The Valor Symposium is a celebration of Valor Education’s work in the world. We know life is best enjoyed in the company of friends who together share in contemplation of the highest things. True celebrations and festivals are not to be understood simply as days without work but instead as days set aside for participating in the ars liberalis – “in the realm of activity that is meaningful in itself."

Dr. Jonathan Sanford, President of the University of Dallas, will be the Keynote Speaker for the event. Dr. Sanford began as dean of Constantin College of Liberal Arts in 2015, was elevated to provost in 2018, and became president in 2021. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Buffalo in 2001 and later served at the Franciscan University of Steubenville for 13 years. Dr. Sanford has published widely on foundational questions of moral philosophy. He is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hildebrand Project, a member of Legatus, and a Fellow of the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture. Dr. Sanford will speak on Plato's Apology, one of the most famous and beautiful works of philosophy in the Western tradition. The title of his address is "Plato's Apology: Our Times and the Call of Philosophy.”