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
Peter Feigl, Holocaust Survivor
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre
Watch the event live on Facebook
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, 6:30 p.m. snacks and light refreshments, 7 p.m. program
Viterbo University Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
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.
This lecture is presented by The Jack Schwem Memorial Lecture in Healthcare Ethics. Sponsors are La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium and Emplify by Gundersen.