All Purdue Online DegreesA Global Vision of Justice
Free events open to the public
Monday, January 21, 2019
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Westville Campus
James B. Dworkin Student Services & Activities Complex, Great Hall
1401 S. U.S. 421, Westville, Indiana
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Hammond Campus
Student Union and Library Building, 3rd Floor, Alumni Hall
2233 173rd Street, Hammond, Indiana
Both programs will feature Dr. Karen Bishop-Morris, emcee.
Schedule of Events
- Welcoming Remarks: Thomas L. Keon, Chancellor
- Emcee: Dr. Karen Bishop-Morris
- Keynote: Rev. Dr. Theo Williams
- Performances by:
- Vocalist: PNW student Casey (C.J. Musique) Baker, Mr. Roy Hamilton
- Dr. Dave Pratt, Mr. Dave Farris
For further information
To obtain more information about these activities contact Laura S. Odom, PNW associate director, Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at (219) 785-5545 or odoml@pnw.edu. To request a disability related accommodation for these events, please contact the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Hammond (219) 989-2163 or Westville (219) 785-5545 or edi@pnw.edu.
Sponsors
Premier
- Horizon Bank
- NIPSCO
- Purdue University Northwest Multicultural Campus Council
Gold
- Michigan City Human Rights Commission
- Sinai Temple
- Visit Michigan City LaPorte Convention and Visitors Bureau
Silver
- 1st Source Bank
- Unity Foundation
Bronze
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Sondra M. Craig
- LaPorte County NAACP
- Life Changes, LLC
- Michigan City Commission of the Social Status of African American Males
Keynote:
Rev. Dr. Theo Williams Associate Professor of Communication, Bethel College
Rev. Dr. Theo Williams is an associate professor of Communication at Bethel College where he has taught for almost 13 years. He has a PhD in Communication from Regent University and MA in Urban Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He developed and facilitated his first workshop on racial reconciliation at a national conference on the subject in 1998 and has been actively involved in the field ever since.
He has developed and taught several classes that dealt specifically with the role of communication within the process of racial reconciliation, intercultural competence and cross-cultural relationships. He has spoken all over the country, as well as abroad. He has been married to Nicole Williams for 16 years and is an ordained minister. He has a heart and passion for communication, young people, marriages, racial reconciliation and social justice.
