What They’re Saying ...
About The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College
April 12-13, 2007 Conference

The De-Christianization of Europe:
From Nicaea to Nietzsche

"The Center for Vision & Values will play host to a wide variety of
our nation’s finest Christian historians as they converge on
this quaint but famously conservative educational mecca.”
—Lindsay Boyd, Townhall.com, live on-site conference blogger

“A terrific job…. I am now reading all the papers, which will hopefully help me remember what I heard and learned. Looking forward to next year and am spreading the word.”
—Chris Whipple, Pittsburgh area educator and Grove City College parent

“Thanks for everything; it was a very pleasant evening.”
—George Weigel, papal biographer, keynote speaker

“I really appreciated the opportunity to be a part of such a tremendous conference. In addition to all the students, I met really wonderful people and was edified by the fantastic speakers, especially George Weigel and Mark Rodgers. Thank you for all of the effort that went into planning a great conference.”
—Nan Swift, Programs Coordinator, Leadership Institute

“I found the conference very stimulating and was very pleased to be a part of it…. You’re clearly making a difference.”
—Ralph Peters, columnist, commentator, and historian

“Ralph Peters sure is a treat. Thanks for bring him to Grove City College.”
—Mark Hendrickson, economics professor, Grove City College

“I went to a college campus to hear a controversial speaker on a hot-button topic in a lecture hall packed with students. The speaker (Ralph Peters) had no security and needed none. No attempt was made to disrupt his remarks. The questions the students asked were polite, respectful and intelligent, indicating both a familiarity with the topic and a desire to learn more about it…. What impresses me about Grove City is that students actually learn facts, learn them in context and practice critical thinking. There’s no political correctness. At Grove City, the faculty thinks it is more important for students to learn how to think than to be told what to think…. The event that brought me to Grove City, the annual seminar of its Center for Vision & Values, is another reason for loving the college…. This year’s topic was the ‘De-Christianization of Europe.’ It featured scholars from Britain, France and Belgium, as well as the United States. There just aren’t enough places in America anymore where you can hear an amicable discussion of an important topic by genuine experts with widely differing points of view.”
—Jack Kelly, columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“I want to thank you for the wonderful … conference. I took my son, Michael…. We unfortunately could only make the Thursday afternoon sessions but enjoyed them just the same. We very much look forward to next year’s conference…. Thanks again for your good works.”
—Joe Schuck, Grove City College parent

“I’m not on a typical college campus, or in a typical college class. And these students most certainly aren’t receiving a typical college education. So forgive me for this slight deviation from the topic at hand, but as a product of the modern college system, I can’t help but appreciate what I just witnessed…. [I’m] at Grove City College, one of the bright spots in the American college and university system.”
—Lindsay Boyd, Townhall.com, blogging the conference

“The lectures were very enlightening and I learned many things that have helped me to understand the situation and its implications.”
—Nathan Gallus, Witherspoon Fellow, Washington, DC

“It was truly an inspiring two days…. I am grateful for the wonderful knowledge and expanded perspective I gained on these issues. May God bless the Center for Vision & Values and the great work you are doing at Grove City College and beyond.”
—Adrienne Morehead, Witherspoon Fellow

“I come from Slovakia and found this inspiring and well-organized conference of huge importance and contribution. I will keep many of those insightful remarks of various speakers deep in my mind.”
—Lucia Papayova, Witherspoon Fellow

“I enjoyed the discussions and was stimulated by the excellent scholars Grove City College brought in for the conference.”
—Jordan Fleming, Witherspoon Fellow

“I learned a great deal of valuable information.”
—Gina Bullock, Witherspoon Fellow

“Thank you so much for the outstanding conference…. May God bless you and Grove City College.”
—Bob Morrison, Director, Witherspoon Fellowship Program

“It was a real pleasure to come at the conference. I really enjoyed it. Thanks again for the invitation.”
—Sylvain Charat, doctoral candidate, the Sarbonne, France, and former assistant to French finance secretary Alain Madelin

“It was one of the most organized, processional events that I’ve ever attended…. The quality of speakers and attendees was outstanding.”
—Lindsay Boyd

“The conference was terrific—top notch participants, fine papers, and smooth organization. Congratulations on a very successful program.”
—John Moore, former president of Grove City College

“I enjoyed every part of the conference and Grove City College.”
—Larry Harwood, Viterbo University, conference participant, Nietzsche scholar

“People like those at Grove City College … are in the front lines of the struggle to sustain and strengthen the Judeo-Christian tradition in our culture. Don’t send your son or daughter to Harvard. If you have friends shopping for a college for their children, please ask them to consider Grove City College.”
—Stephen Maloney, contributor to Townhall blog on the conference

“Thanks for letting me be part of your truly noble work. What I’ve most enjoyed … were the number of ‘Aha!’ moments…. It’s the best two days of adult education by immersion around.”
—Phil Gasiewicz, local civic leader and Center for Vision & Values benefactor

“I was sitting in the overflow room next door, which can be rather impersonal at times. Yet your collegiality, warmth, and conversational spirit drew all of us into your session…. Thank you to [the Center for Vision & Values] for the creativity and imagination to schedule a session of this type and content—i.e., dealing with literature and art in what could easily have been a conference exclusively social-scientific and historical in nature.”
—Grove City College Provost Bill Anderson on the three-person panel session, “What Would C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Dorothy Sayers Say?”

“My thanks for providing such an enjoyable and edifying two days … intellectually stimulating.”
—David Mills, Editor, Touchstone magazine

“Thank you for an excellent conference. I hope your 2008 event is just as successful.”
—Dr. Sam Gregg, Director of Research, Acton Institute

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