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*Visiting speakers may still be permitted to conduct an online/virtual speaking event. No off-campus speakers are permitted to come onto campus to speak or conduct trainings. The visiting speaker form will need to completed in order for a virtual speaker to be approved.*
1-D: VISITING SPEAKER POLICY & PROCEDURES
Title: Visiting Speaker Policy & Procedures for Recognized Student Groups Responsible staff: Steve Ivester, Dean of Student Engagement
Responsible office: Student Activities
Preamble
Wheaton College serves Jesus Christ and advances His Kingdom through excellence in liberal arts and graduate programs that educate the whole person to build the church and benefit society worldwide. Inviting visiting speakers to campus is one example of how recognized student groups support the College’s mission to educate whole persons. Inviting visiting speakers to campus (who may or may not follow Jesus Christ) facilitate opportunities to engage different ideas, deepen an understanding of truth, respectfully disagree, and develop discernment. The following policy and procedures provide guidance to recognized student groups who desire to invite visiting speakers to campus; the following policy and procedures do not apply to faculty or staff in campus departments, programs, offices, and/or schools.
Policy
1. Student groups must be recognized by a College department, school, program or office in order to invite a visiting speaker to campus.
2. Wheaton College student groups recognized by a College department, school, program or office are permitted to consider inviting visiting speakers from off campus to advance their respective group’s mission (reason for existence), which ultimately should contribute to the mission of Wheaton College.
3. Individual students interested in inviting a visiting speaker to campus must approach a recognized student group’s leadership with the idea; the group’s student leadership must agree to sponsor the visiting speaker, which means actively engaging in the completion of the procedures described below.
4. The invitation to a visiting speaker must originate with the student group.
5. The intended outcome for a campus program, including one that includes inviting a visiting speaker to campus, should be discussed and clarified by a student group.
6. Careful consideration ought to be given to assessing how the campus context might impact the proposed event.
7. Visiting speakers should be considered for their potential to enhance the intellectual, spiritual, moral, physical and/or relational growth of the Wheaton College community while also helping the student group pursue its intended outcome.
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