Rushworth Kidder Keynote address Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:30 pm Wheelwright Auditorium " The Guts of a Tough Decision: Moral Courage and How to Get it" Featured panelist Thursday, February 17, 2005, 10:00am Wheelwright Auditorium "The Public Square: A Dialogue on Ethical Decision-Making"

The kickoff of the conference will be the traditional Wed. evening keynote address that will be given by Dr. Rushworth Kidder who holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is the founder and president of the Institute for Global Ethics, a think tank headquartered in Camden, Maine with offices in London and Ontario. The Institute has developed ethics training programs for corporations, nonprofits, government entities and even prisons. Some of its clients include the Carnegie Corp of NY, The Conference Board, Ford Motor Corp, LL Bean, Shell International, the Kettering Foundation, the US Coast Guard, NC Dept of Corrections and the Character Education Partnership to name just a few.

Kidder has conducted ethics workshops for Harvard University MBA students as well as for middle school children. Before he became a full-time columnist, he taught English at Wichita State University for ten years.

He serves on many boards including the advisory council of the Character Education Partnership, which is the research council for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a fellow of the George H. Gallup international institute and is on the advisory board of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

He has written several books, His most recent publication is entitled “How good people make tough choices: resolving the dilemmas of ethical living”. Bill Bradley calls Kidder the best sort of philosopher, one who can bring home the force of an abstract principle by means of a telling real-life example.

In addition to delivering the keynote address, Dr. Kidder will also participate in what we are calling a “Public Square” roundtable discussion and public dialogue to take place on Thursday, the 17th. The format is intended to engage the audience in discussion of real-life situations or events that called for ethical decision-making. The newly formed Jackson Family Center on Values and Ethics has donated financial support for this event and we anticipate roundtable members to include Jackson Scholars who will be selected Coastal students within the program.

Charles Bierbauer Plenary Session Thursday, February 17, 2005, 1:00pm Wall Building Room 309 "Mock Press Conference with Charles Bierbauer " Moderator of roundtable discussion Thursday, February 17, 2005, 10:00am Wheelwright Auditorium "The Public Square: A Dialogue on Ethical Decision-Making"

Charles Bierbauer is well known as a highly respected broadcast journalist. He was a news reporter and bureau chief in the US and abroad for many years. For nearly twenty years he worked for CNN for which he won an Emmy for anchoring covering of the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta. He was a recipient of the ACE Award from the Association for Cable Excellence and the Overseas Press Club Award for his reporting of the Yom Kippur War. He was also the host of Newsmaker Saturday, a weekly report featuring in-depth interviews with leading newsmakers for a decade. As a correspondent for CNN in Washington, he covered the Supreme Court, the Bush and Reagan administrations and the presidential campaigns. From 1977-81, he was an overseas correspondent for ABC News, first as Moscow Bureau Chief and later as the Bonn Bureau chief. In 2001 he was reporter and producer for a Discovery Channel documentary on the World Trade Center/Pentagon attacks.

Bierbauer became the first dean of the newly merged College of Mass Communications and Information Studies in July 2002.

Bierbauer is a graduate of Penn State, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism.

Ron Daise Vice President for Creative Education, Brookgreen Gardens Featured Session Thursday, February 17, 2005, 1:00 pm – 2:15pm and 3:00pm – 4:15pm Edwards Humanities Bldg Room 136 "MAKE A DIFFERENCE! (Lessons from Africa to You)"

Ron Daise graduated college with a B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton Institute in Virginia. After graduation he returned home to St. Helena Island, SC. and became the first African-American reporter hired by The Beaufort Gazette. He was the first Gazette reporter to write feature stories about elderly St. Helena Island residents within the rich traditions of a Gullah community. Some of these original articles became the core for his first book, Reminiscences of Sea Island Heritage. The book is now in its Fourth Printing. It's a montage of oral histories and narratives on Gullah customs, traditions and superstitions accompanied by historical black-and-white photographs and a collection of spirituals. The songs, the stories, the speech, the crafts, the superstitions and the dietary practices of the Gullah people have influenced world culture. The Gullah communities were the gateway for most Africans who were brought to America during the slave trade. Ron states, “We're a group of independent, persevering, spiritually-minded people”.

As a way of bringing Reminiscences to life, Ron and his wife, Natalie, transformed the written materials, songs, and photographs into a multi-media musical theater performance called "Sea Island Montage." They toured the U.S. from 1987 through 1996, performing at schools and universities, museums, libraries, theaters, churches, festivals and conferences. Their two-person performance of a capella songs, storytelling, dramatizations and slides told of the contributions of Gullah heritage to American and world culture. Our historical entertainment helped increase public appreciation of Gullah people and their close links to West African heritage.

Ron and Natalie Daise also starred in The Nick Jr. TV show, Gullah Gullah Island, which also has helped many to embrace Gullah culture. Because of its international broadcast and widespread acclaim, children and adults worldwide sing, "Let's all go to Gullah Gullah Island!"

Dan O'Reilly with Jazz after Hours in Concert Closing Session Friday, February 18, 2005, 2:30pm Wall Auditorium

Jazz After Hours, The CCU Big Band, is a full sized big band, performing the works of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and many other essential
American jazz composers. The group is comprised of CCU students, and is joined
from time to time by local jazz professionals who give of their time and talent to nurture the next generation of players. This ensemble meets weekly, at night (hence the name, Jazz After Hours). Students are encouraged to learn to improvise, and to perform in the various styles that jazz music has produced in the last century.

Dan O'Reilly has been a member of the performing arts faculty at CCU since the fall of 2001. He earned his M.A. in Music from Long Island University. His teaching commitments include American Popular Music, The CCU Saxophone Ensemble, The Jazz After Hours Big Band, the POP 101 Contemporary Music Ensemble, and the Saxophone Studio. He is also involved with the Catholic Campus Ministry and Newman Club here on campus. Mr. O'Reilly continues to maintain a professional performing schedule on the Grand Strand, appearing with his own jazz combo u"n"i, with various blues bands, and backing up artists such as Lou Rawls, the Temptations, and the Four Tops.