Common Hour Fall 2022: Sept 19

Monday, 9/19: Panel: “What is Leadership?”
Moderator: Virginia Harriger, Executive Director, Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Program Director, Leadership Franklin County
Panelists: Wesley R. Fugate, President of Wilson College; Gladys Leon, Board President of First Start Partnerships and Member of the Board of Directors, United Way of Franklin County; and Gretchen Natter, Assistant Dean and Executive Director of Gettysburg College’s Center for Public Service

Women's History Month Lecture Series: Navigating the COVID Crisis: Balancing Physical and Mental Health

Navigating the COVID Crisis: Balancing Physical and Mental Health

Presented by Julie Beck, Professor of Nursing

Wednesday, March 9 at 4 p.m.
Lenfest Learning Commons, John Stewart Memorial Library In-person or via Zoom (Zoom details will be shared the morning of each event)

Panel Discussion

Women's History Month Lecture Series: The Experience of a Lifetime: Captain Joan Hankey in Her Own Words

The Experience of a Lifetime: Captain Joan Hankey in Her Own Words

Presented by Amy Ensley, Director of the Hankey Center for the History of Women’s Education

Tuesday, March 1 at Noon
Lenfest Learning Commons, John Stewart Memorial Library In-person or via Zoom (Zoom details will be shared the morning of each event)

Refreshments Provided

Orr Forum: Dr. Amy-Jill Levine

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
Lenfest Learning Commons in John Stewart Memorial Library, Wilson College

Lecture: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Jesus’ Parables as Jewish Stories
Jesus told parables to fellow Jews: recovering that original setting corrects their frequent anti-Jewish interpretations, provides a grounding for better Jewish/Christian relations, and offers new insight into both ancient and present-day ethics.

Common Hour: Community Lawyering with Pennsylvania Farmworkers

Community Lawyering with Pennsylvania Farmworkers

Caitlin Barry, Director of the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, will discuss her work teaching law students the practice of community lawyering. Students in the Farmworker Clinic represent farmworkers and their families and provide legal support for community organizations working for racial and economic justice for immigrant workers across Pennsylvania.

Banned Books Readout 2019

Did you know that the last week of September is Banned Books Week?

Come join Wilson's Communications students as we celebrate this year's official theme -- "Keep the Light On: Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark" -- with the following free event:

BANNED BOOKS READOUT (Wednesday, 09/25 from 11-1 pm in the Lenfest Learning Commons)

Read from your favorite book, listen to others read from theirs, and pick up a free banned books comic and sticker!