Programs & Opportunities
2025-2026: Statesmanship as Stewardship
What does it mean to be a “Statesman”? How can statesmanship serve as an appropriate means of stewardship?
Upcoming Events
Tuesdays at 7pm
Are you eager to explore questions of faith, pluralism, and charitable public engagement? Our undergraduate Reading Group meets Tuesdays at 7pm at a local bookstore. Join us for student-led conversations on readings that encourage deeper reflections and understanding of what it means to live a faithful life within a broader community. Contact Audrey Haley, our Associate Program Director, at crc@leeuniversity.edu for more information!
This group connects students to conferences and scholarship opportunities both on and off of campus, as well as providing free books and light refreshments.
May 26
Through a mixed cohort of Lee undergraduates and regional high-school students, we will use the lens of Fiction to consider the formal and informal institutions that shape our societal mores and vision of American Identity. This summer we will read Shakespeare’s play, King Henry V.
Seminar
June 10-12
Founding Civics Institute for Tennessee educators bringing together 25 regional middle and high school teachers.
TBD: Fall 2026
Discourse Dinner
We will launch the the new semester with a common meal and conversation. A small diverse group of students, faculty, and members of the community gather at a professor’s home to chat about our year’s theme of “Civil Discourse.”
September 18
Teams of high school students from across the state will compete at Lee University on questions about the American Founding and Constitution. Lee undergraduates are involved in all aspects of the event, including serving as mentors for participating high school students. Please contact crc@leeuniversity.edu if you would like to support this event or volunteer to help facilitate it.
October 16-17
“Civil Discourse”
Our annual symposium on Civic Virtue & Thought.
Past Events
March 27
Keynote Lecture
This lecture explored responsible citizenship through connection to tradition, place, and things divine.
January 26
Discourse Dinner
A common meal and conversation among a small diverse group of students, faculty, and members of the community to chat about our year’s theme of “Statesman as Stewardship.”
Please contact Audrey Haley, our Associate Program Director, at crc@leeuniversity.edu with any questions you have about current or past events!