Michael Lamb
@KMLamb
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Exec. Director of @character_wfu; scholar of politics, ethics, & humanities @WakeForest; author of "A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine's Political Thought"
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined June 2009
đź“• NEW BOOK! đź“• Today is the publication day for "The Arts of Leading," which explores what the arts & humanities can teach us about leadership. @Georgetown_UP is offering a 30% with code TGUF.
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🎉 Today is St. Augustine's birthday! To celebrate, I've posted a new article where I offer a new interpretation of his "order of love" by drawing on Roman law. If you would a pdf of the article, please message me!
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Educators: Discover how to fund innovative character education! Join our Educating Character Initiative Grant Info Session on Nov 13. Learn about eligibility, get application tips, and start planning your project: https://t.co/zrFL0uWnMQ
#CharacterEducation #UniversityGrants
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How might our character inform our callings? I discuss these and other questions on the Callings podcast hosted by @VocationMatters. I'm so grateful to Erin VanLaningham & John Barton for such an engaging conversation! https://t.co/Bzvu5UaCN3
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I had such a good talking about friendships of character with @WakeForest alumni and my friend of character, Ann Phelps, at homecoming!
For homecoming, @KMLamb and Ann Phelps are leading a session on friendship and character. It’s great to see so many @WakeForest alumni here!
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I'm giving the Lifelong Learning Lecture on "Character and the Constitution" @WakeForest on Wed, Oct. 29th, at 6:15pm in Porter Byrum Welcome Center. It's free and open to the public. I'd love to see you there if you're interested! @character_wfu
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ICYMI: “You can’t hack character—you have to inhabit it.” — Prof. Michael Lamb Listen: [Links to Episode in Comments Below] #FlourishingLeadership #VirtueEthics #MichaelLamb
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A huge thanks to Scott Parsons for hosting me on the @FlourishingLead podcast! Our conversation -- on character, hope, and the arts of leading -- is below! @character_wfu
JUST RELEASED 🎙️ Prof. Michael Lamb on flourishing leadership, hope (as a virtue), Iris Murdoch’s “unselfing,” Augustine, and the 7 strategies for cultivating character. Listen: [Links to Episode in Comments Below]
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We hope you will consider applying for one of our grants from the Educating Character Initiative!
What if higher ed shaped not just what students know, but who they become? Our Educating Character Initiative is offering grants ranging from $50K to $1M to help institutions integrate character at the heart of their learning. Details here: https://t.co/ItrkYe7EK7
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Happy Constitution Day! I am looking forward to giving a talk on "Character and Constitution" at my alma mater, @RhodesCollege on Oct. 6 at 5pm. Memphis friends, it would be wonderful to see you there!
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What an inspiring story about @FortLewis in @LearningWellmag! They're doing really impactful work to cultivate character to foster reconciliation. We're glad to be partnering with them through our Educating Character Initiative @character_wfu. https://t.co/zo8vXEOLpR
learningwellmag.org
Fort Lewis College is bringing the concepts together to help heal the past and face the future.
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Wake Forest friends, we hope you will join @character_wfu, @WFUwomenscenter, and the Dept. of Politics & International Affairs for a keynote conversation on "Leadership, Character, and Diplomacy" with former Ambassador @ShefaliRazdan today! Details below!
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Happy Feast Day of St. Augustine! Below is one of my favorite quotes, which seems especially relevant today.
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I'm delighted to welcome Cristy Guleserian as the new Executive Director of Leadership & Character in the College @WakeForest! I've long admired Cristy for her incredible work in character education. It's a joy to welcome her to @character_wfu!
leadershipandcharacter.wfu.edu
The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University is excited to announce that Cristy Guleserian will become our new Executive Director in the College. Guleserian, a distinguished...
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ECI community! Join us on Thursday for the first in a new series of webinars: “Advancing Flourishing in Health Professions Through the Interdependent Concepts of Character, Caring and Practical Wisdom” Register here:
leadershipandcharacter.wfu.edu
Register below to sign up for one or more of the following sessions:
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Our Course Development and Redesign Workshop is underway! We’re happy to welcome faculty from Wake Forest and across the country.
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We have good news! Lilly Endowment Inc. has provided @WakeForest with $30M to expand the national movement to educate character within U.S. colleges & universities. All of us @character_wfu are grateful for their support & excited about the work ahead!
Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative will expand its support for character education at colleges and universities across the country with more than $30 million in new funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. https://t.co/BJAn8o60ov
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I'm grateful to @CGKIMJR from @SaintLouisU for hosting me on "A History of Christian Theology" to talk more about St. Augustine and my book, "A Commonwealth of Hope" (@PrincetonUPress).
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I am grateful to Evan Dutmer for an extraordinarily generous review of "A Commonwealth of Hope" in the Journal of Moral Philosophy! It is such a gift when colleagues read our work so carefully and engage it so generously. Thank you, Evan!
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Very excited to share that my next book will be coming out with Oxford University Press! The title is: The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World and it is my second book written for a popular audience (following The Character
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