Virtual Conference Schedule Released
 The schedule for the Virtual APPE International Conference, to be held on Friday, March 28, has been released and it features nearly 60 presentations, panel discussions, and workshops. By using the search function, you can search by topic, presenter, keyword, etc.
Registration is only $25 for students, $50 for members, and $100 for non-members. (It's free for all in person conference registrants.) |
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 | For those who could join us, we had a great time in Norfolk, Virginia, despite the snowstorm! You can view pictures here.
Also, be sure to take the survey if you attended. |
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Join us for the annual Members Meeting
APPE will hold its annual Members Meeting virtually, Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., ET. Traditionally held in conjunction with the APPE Annual Conference, this format encourages participation from those who attend the conference and those unable to join us in person.
All members are welcome and encouraged to attend. The agenda will include updates from APPE leadership, the presentation of the 2025 Board Nominees, and an open member discussion. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. |
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APPE Board Member Election
An annual election is held each April for APPE Board of Directors. This year there are four open seats. The following candidates were announced at the APPE Conference:
Candidates Standing for Re-Election: - Deborah Mower, Director, The Center for Practical Ethics, University of Mississippi
- Lee Anne Peck, Professor Emerita, University of Northern Colorado
Candidates Standing for First Term Election: - Cara Biasucci, Director of Ethics Education & Creator/Director of Ethics Unwrapped, University of Texas at Austin
- Mark Doorley, Director, The Ethics Program, Villanova University
- Robert Doyle, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Director, Felician University
- John Garcia, Instructor, Harper College
- Christopher Meyers, Retired: former Director of the Kegley Institute for Ethics at Cal State Bakersfield
- Ann Thebault, Director, Center for Applied Ethics and Humanities, Santa Fe College
APPE members will be receiving more information in the coming weeks about the candidates. The election takes place April 1-15. |
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Ethics Roundtable
The final Ethics Roundtable of the spring semester will be held later this month. Ethics Roundtables are presented virtually in parnership with Felician University and are free and open to the public. Join us for:
Climate Justice: Ethical Responsibilities in Environmental Stewardship
Wednesday, March 26, 1 – 2 p.m. ET
Zoom Link |
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| Watch the APPE IEB Final Match Undergraduate students from Macalester College took home the national championship in the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (APPE IEB)®, which was held February 22 and 23 in Norfolk, Virginia. You can watch the final match against Stanford University. |
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APPE Member Spotlight Name: Jeff Dunn Title/Institution: Phyllis W. Nicholas Director, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University
APPE member since: 2022
The Prindle Institute for Ethics will be hosting its third annual Midwest Ethics Symposium next month. Tell us about it and how people can participate.
The Midwest Ethics Symposium is an annual conference we host at the Institute, which aims to bring together students, academics, professionals, and community members to discuss a particular topic in ethics. Past themes have included the ethics of philanthropy and the ethics of AI. This year we're excited for the symposium to focus on ethics and sports. It will be April 9-10, 2025 at the Prindle Institute and is free and open to the public. More information here.
You also host a number of events at your building, which is located in a nature park, several times a year. Tell us about the space and why it's such a great place to promote ethics education.
We're really fortunate to have a beautiful space that was designed specifically for ethics education. As you note, we're on the edge of a 500-acre park, which is just off the main DePauw campus. It's a space that takes you out of the regular bustle of the day and really encourages reflection and discussion about ethics and values. It was the first LEED Gold certified building in Indiana (a certification related to environmental sustainability) and a winner of the AIA Indiana Design Award and the AIA San Antonio Design Award. You can see the space here.
The Prindle Institute is the institutional home of APPE. How do you hope that partnership can expand over the next few years?
We've experimented with some programming at the Prindle Institute in collaboration with some of the APPE affinity groups. I think there is a lot of opportunity there, especially outside the regular APPE conference cycle. APPE has also done great work building a network of ethics centers across the country, and I'd like to see us work together to develop those relationships in even more meaningful ways so we can share ideas and grow together. Finally, I think we can build off the strength of ethics bowl and partner to bring the ethics bowl approach to new audiences, including professional audiences.
What's on the horizon for 2025? What are you looking forward to, personally or professionally?
Well, I already mentioned the Midwest Ethics Symposium, which we're looking forward to in early April. And then the summer always brings a number of different visitors to the Institute to participate in multi-day events related to ethics. This summer we'll have high school teachers, college professors, university administrators, elementary students, undergraduates, and (of course!) ethics bowl case writers. I'm looking forward to having some good discussions with these different groups and also (hopefully!) going for some walks in the nature park. |
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Newsy and Noteworthy
Ethics in the News Jobs & Events
Have you seen our job and event emails? Limited free access to post jobs and events of interest in the weekly email (as well as in the Info Hub) is a benefit of membership. If you're a member and would like to submit something for consideration, just login to the Member portal, go to Job & Event Postings and click "add." Non-members can access the jobs and events by creating a login but must pay a fee to list positions and events. Reach out to contact@appe-ethics.org for more info.
We Want to Hear From You! To be featured as a member spotlight or if you have news to share, including books published, send us an email at membernews@appe-ethics.org. |
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Ethic Bowl Cases to Consider 2025 National Competition Case Set, APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl® In the final of this year's competition, the students discussed the following questions: - If you were tasked with outlining the United States’ policy with respect to the use of space weaponry, what would that policy look like? Case: Begun, the Star Wars Have
- If you were tasked with producing a policy regarding the term lengths for federal judges (up to and including lifetime appointments), what would that policy look like? Case: Unfit to Sit
Read the cases here (#2, #15). |
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