To watch past Wendt Lectures, click the links below:
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Spring 2021 Lecturer: David M. Bailey, public theologian and culture-maker focused on community and racial reconciliation, spoke on What to Do In Red Sea Moments. |
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Spring 2020 Lecturers: Justin Skeesuck & Patrick Gray, best-selling authors of I'll Push You: A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends and One Wheelchair and founders of Push, Inc., presented their talk, I'll Push You. |
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Fall 2019 Lecturer: Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning journalist and best-selling author of An American Summer and There are No Children Here, spoke on Bearing Witness: Storytelling and Human Rights. |
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Spring 2019 Lecturer: Sarah Thebarge, author of The Invisible Girls and Well, P.A., volunteer, cancer survivor, presented her lecture, Love Looks Around. View Spring 2019 Lecture - Sarah Thebarge |
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Fall 2018 Lecturer: Claude Chester, Retired Warden of United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, presented his lecture, Limited Opportunities. |
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Spring 2018 Lecturer: Dr. Brian J. Walsh, co-author of Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement and The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian World View, spoke on Character and the Crisis of Home. View Spring 2018 Lecture - Dr. Brian J. Walsh |
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Fall 2017 Lecturer: Bill O'Rourke, former President of Alcoa-Russia, Alcoa executive and attorney; veteran; business ethics advisor to boards and universities, presented Leading with Justice and Integrity. View Fall 2017 Lecture - Bill O'Rourke |
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Spring 2017 Lecturer: Dr. Quentin Schultze, communication professor, author, speaker, mentor, and master teacher who proclaims the good news that virtuous communication can overcome many of our personal and social problems, presented his lecture, Listen to Love. View Spring 2017 Lecture - Dr. Quentin Schultze |
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Fall 2016 Lecturer: Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., Founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries and author of Tattoos on the Heart, spoke on Fearless Integrity. View Fall 2016 Lecture - Father Gregory Boyle, S.J. |
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Spring 2016 Lecturer: Rais Bhuiyan, victim of a post-911 attack and founder of World Without Hate, presented on The Courage to Forgive. View a clip of Spring 2016 Lecture - Rais Bhuiyan |
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Fall 2015 Lecturer: Nontombi Naomi Tutu, race and gender justice activist and daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, presented her lecture Courageous Compassion. View a clip of Fall 2015 Lecture - Nontombi Naomi Tutu |
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Spring 2015 Lecturer: Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., anti-death penalty activist, spiritual adviser to several individuals on death row, and author of Dead Man Walking, spoke on Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues. View Spring 2015 Lecture - Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. |
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Fall 2014 Lecturer: Captain (ret.) Jason Church, Purple Heart recipient and recipient of the 2014 NCAA Inspiration Award, presented his lecture, The Power of a Positive Attitude and Standing up to Adversity. View Fall 2014 Lecture - Captain (ret.) Jason Church |
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Spring 2014 Lecturer: Mr. Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains presented his lecture The Mind in the Net: How Our Gadgets Shape Our Thoughts. View Spring 2014 Lecture - Mr. Nicholas Carr |
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Fall 2013 Lecturer: Dr. L. Ripley Smith, Professor of International & Media Communication at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, spoke about how society can have a dramatic impact on refugees and immigrants with his lecture God's Heart and Our Part in the Lives of Displaced Persons. View Fall 2013 Lecture - Dr. L. Ripley Smith |
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Spring 2013 Lecturer: Dr. Susan Emmerich, Founder and CEO of Emmerich Environmental Consulting and author of When Heaven Meets Earth: Creation Care as a Ministry of Justice, Reconciliation, and Community Transformation, presented her lecture on her book. View Spring 2013 Lecture - Dr. Susan Emmerich |
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Spring 2013 Lecturer: Dr. Bryan Dik, Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University and co-author of Make Your Job a Calling presented his lecture on Web-Slinging and World-Changing: Career Guidance from Spider Man, Martin Luther, and a Hospital Janitor. View Spring 2013 Lecture - Bryan Dik |
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Fall 2012 Lecturer: Dean Koldenhoven, former Mayor of Palos Heights, IL and the 2002 winner of the Profiles in Courage award, spoke on Religious Tolerance: The Muslim Controversy in Palos Heights, IL. View Fall 2012 Lecture - Dean Koldenhoven |
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2010-2011 Lecturer: Dr. Noah Pickus, Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and Associate Research Professor of Public Policy Studies at Duke University, spoke on Integrity Matters. |
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2009-2010 Lecturer: Dr. Parker Palmer, Founder of the Center for Courage & Renewal, spoke on The Future of Democracy and Habits of the Heart: Renewing American Politics from the Bottom Up. |
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2008-2009 Lecturer: Michael Josephson, Director of the Josephson Institute, presented Does Character Really Count? Going for the Gold - From Sports and Business to Education and Public Service. |
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2007-2008 Lecturer: Georg Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, spoke on The Content of Our National Character: Ethics in Public Policy Making. |
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2006-2007 Lecturer: Lynn Brewer, former Enron executive and author, presented Honesty: Shaping Lives of Purpose and Moral Character. |