BALL STATE UNIVERSITY DARWIN DAY PROGRAM

Ball State University Darwin Day Program, Saturday, February 7— 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Arts and Journalism Building, Room 175. Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Go to https://cms.bsu.edu/... (https://cms.bsu.edu/) to find maps and directions.

Darwin Day
Ball State University
Arts and Journalism Building, Room 175
February 7, 2009
Program

8:30 a.m. Registration Arts and Journalism Atrium

9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements
Carrie Arnold, President
Ball State Freethought Alliance

9:20 a.m.
Darwin and the Fossil Record of Deep Time
Dr. Rick Fluegeman
Ball State University

10:00 a.m.
Sexual selection of fishes as predicted by Darwin
Dr. Mark Pyron
Ball State University

10:50 a.m.

11:00

11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Break

The Importance of Darwinism
in the New Evolutionary Synthesis

Lunch (Visit CFI Book Sale)

Dr. Evelyn Bowers
Ball State University

12:30 p.m.
Announcements and Introduction of “Charles Darwin”
Marissa Coon, Vice-President
Ball State Freethought Alliance

12:35 p.m.- 1:45 p.m.
My Voyage on the Beagle and a Press Conference with “Darwin”
“Charles Darwin” by Craig Gosling

1:45 p.m.
Break

2:00 p.m.
Charles Darwin & Alfred Wallace
Dr. Gary Dodson, Discussion leader

2:45 p.m.
Teaching about Darwin and
Evolution in 21st Century America
Dr. Melissa Mitchell, Moderator
Panelists: Michael Mayfield, Cheryl Kellogg, Gary Dodson, Lisa Kern ,others
3:45 p.m. Summary and Closure