Institute of American Civics

IAC Event Recap

Undergraduate Civics Symposium Convened 150 Students for Dialogue on American Patriotism at 250

The Institute of American Civics (IAC) hosted its second annual Undergraduate Civics Symposium in downtown Knoxville, bringing together more than 150 students from 14 institutions across Tennessee and beyond for a day of dialogue centered on American Patriotism at 250. Designed to strengthen civic knowledge and model civil discourse, the symposium invited students to engage […]

Tocqueville Lecture Series: Shep Melnick

Questions about the future of higher education took center stage as Shep Melnick, the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Professor of American Politics at Boston College and co-chair of the Harvard Program on Constitutional Government, delivered The Institute of American Civics’ inaugural Tocqueville Lecture, examining whether meaningful reform can, or should, come from the federal government. […]

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