High School
Summer Program
High School students (including graduating 8th and 12th graders) are invited every year to register for this 4-day program taking place in June, Monday thru Thursday, from 9am to 1pm (lunch included). The program consists of lectures, discussions and socratic seminars in a formal but friendly environment. Short readings are provided before discussion and there are opportunities for interaction and getting to know other students. Dress code is business casual, and students receive a certificate upon program completion.
Agathon Summer Program 2025 dates: Monday June 30 through Thursday July 3 (9am to 1pm)
Venue: St. John Fisher University, School of Business
Program theme: "Human Flourishing in a Digital Age"
Program Leader: Dr. Jamie Boulding
Monday, June 30th
9 am: Introduction (Dr. Jamie Boulding & Dr. Fernando Ontiveros)
10 am: Aristotle on Human Flourishing (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
11 am: Finding Peace in a Digital Age (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
Tuesday, July 1st
9 am: Martin Heidegger on the Essence of Technology (Dr. Matthew Kuhner)
10 am: C.S. Lewis on Technology and Human Nature (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
11 am: Pope Francis on Faith and Technology (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
Wednesday, July 2nd
9 am: AI and the Transformation of Work (Dr. Guillermo Montes)
10 am: AI and Medieval Philosophy (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
11 am: AI and Religious Belief (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
Thursday, July 3rd
9 am: Jacques Elul on the Technological Worldview (Dr. Esa Rantanen)
10 am: Nick Bostrom on Transhumanism (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
11 am: Life in the Universe (Dr. Jamie Boulding)
"The program was very enjoyable, especially the Socratic Seminars"
2023 Summer Program student
"The program is great! There is a reason I am back!"
2024 Summer Program student
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Past Leaders and Speakers
Jamie Boulding, PhD | Witherspoon Institute, Princeton.
Matthew Kuhner, PhD | St. Bernard's School of Theology
Machessa Samz, PhD | Nazareth University
Alexander Montes, PhD | University of Rochester
Guillermo Montes, PhD | St. John Fisher University
Victor Saenz, PhD | Houston Institute, Rice.
Matthew Petrusek, PhD | Word on Fire
Past Program Themes
Seeking Truth & Virtue in Higher Education Today
Human Work, Meaning and the Good Life
Truth, Happiness & Meaning
Why be Excellent?
Who we read
Aristotle, Plato, Augustine, Plotinus, Lewis, Younan, Kreeft, Aquinas, Arendt, Pieper, Wojtyla, Newman, Lincoln, Havard, George and others.