A time of refreshment and vacation

Registration will open December 1st.

About Our Speaker

Kenneth G. Elzinga is the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. He has received numerous teaching awards, and each fall his introductory economics course attracts over one thousand students, making it the largest class offered at the University of Virginia. An expert in antitrust economics, and he has testified in several precedent-setting antitrust cases, including three Supreme Court decisions. As the author of more than seventy academic publications, Mr. Elzinga also is known for his mystery novels, co-authored with William Breit (under the penname Marshall Jevons), in which the protagonist employs economic analysis to solve crimes. Mr. Elzinga has a B.A. and honorary doctorate from Kalamazoo College and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He has been a member of the faculty at the University of Virginia since 1967.

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Registration and Fees

Registration for this conference will open December 1st. To receive an email as soon as online registration is available, please email Nancy Vuolo.

Registration fee: $150 per adult

Adult fees for room and board
Family cabins (with private bath) – $455 per adult
Lodge rooms – $345 per adult
Tent/RV sites – $235 per adult

Child fees for room and board
Children 13 and older – $185 per child
Children 2-12 – $125 per child
Children under 2 – $60 per child

More information about housing options is available from the Cedar Campus website.

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Travel

Flying? Check out flights into Pellston Regional Airport,, located at 1321 N. US Highway 31 in Pellston, or into Chippewa County International Airport in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

After you reserve your flight, send your flight information to Nancy Vuolo, so that we can arrange to have someone pick you up and drive you to Cedar Campus.

Driving? If you are driving, maps and directions are available from the Cedar Campus web site.

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Housing

Cedar Campus features a variety of housing options for singles, couples, and families, including cabins, rooms in the lodge, and campsites for tents and RVs. More information about housing options is available from the Cedar Campus website.

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What To Bring

Cedar Campus has an excellent list of what to bring and (perhaps more importantly) what not to bring. You can read it here.

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Families & Children

Those who choose to bring their families to this conference will enjoy a wonderful experience of being involved in a variety of activities together.

Click here to read about parents’ experiences with their children at the Midwest Faculty Conference.

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Seminars

An additional aspect of the week are the elective seminars offered as part of the evening program. These seminars will reflect the wide variety of disciplines and interests of those who attend the conference.

Seminars offered in the past have included:

• A Civil Conversation between Christianity and Science
• Christianity and Culture
• The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer
• Practicing Spiritual Disciplines
• Challenges and Opportunities for Women Faculty: A Christian Response
• Naturalism and Some Implications
• Best Practices: Discover How Others in Our Midst Are Being a Redeeming Influence among the People, Ideas, and Structures of Higher Education
• Memoir Writing
• Contemporary Art and Religious Thought
• The Theme of Vocation in the Life and Writing of Dorothy Sayers
• Genesis 1-2: Literature, Theology, and Science
• “Everyone can do it”: Art Workshop with Hands-On Lessons and Discussion
• Faculty Spouses Discussion
• Evangelicals, Politics, and Christian Public Discipleship
• This is my Father’s World: Christian Worldview in Light of Scientific Advances

These seminars provide added value to the conference experience, and most people participate even though they are all optional. Perhaps you too might have a topic, question, activity that you would enjoy leading. If so, let us know.

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Further Information

To get a true feel for the conference experience, we suggest that you watch this slideshow from the 2009 Conference. Additionally, a summary and photos from the 2008 Midwest Faculty Conference is available. You can also read reflections from past Faculty Conferences.

Cedar Campus is an InterVarsity conference and training center, located in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, forty miles east of the Straits of Mackinac. You might be interested in knowing more about this beautiful place in God’s creation via a brief history.

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Questions?

If you have any questions, please email us.

Photo credits: Stan Wallace, Howard Van Cleave