Announcements

Azusa Pacific University unites with schools around the country by celebrating Constitution Day during the week of September 17-21.

• Tuesday, September 18, Lecture: The American Founding, Duke 123, 9:45 a.m.
  Chris Flannery, Ph.D., will present a lecture about the Constitutional Convention held during the summer of 1787, and allow time for questions and answers. A booklet copy of the constitution will be provided. All are welcome.
• Watch for various posters and signs displaying facts and statistics about our constitution.

Constitution Day Background:

Senator Robert C. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat and Congress' unofficial constitutional scholar, believes that American primary, secondary, and post-secondary students lack significant knowledge regarding the United States Constitution. In December 2004, Senator Byrd proposed an amendment that was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate in an attempt to increase students' knowledge about the constitution.

The legislation requires that all educational institutions receiving federal funds implement educational programs relating the U.S. Constitution on September 17 of each year. This date was chosen due to the fact that on September 17, 1787 the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the United States Constitution and present it to the American public.

Web Resources:

www.constitutioncenter.org - An online, interactive Constitution
www.archives.gov - Interactive, online features about the Constitution, as well as biographical sketches of the 39 signers of the Constitution

We would like to thank the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for their Constitution Day Implementation Guide and USA Funds for providing additional reference materials.