On the evening of November 21 the International College of the University of Bridgeport (the University's UN College) sponsored a symposium on the topic Intimations of Immortality: Perspectives on Life After Death. About 60 students and faculty participated in the seminar. It consisted of several speakers:

Reverend Yang, a Seminary Trained Unificationist Pastor, represented the Unification Perspective. He shared about the Unification view of the importance of experience love as parents, children, spouses, and siblings in order to resemble God and to be able to dwell with God in the spirit world.

The second speaker was Dr. Larry Phillips who spoke from a Humanist perspective. Professor Phillips shared about what he felt about life after death and explained his understanding that after death there is nothing. His talk stirred a lot of discussion and an intense series of questions following the presentation.

The Third speaker was International College Visiting Professor, Dr. Kim Setton, who provided some insights into how Confucianism, in spite of Confucius never having articulated his views on life after death, prepares people through living and acting properly on earth to live properly in the spiritual world.

Reverend Douglas House who teaches Public Speaking in the International College is also a Congregationalist Minister. He spoke on the Christian view of life after death. He is the only speaker who spoke about Near Death Experiences. He spoke of a man whom he had known who throughout much of his life had had a very negative outlook. In his presentation, he shared a very interesting experience about a man who had had a negative outlook throughout his life. As he faced death he had a near death experience. He returned from the experience very pleased and said, "So that is what death is like…" From that point on he never complained and developed a positive outlook on life.

The final speaker, Dr. Michael Grant, a former Provost of the University and an Ambassador for Peace, shared about a book that he is writing on the spirit world. It was a very interesting presentation emphasizing that unless we prepare while on earth we cannot go to where we need to go in the spirit world. Dr. Grant concluded his presentation by distributing a questionnaire that he has developed to solicit people's views on life after death. He is utilizing this questionnaire as an additional source for his book.

Dr. Kurt Frey, Professor of Psychology, served as moderator of the program and Dr. Tom Ward, the Dean of the College, offered the closing remarks, thanking everyone, particularly Mr. Jory Cook, the International College Senior who organized the event.