Character Explorations

By: Wendt Center for Character Education
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  • The Wendt Character Initiative promotes a culture of excellent moral character and lives of purpose. Join us as we explore current issues, seeking to uncover the moral character dimensions of the matter and illuminate how striving for excellent moral character contributes to solutions.
    © Wendt Center for Character Education at the University of Dubuque
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Episodes
  • 33. Parents’ Growing Pains on Social Media: Modeling Authenticity (Character and Social Media)

    33. Parents’ Growing Pains on Social Media: Modeling Authenticity (Character and Social Media)
    May 31 2024

    What does it mean to parent with integrity within a digital environment? In this episode, Jenn Supple discusses issues that parents should reflect on before posting about their children on social media, including concerns about disclosure, boundaries, identity, and authenticity.


    Featuring Jenn Supple, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Dubuque

    Interviewer, Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Character Initiative at the University of Dubuque

    The content in this episode comes from Jenn Supple’s article, "Parents’ Growing Pains on Social Media: Modeling Authenticity," from Character and . . . Social Media, volume 1 of the Wendt Center for Character Education’s annual journal, Character and . . . .

    Find other character resources and Wendt Center publications here or learn more about the Wendt Character Initiative here.
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    24 mins
  • 32. Co-Authoring Your Story in Light of God's Epic: Human Identity and the Divine Word (Character and Identity)

    32. Co-Authoring Your Story in Light of God's Epic: Human Identity and the Divine Word (Character and Identity)
    May 30 2024

    Suspending our disbelief in reading scripture puts us in touch with the Author God. In this episode, Rev. Dr. Timothy Matthew Slemmons suggests that reading the Bible with an open mind and heart can be a transformative experience, revealing both God and ourselves to us in unexpected ways.

    Featuring Timothy Matthew Slemmons, Professor of Homiletics and Worship at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary

    Interviewer, Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Character Initiative at the University of Dubuque

    The content in this episode comes from Timothy Matthew Slemmons’ article, "Co-Authoring Your Story in Light of God's Epic: Human Identity and the Divine Word," from Character and . . . Identity, volume 6 of the Wendt Center for Character Education’s annual journal, Character and . . . .

    Find other character resources and Wendt Center publications here or learn more about the Wendt Character Initiative here.
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    25 mins
  • 31. A Conversation with Rev. Gregory Drumwright, Justice Advocate

    31. A Conversation with Rev. Gregory Drumwright, Justice Advocate
    Nov 14 2023

    Today’s guest is Rev. Gregory Drumwright, public theologian, civil rights activist, and minister to George Floyd’s family during the Chauvin trial. Rev. Drumwright shares about his journey and purpose, and challenges us to cling to hope and God in the pursuit of justice.


    Featuring Rev. Gregory Drumwright, founder of Justice 4 the Next Generation and pastor to the Citadel Church in Greensboro, North Carolina

    Interviewer, Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Character Initiative at the University of Dubuque


    Follow Rev. Drumwright @gregdrumwright.


    Find other character resources and Wendt Center publications here or learn more about the Wendt Character Initiative here.
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    34 mins

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