High achieving students are busy, intensely focused on graduation goals, college admissions and living up to high expectations. Sometimes, that rush to finish high school well overshadows the BIGGEST PICTURE OF ALL - defining the most important long-term contributions students can make as leaders on the college campus, and afterward in society. This exciting six week seminar is designed to prepare juniors and seniors in high school for leadership excellence in the college and university academic setting.

Bill Hutson at Wingate by Wyndham Hotel

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 03:00pm - 04:30pm

"The Moral Ground of Leadership: How Can I Give My Life Direction Through Discipline and Courage"

WILLIAM HUTSON is a Senior Manager in IBM's Software Group, and works on the commercialization of "Watson," the advanced question-answering system featured recently on Jeopardy! He received his M.S. and a Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering at North Carolina State University. He is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve and has served three tours in Iraq, working recently as a field historian, in which capacity he has conducted detailed field interviews with over 800 Marines.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham Hotel (5223 Page Road, Durham)

Christopher Wolfe at Wingate by Wyndham Hotel

Sunday, February 26, 2012, 03:00pm - 04:30pm

"Serious College Studying: More Than Good Grades"

CHRISTOPHER WOLFE is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and Co-Director of the Thomas International Center. His main area of research and teaching for two decades was Constitutional Law and American Political Thought, and he is the author of various books, the best known of which is The Rise of Modern Judicial Review, which Judge Robert Bork, in a 2006 Wall Street Journal contribution, listed as one of the five best books on the Constitution. Dr. Wolfe subsequently shifted his work back to political philosophy, and especially the area of natural law and liberal political theory. His book Natural Law Liberalism was published by Cambridge University Press in 2006.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham Hotel (5223 Page Road, Durham)

Fulvio Di Blasi at Wingate by Wyndham Hotel

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 03:00pm - 04:30pm

"Can We Know the Truth?: The Challenge of Relativism"

FULVIO DI BLASI graduated Summa cum Laude in Law from the University of Milan in 1994, and he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law from the University of Palermo in 1998. In 2000, he was awarded a fellowship from the Italian National Council of Research and was appointed Visiting Scholar and Research Associate by the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame. He has taught at Notre Dame, the LUMSA Law School in Palermo, and at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome). After serving as Director of the Thomas Aquinas Research Center in Italy, in 2004 he founded the Thomas International project.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham Hotel (5223 Page Road, Durham)

Fulvio Di Blasi at Wingate by Wyndham Hotel

Sunday, March 25, 2012, 03:00pm - 04:30pm

"How Do I Make the Moral Choices That Determine the Person I Will Be?"

FULVIO DI BLASI graduated Summa cum Laude in Law from the University of Milan in 1994, and he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law from the University of Palermo in 1998. In 2000, he was awarded a fellowship from the Italian National Council of Research and was appointed Visiting Scholar and Research Associate by the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame. He has taught at Notre Dame, the LUMSA Law School in Palermo, and at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome). After serving as Director of the Thomas Aquinas Research Center in Italy, in 2004 he founded the Thomas International project.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham Hotel (5223 Page Road, Durham)

Fulton Breen at Wingate by Wyndham Hotel

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 03:00pm - 04:30pm

"Understanding the Art of Business: Building Up a Company by Building Up Its People"

FULTON BREEN is Chief Executive Officer and founder of XS, Inc. Prior to founding XS, he held numerous general management, marketing and financial positions spanning across four continents during his 33-year career in industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in economic zoology from Clemson University and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham Hotel (5223 Page Road, Durham)

James Dever at Wingate by Wyndham Hotel

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 03:00pm - 04:30pm

"What Does It Mean To Live in a Society Based on the Rule of Law: Reason, Principle, and Integrity in Private and Public Life"

JAMES C. DEVER, III has been, since 2005, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, becoming Chief Judge of that court in October, 2011. He received his B.A. from Notre Dame and his J.D. from Duke, and clerked for Judge Clifford Wallace on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to his judgeship, he served in the Air Force and in private practice, and he has taught at Campbell and Duke Law Schools.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham Hotel (5223 Page Road, Durham)