Collegiate Peaks Forum Series

FREE LECTURE SERIES 2013			The Upper Arkansas Valley runs about 150 miles from the historic towns of Leadville and nearby Fairplay, down through Buena Vista and Salida, and and on to Canon City. Learn More >>
January, 4th & 5th	Dr. Scott TInker	Friday: 7:00pm Premier of the Film “Switch.” Saturday: 10:00am “What Does the Future of Energy Really Hold.”
March, 7th	Dr. Ian Miller	Thursday: 7:00pm “Deep Time Climate Change and its Relevance to our Understanding of Global Warming.”
April, 11th	Dr. Doug Arent	Thursday: 7:00pm “Clean Energy Status & Prospects.”
May, 2nd & 3rd	Dr. Charlotte Kasl	Thursday: 7:00pm “Feeling Connected Throughout the Life Span: Finding the Balance of I, You, and Us.” Friday: 7:00pm “The Heart of Intimacy: Truth, Empathy and Understanding.”
June, 14th & 15th	Kell Kearns & Cynthia Lukas	Friday: 7:00pm “Globalized Soul: Stories from a Tipping Point to a New World.” Saturday: 10:00am “Rumi Returning: A Beautiful Interfaith Film.”	Here, there are fifteen 14,000-foot mountains, such as Mt. Elbert, Mt. Massive, Mt. Harvard, Mt. Antero, Mt. Princeton, Mt. Yale, Mt. Columbia, and Mt. Shavano. Learn More >>
August, 8th & 9th	Dr. Peter Hess	Thursday: 7:00pm “Prehistoric Pain: Dinosaur Suffering and the Evolutionary Hermeneutic.” Friday: 7:00pm “From Quarks to Consciousness: Evolving into Moral and Spiritual Understanding.”
September, 12th	Deirdre Maltby	Thursday: 7:00pm “After a Near-Death Experience: Coming Back to a Life Forever Changed.”
October, 10th & 11th	Susan R. Eaton	Thursday: 7:00pm “A Geoscientist in Antarctica: Following in Shackleton’s Footsteps 100 Years Later.” Friday: 7:00pm “Antarctica: The Nexus of the World's Great Climate Engine.”

Inspiring Curiosity:
Now entering our 11th season, the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series brings to The Upper Arkansas Valley nationally and internationally known speakers schooled in Philosophy, Religion and Science.

This exciting lecture series is guaranteed to stir your imagination and create new insights, so mark your calendar now. Each lecture will be followed by an enlightening audience question and answer session. All lectures are FREE—no registration or tickets are required.

Thank you to all of our contributors and volunteers who allow the Forum Series to occur. Enjoy!

History:
The Collegiate Peaks Forum began as a small group of intellectually curious citizens in Chaffee County, Colorado, who determined that their lives could be enhanced by investigating the challenging questions raised by the interrelationship of philosophy, religion and science through academic stimulation, related discussions and their ensuing insights. To that end, notable speakers and scholars active in these disciplines would be invited to speak, offer their published works and engage in constructive dialogue. In 2010 the Forum Series expanded its region to The Upper Arkansas Valley.

Mission:
The mission of Collegiate Peaks Forum Series is to facilitate the intellectual enrichment of The Upper Arkansas Valley residents and their visitors by sponsoring events featuring nationally recognized persons schooled in philosophy, religion or science and hosting other community discussion activities.

Vision:
The Collegiate Peaks Forum Series is a bridge facilitating personal enrichment and constructive dialogue among individuals and groups to which they belong. It seeks to stimulate intellectual curiosity, stir the imagination and engage our diverse citizenry through lectures, study and discussion groups. It is committed to communicating with integrity, listening openly and honoring the differences of its participants. It envisions that a deeper awareness of all aspects of the Creator and available spiritual resources will emerge, that superior structures of thought and understanding will develop and that more effective models of personal and community action will occur.

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