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Photos from The Truman Lecture Series
Moderator and Chair of the Truman Lecture Series, Sue Ellen McCalley, Ph.D. opens the 2020 Truman Lecture.
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Ron Slepitza, Ph.D., CSJA, President of Avila University, introduces the Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lecture speakers, Norm Conard and Megan Stewart Felt.
The stage for the Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lecture is set for a virtual presentation. The lecture was available on Zoom, YouTube and Facebook.
A small number of students, faculty, and staff gathered in Whitfield Center to hear the 2020 Truman Lecture. Most attended the event virtually.
Avila students present a monetary gift of thanks to the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes.
Norm Conard, Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lecturer, shares Irena Sendler's story over Zoom to a large audience including Avila's first year students who read Life in a Jar as part of the First Year Experience at Avila University. Sendler's story was made into a movie by the Hallmark Movie Channel, it was titled, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler.
The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes located in Fort Scott, Kansas created from Irena Sendler's story. Megan Stewart Felt (pictured on the far top right), Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lecturer, shares details during the lecture on the center where she serves as the Program Director.
During the Harry S. Truman Lecture, Norm Conard (pictured on the far top right) and Megan Stewart Felt shared a PowerPoint sharing many details of the journey of Life in a Jar. Part of this journey included the creation of a play about Irena Sendler's efforts during WWII to save over 2,500 Jewish children. Stewart Felt is pictured in the slide as she portrays Irena Sendler during the play.
During the lecture, Norm Conard and Megan Stewart Felt share details about their visits to Poland. Norm Conard and the students who began the project (Megan Stewart, Elizabeth Cambers and Sabrina Coons), were able to visit Irena Sendler in Poland prior to her death on May 12, 2008. They all formed strong and caring relationships with one another.
