Colorado Christian charts new path: Centennial Institute becomes student-centered think tank
By Steve Rabey | The Gazette
The Centennial Institute is back after a leadership change, a pause in major activities and a period of self-examination to determine if Colorado Christian University’s conservative think tank lost its way.
After former director Jeff Hunt left in early 2024 to do talk radio full time, Centennial Institute canceled the 2024 Western Conservative Summit, a two-day political rally that was its biggest public event.
Centennial Institute said the summit would return in 2025, but it didn’t. Instead, leaders spent half a year deciding what they wanted the 16-year-old think tank to be.
They decided to make some changes and hired Greg Schaller, a Christian scholar and teacher to lead the way. He started as Centennial Institute’s director in January, returning...