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In our latest podcast episode, Jonathan Barz draws from literature to consider courageous compassion and the need for it to shape our responses to the immigration crisis. Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Podcast/ or search for Character Explorations on your favorite podcast app.

New podcast episode out now! In this episode of Character Explorations, Dr. Christine Darr discusses the need for courageous compassion to respond to the suffering of others. Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Podcast/ or search for Character Explorations on your favorite podcast app.

It's Gratitude Week! Check out our Facebook (University of Dubuque Wendt Character Initiative) and/or Instagram (@ WendtCenterUD) pages for ways to reflect on your gratitude this week. How will you share your gratitude with others?

Our Fall Wendt Newsletter is live! Come see the great character work happening on and off campus! You can find it here: dbq.edu/media/Wendt/Fa…

Interfaith friendship is key to breaking down barriers between Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Bonnie Sue Lewis calls for courageous compassion to welcome others and interfaith friendships into our lives. Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Publicat… or on your favorite podcast app.

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, suspicion and fear reigned in the U.S. Roger Ebertz shares how a political leader can respond with courageous compassion in a time of great national fear. Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Publicat… or on your favorite podcast app!

More and more we look to social influencers as models to imitate rather than focus on our own individuality and character. Molly Hein shares steps for returning to a focus on our individual identity. Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Publicat… or find it on your favorite podcast app!

Was there integrity in the response to the COVID pandemic? Can we trust science? Ken Turner considers these questions as he examines the responses by scientists. Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Publicat… or find Character Explorations on your favorite podcast app!

Does the truth matter anymore? Mary Emily Briehl Duba argues that, yes, the truth does matter, and it will help us face the crises of our day! Listen at dbq.edu/Wendt/Publicat… or search for Character Explorations on your favorite podcast app!

Catch up on the excellent character work happening at the University of Dubuque this spring! dbq.edu/media/Wendt/Sp…

Marcus Eriksen presents the Wendt Character Lecture tonight! 7pm, Heritage Center. We hope to see you there!

Have you listened to the Wendt Center’s new podcast series, Character Explorations? To listen, visit dbq.edu/Wendt/Publicat… or search for Character Explorations on your favorite podcast app. Subscribe and be the first to know when new episodes drop!

There are wonderful things happening at the University of Dubuque! Last semester we saw UD organizations and individuals serving and supporting each other with cooperative spirits and helpful activities. Read more in our Winter 2021-22 newsletter. dbq.edu/media/Wendt/Wi…

Check out our latest journal issue, Character and . . . Transitions, at digitalud.dbq.edu/ojs/character. Jeff Haverland, Jim Romagna, Ann Mauss, and Mary Emily Briehl Duba wrote compelling articles that engaged topics of transition and character. Rick Olsen wrote a thoughtful response.

Kaitlin Curtice delivers our Wendt Character Lecture, "What the World Needs Now," tonight at 7p.m. in John & Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center. Or join us online at bit.ly/WendtFall2021!

Check out our Fall 2021 Newsletter and stay up to date with what we have been up to so far!🍂 dbq.edu/media/Wendt/Fa…

Award-Winning Essayist, Poet, and Author of #NativeBook @KaitlinCurtice will be sharing with us her unique perspective on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples for our Fall Wendt Character Lecture. Join us October 25 at bit.ly/WendtFall2021!

on character development and didn't build an identity outside of his athletic career. It sounds like Leaf is now finding a better way, sharing a positive message to help others. (twitter.com/OleMissFB/stat…)

Remember Joe Sabin's article, "Shifting Our Mindsets: Sports, Character, and Identity" in Character and Identity (digitalud.dbq.edu/ojs/index.php/…)? Here's an update on Ryan Leaf, a former quarterback whose career Sabin highlighted to demonstrate the problems of an athlete who missed out

Congratulations to all of our completing Wendt Character Scholars! Thank you for everything you have accomplished as part of the Wendt Scholar program! We will miss you!! Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks as we spotlight our completing Wendt Scholars.