Michael Lamb

Sr. Exec. Director @character_wfu; scholar of politics, ethics, & humanities @WakeForest; author of "A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine's Political Thought"

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

📕 NEW BOOK! 📕 Today is the publication day for "The Arts of Leading," which explores what the arts & humanities can teach us about leadership. @Georgetown_UP is offering a 30% with code TGUF.

[The Program for Leadership and Character @character_wfu]

.@KMLamb, our senior executive director, joined Jeff Rosen, CEO emeritus of the National Constitutional Center, for a webinar about character and virtue in America's founding. The conversation was hosted by the F.M. Kirby Foundation. Watch it here: https://t.co/NKH6mdCs5e

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

We are grateful to @DavidBrooks224 for elevating the movement for character education in higher education and highlighting our work @character_wfu @WakeForest in @TheAtlantic!

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

What a joy and honor to give the commencement speech at @northcentralcol on Sunday! I'm so grateful to President Gòkè-Paríolá for the generous invitation and for awarding me an honorary doctorate. I spoke about the importance of purpose for a good life. https://t.co/h9Bu76mFlk

[The Program for Leadership and Character @character_wfu]

New research from the ECI asked 201 undergrads a simple question: Do you support efforts by colleges and universities to intentionally develop your character?https://t.co/O30eMCpvI2

#HigherEducation #CharacterEducation #Leadership #StudentDevelopment #Education

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

We're so grateful to the Kern Family Foundation for this new grant to @character_wfu to extend our work on Leadership and Character in the Law @WFULawSchool and at law schools across the country! Thanks also to @KL_Townsend for his leadership of this exciting initiative!

[Wake Forest Giving @WFUGiving]

Big news for the Wake Forest University School of Law and the Program for Leadership and Character!

https://t.co/jT3FMJ6FpF

[Humanitas Institute @HIClassicalEd]

Virtue does not become real just because we can define it.

This week on Forged, @KMLamb points to a deeper truth: character is formed through practice, repetition, and reflection until patience, humility, and empathy become second nature.

🎧 https://t.co/pa4rwfEKMe

[Journal of Moral Ed @JournalMoralEd]

@edwbrooks & @KMLamb offer 10 compelling reasons why #character formation should once again be a central priority in #HigherEducation—showing how it strengthens academic life, career readiness, civic engagement, leadership, wellbeing, and more.

🔓 https://t.co/S4G8Zr8yXW

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

@JournalMoralEd @edwbrooks Thank you for publishing this piece!

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

What a joy to join the Forged podcast with my friend @oxfordwilliams4! We've been talking about character and education for years, so it was a gift to continue that conversation & connect the cultivation of character to my experience growing up on a farm. https://t.co/UPdvv8XgF7

[The Program for Leadership and Character @character_wfu]

🗓️ "Building Communities of Character" is an international, interdisciplinary conference designed to foster conversation, collaboration, and community in support of a movement for character education in higher education, held on campus at @WakeForest University from December 3-5.

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

🚀 We're hiring @character_wfu @WakeForest! With funds from a new grant to build communities of impact around character in higher education, we're searching for several administrative and research positions. The link is below!
https://t.co/9YGLSWBTES

[Journal of Moral Ed @JournalMoralEd]

How do you teach students about character so they can develop it? Michael Lamb and Edward Brooks highlight the essential strategy of developing virtue literacy and give practical examples of how to teach it in a university context 👇

https://t.co/xpuMPnEOer
@KMLamb, @edwbrooks

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

@philosophybites Happy birthday, Nigel!

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

I am looking forward to this conversation about character in higher education. I hope you will join us! The link to register is below.

[The Program for Leadership and Character @character_wfu]

What kind of graduates are we trying to shape? Join us April 1 at 2 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation about why character education matters, how its effectiveness can be measured, and how to make it stick.

Register: https://t.co/DspIy3bX27

#ProHumanitate #Character #HigherEd

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

@MichaelRWear Thank you, @MichaelRWear!

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

@DanLapsley Thank you, @DanLapsley!

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

@johnalex1 @JournalMoralEd @edwbrooks Hi @johnalex1, I appreciate your engagement. I agree that it is good to educate character as earlier as possible, but research shows that emerging adulthood (ages 18-29) is also a significant period of character development.

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

Why should colleges and universities educate character? In this new article in @JournalMoralEd, @edwbrooks & I provide ten research-based reasons why educating character can help colleges and universities achieve their core purposes. https://t.co/qQD8lHzstL

[The Program for Leadership and Character @character_wfu]

Some of the earliest works on character used analogies from athletics to describe character formation. Join the ECI on 3/31 at 11 a.m. ET for a webinar conversation about character in athletics. Register: https://t.co/tgDb0fHilD

[Michael Lamb @KMLamb]

I'm so honored and grateful to be giving the commencement address at @northcentralcol. Several faculty from North Central are leaders in character education, so I've long admired the College for its focus on educating ethical leaders. I am looking forward to May!

[North Central College @northcentralcol]

Scholar, educator, author, and speaker Michael Lamb, Ph.D., will address the Class of 2026 at North Central College’s 161st Commencement Ceremony on May 3.

To learn more, visit https://t.co/YcxNQiagqm. #NCGrad2026