UniverCity Panel Features Swami from Interfaith Institute
Swami Tapasananda (right in photo above) President of the Lakeshore Interfaith Institute in Ganges, Michigan, spoke at the "UniverCity" Chautauqua held on the Ball State campus. The topic of the Swami's presentation was "Interfaith Dialogue: Strategies for Engagement."
Also pictured is Dr. Melkote Shivaswamy (left), faculty member from the BSU College of Business who served as a panelist during the presentation. Other participanting panelists not pictured included Rev. Dr. David Cartwright (Christian), Dr. David Kamans (Jewish) and Dr. Faiz Rahman (Muslim).
George Wolfe (center in photo), Director of the Ball State Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, holds an interfaith menorah designed by Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, founder of All Faiths Seminary International in New York City. An interfaith menorah is lighted at the beginning of each interfaith worship service at the Lakeshore Interfaith Institute.