My course evaluations are in. They are mostly encouraging — except for the ones that say I should lecture more. “Lessen the amount of reading per week and just lecture more,” reads one comment.

Award-winning writer Louise Kennedy presents “Trespasses: Fact, Fiction and Memory,” a lecture and reading from her bestselling novel Trespasses (2022). Open to the public; no tickets required.

In September 2003, English Professor and Historian John Hallwas delivered the inaugural Liberal Arts Lecture on “The Liberal Arts, Civic Responsibility and Western’s Mission.” Political Science ...