The D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership sponsors a series of lectures by internationally, nationally, and locally known speakers on a variety of topics related to ethics and leadership.
The lectures are intended to be both informative and inspiring and to address ethical issues in a variety of settings, including business, health care, science, religion, politics, and technology.
Lecture series events are open to the public and all are welcome. No ticket is necessary.
Upcoming Events
David Tillman, Health Innovator
"When Answers Meet Questions: Elevating Health Care and Academia through Community Insight"
Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Reinhart Center, Room 134
David Tillman, a leader in health innovation, will explore the practical and ethical imperative of integrating community wisdom into public health initiatives and higher education. With over a decade of experience in utilizing participatory methodologies, Tillman has guided communities across the nation in blending professional and academic expertise with lived experience and moral wisdom to tackle pressing public health challenges, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and the overdose crisis.
This lecture is a partnership with the Seven Rivers Research Symposium.
Lerone A. Martin
Centennial Chair, Director, Professor
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre
Lerone A. Martin is the centennial chair and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. The mission of the institute is to publish the definitive 14-volume edition of The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr., a comprehensive collection of King’s most significant correspondence, sermons, speeches, published writings, and unpublished manuscripts. Attendees will learn firsthand the importance of the papers in addition to other resources such as access to thousands of documents, photographs, and publications about the modern African-American freedom struggles.
This lecture is part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration. Read more about Martin here.
Steven Marking, Local Riverlorian
A Visit from Will Dilg
Thursday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Nola Starling Recital Hall
Celebrate the centennial of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge with a 50-minute screening of the documentary A Visit from Will Dilg created by Steven Marking along with an audience Q&A.
The screening is a partnership with the Aldo Leopold Celebration. Learn more about the film here.
Peter Feigl, Holocaust Survivor
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre
In summer 1942, the Vichy government, in collaboration with the Nazis, began rounding up Jews and deporting them to German concentration camps in Poland. Unbeknownst to Feigl who was in a Quaker summer camp, his parents were arrested and deported to Auschwitz where they were killed within a month of their arrival. With help, Fiegl was eventually given false identity papers and sent as a boarding student to a high school in Figeac, France. After escaping arrest in May 1944 when Germans raided Figeac, Feigl escaped to neutral Switzerland over barbed wire fences with the help of the Jewish underground.
This lecture is part of the Teaching the Holocaust Educators’ Workshop. Read more about Feigl here.
Jessica Finlay, Professor
"Third places’ since COVID-19: Are we losing essential sites of community, connection, and care?"
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre
Jessica Finlay is a health geographer and environmental gerontologist who uses mixed methods to investigate how built, social, and natural environments affect health, well-being, and quality of life. In particular, she focuses on aging in place and cognitive health disparities among underrepresented and underserved older adults. Finlay also investigates impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on neighborhood environments and health among aging Americans.