The Political Science department was pleased to welcome Dr. Steve Wirls for a lecture entitled “Character and the Constitution in Thomas Jefferson’s Thought” on Tuesday, September 29th in Meyer Library. Dr. Wirls is an associate professor of political science at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Filling the auditorium, we were especially happy to host Joel Slingerland, from Springfield’s Central High School, and forty of his AP Government IB History students.
The lecture, in recognition of Constitution Day, was supported by a generous grant from the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History that was received by Dr. Sara Henary. For more information about the Center and its programs, see Jack Miller Center.
For some highlights from the lecture, go to the story on KSMU.