The Texas Regional Institute for Environmental Studies
at Sam Houston State University announces the
East Texas Geographic Information Systems Forum
The East Texas GIS forum will bring together scientists, civil servants, law enforcement officials,
members of industry and other professionals in the many related disciplines of GIS. The forum will con
sist of a keynote address "GIS a Technology of Today "by Don Hemenway, editor of GIS World.
Presentations will follow a three-track format focusing on environmental issues and GIS,
GIS and criminal justice and GIS for local government. The Forum’s one-day format provides an afford-
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able, concentrated format to learn about GIS and share progress and discoveries in this new and exciting
field.
Date and Time: Friday, 27 October, 1995, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $35, which includes all presentations and a boxed lunch
Place: Lowman Student Center, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
To register call 409-294-3869
For Further Information Call 409-294-3714, Or Register On Line at our new homepage
http://www.shsu.edu/-triesgis
Sam Houston State University is a member of the Texas State University System
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The Search for Truth
Encouraging Public Discussion
Thomas Jefferson said,
“We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so
long as reason is left free to combat it.” It is in this spirit that we pursue the question,
“Quae res veritas?” What is truth?
“Searching for Truth in Life:
Fulfilling the Human Quest for Meaning ”
Monday. October 23. Rudder Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr, J.P,Moreland (Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Southern
California) is Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, He
has authored several books including Scaling the Secular City: A
Defense of Christianity and Christian Perspectives on Being Human.
Dr. Moreland will also be speaking Monday at 4:00 p.m. in Rudder 601
on “The Importance of the Mind in Christian Living.”
‘‘Searching for Truth in Lifestyles:
Homosexuality and Christian Morality”
Tuesday. October 24, Rudder Auditorium. 7:30-9:00 p.m.
**This presentation is co-sponsored by MSC Great Issues.
Dr. Thomas Schmidt (Ph.D from Cambridge University) is Professor of
Religious Studies at Westmont College. Dr. Schmidt has authored
Straight and Narrow? Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality
Debate.
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“ Searching for Truth in Clinical Research:
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Wednesday, October 25, Rudder Auditorium. 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. David Larson (M.D, from Temple University Medical School,
Residency in Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center, & MS in
Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina)
is President of the National Institute for Healthcare Research. He is
listed in Who’s Who in the World 1995. He has authored 95 journal
articles and over 50 monographs, invited reviews, and book chapters.
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301 on “Research as Ministry: Vision and Vista.”
“Searching for Truth in the Mind:
The Rationality of Belief in God”
Thursday, October 26. MSC 224. 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. Peter Kreeft (Ph.D in philosophy from Fordham) is Professor of
Philosophy at Boston College. He has authored 34 books including
Handbook of Christian Apologetics and Christianity for Modem
Pagans.
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on “Can Only One Religion Be True?”
“Searching for Truth in the Cosmos:
The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking, and God’
Friday, October 27. Wehner 159, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. Henry Schaefer (Ph.D in chemical physics from Stanford) is the
Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and the Director of the Center
for Computational Chemistry at the University of Georgia. As noted in
the December 23, 1991 issue of US.News & World Report. Dr.
Schaefer has been nominated five times for the Nobel Prize. During
the period 1984-91 he was the third most cited chemist in the world.
Dr. Schaefer will also be speaking Friday at 11:30 a.m. in MSC 201 on
“The Way of Discovery” which will include perspectives on his most
important discovery.
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