FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
2025 Gathering: June 16-19, 2025
Guilford College ~ Greensboro, North Carolina
In-person conference only (no online option to attend).
Here is more information about the conference:
SCIENCE, SUSTAINABILITY, STEWARDSHIP
In his journal, George Fox describes a transformative visionary experience he has as a young man when he journeys back into the Garden of Eden and experiences the world in its original beauty and perfection: “Now was I come up in spirit through the flaming sword into the paradise of God…The creation was opened to me, and it was showed me how all things had their names given them according to their nature and virtue….Great things did the Lord lead me into, and wonderful depths were opened unto me, beyond what by words can be declared; but as people come into subjection to the spirit of God, and grow up in the image and power of the Almighty, they may receive the Word of wisdom, that opens all things, and come to know the hidden unity in the Eternal Being.” (27-28)
This year’s conference invites presenters from the natural sciences and across the curriculum to share the research, and work they do with students, to study the natural world and learn to live in harmony and unity with it.
We will also invite conference participants to gather together in community at a special session to talk about some of the challenges we are presently facing at our respective institutions as we seek to live out our shared Quaker values in these troubled times.
Furthermore, as Guilford College hosted the historic 1985 World Gathering of Young Friends, we will be celebrating its 40-year anniversary by holding a special session—in person and online—reflecting on that event and its impact.
Friends Association for Higher Education 