Forming Character within the University by Michael Lamb

Posted By: Nancy Erickson On: 2021-10-07
Posted On: 2021-10-07

Saint Mary’s will welcome Michael Lamb, Ph.D. to present “Several Reasons why it is Good to form Character within the University.” This presentation is open to students, faculty, and staff of Saint Mary’s and will take place on Monday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m. in Brother Louis Hall, Room 105 on the Twin Cities Campus.

Dr. Lamb is executive director of the Program for Leadership and Character and Assistant Professor of Politics, Ethics, and Interdisciplinary Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is also a research fellow with the Oxford Character Project. He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University, a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College, and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. His research focuses on leadership, character, and the role of virtue in public life and has presented on the importance of character education at universities around the world.