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
Reading Group
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.
June 10-12
Seminar
“Founding Civics Institute”
Founding Civics Institute for Tennessee educators bringing together 25 regional middle and high school teachers.
May 26
Summer Seminar
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.
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.”
October 10-11
Intercollegiate Symposium
“Statesmanship & Tyranny”
Our annual symposium on Civic Virtue & Thought. In light of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we explored the fine line between the concepts of statesmanship and tyranny and how we can encourage appropriate statesmanship while avoiding the dangers of tyranny (especially in American constitutional democracy).
September 12
Constitution Day Quiz Bowl & Lecture
Teams of high school students from across the state competed at Lee University on questions about the American Founding and Constitution. Lee undergraduates were involved in all aspects of the event, including serving as mentors for participating high school students.
September 1
Discourse Dinner
We launched the the new semester with a common meal and conversation. A small diverse group of students, faculty, and members of the community gathered at a professor’s home 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!
