankind, God, and the Scientific Enterprise - May 6, 2011

  This conference explored the many different ways in which Jesuit universities can facilitate dialogue between science and religion through their curricula, research and service.

• Western Conversations - October 22-24, 2010

  Each fall, six western Jesuit universities sponsor a conference called “Western Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education” bringing faculty delegates together for in-depth discussions on important topics related to the Jesuit Catholic educational mission. Participating institutions include Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Regis University, Santa Clara University, Seattle University, and the University of San Francisco.

• The UCA Martyrs of El Salvador, Jesuit Education, and Santa Clara University

  These days of commemoration focused on the legacy of the martyrs who were assassinated at the University of Central America (UCA) in El Salvador in 1989, and on how their witness to truth can inspire our lives at SCU.

• Bannan at 25 Symposium - May 2, 2008

  "Mission & Identity at Santa Clara University" -   This Symposium Celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Ignatian Center's Bannan Institute
  
  

• Community-based Learning Conference - March 2006

  “Callings: Fostering Vocation Through Community-based learning” a conference sponsored by the Ignatian Center at Santa Clara University, March 15-17, 2006. Review the proceedings of this conference here.

• Globalization Conference - November 2002

  An International Conference on Globalization for Leaders in Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning

• Justice Conferences - 1999-2005

  In 1998 leaders of the Jesuit Universities in the United States planned three regional conferences in 1999 and one follow-up national conference at Santa Clara University in the year 2000 in the first systematic attempt to examine the effect of the commitment to justice upon the Jesuit institutions of higher education in the United States. Here are archives of two of the original conferences and two follow-up conferences: Western Regional Conference 1999, National Conference 2000, Follow-up Gathering 2002, Justice Conference 2005.

• Western Conversations - October 2003

  Each fall, six western Jesuit universities sponsor a conference called “Western Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education” bringing faculty delegates together for in-depth discussions on important topics related to the Jesuit Catholic educational mission. Participating institutions include Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Regis University, Santa Clara University, Seattle University, and the University of San Francisco.