Nine students to compete on practical and professional ethics
The University of Central Arkansas Ethics Bowl Team placed fourth at the Regional Competition in Indianapolis.
The fourth place position qualifies the team for the national competition in Chicago March 3-4, 2018.
The sponsoring organization is the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). In the Ethics Bowl, hundreds of students and teams argue and defend positions on ethical topics in journalism, law, business, medicine and social work.
The UCA Ethics Bowl Team first competed at the regional level in 2016. For this year’s competition, they ranked fourth among 32 teams, and the UCA team will be the only team from an Arkansas university competing at the national level.
“This was a very impressive performance by all of the students who participated,” said Benjamin Rider, UCA Ethics Bowl Team coach and associate professor of philosophy. “Qualifying for nationals, in only our second year of competition, is a testament both to the hard work these students invested as well as the quality of UCA as an institution. We’re going to go to Chicago and have some fun, and we’ll try to make an impact,” said Rider.
UCA’s Ethics Bowl Team members are Alex Waitkus, Lauren McHenry, Nelson Graves, Cagney Kilgroe, Hannah Hanshaw, Ge’Shaun Faison, Latavian Johnson, Leslie Balentine and Carolyn Casey.
Team coaches are Rider and Jim Dietrick, associate professor of religious studies.
ASSOCIATION FOR PRACTICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
The APPE is a comprehensive, international organization advancing scholarship, education, and practice in practical and professional ethics. They hold different conferences as well as collegiate competitions across the U.S. For more information please visit http://appe-ethics.org/
