The Mary E. Hensley Lecture Series - History
| Year | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Peter Langman | School Safety: Identifying 3 Types of School Shooters |
| 2018 | Lennie Vessels |
Words I Never Heard |
| 2014 | Stephen Ritz | Farming for the future: investing in your community to change the world |
| 2013 | Cynthia Lowen | Filmmaker of the award-winning documentary Bully |
| 2012 | Dr. Mike Schmoker | First Things FIRST for the 21st Century |
| 2011 | Rafe Esquith | National Teacher of the Year and author of the best-selling book Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire |
| 2010 | Erin Gruwell | How a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them |
| 2009 | Ruby Payne | A framework for understanding poverty |
| 2008 | Rachel Simmons | Odd Girl Out: girls write about bullies, cliques, popularity and jealousy |
| 2007 | Robert Brooks, Ph.D. | The power of mindsets: nurturing motivation and resilience in students |
| 2005 | Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. | Emotional intelligence |
| 2004 | Ron Clark | How to teach difficult children |
| 2003 | Mitch Albom | How many lives to you impact while living your own life? |
| 2002 | Dave Pelzer | How many victims of child abuse are left behind in our society? |
| 2001 | Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld | The Overscheduled Child and Hyper-Parenting |
| 2000 | Dr. Sylvia Rimm | Underachievement |
| 1998 | Robert J. Sternberg | Cognitive psychology |
| 1997 | Barbara Clark | Brain research and learning |