This year’s lecture turned the focus inward — toward the purpose of higher education and what it means to seek wisdom in everyday life. Dr. Jennifer Frey, pioneer of the honors program at the University of Tulsa, challenged the idea that college should be measured only by its career outcomes.

Reject modernity. Return to a lifestyle of awe and wonderment.

Following in the footsteps of figures like Plato and Aristotle, the field of philosophy has historically been a male-dominated area of education. At Baylor alone, only three out of the 13 full-time faculty members are women.