Buchanan Lectures

 

The Buchanan Lecture was established to honor UW President Tom Buchanan, who served the university from 2005-2013. The lecture is delivered by one of UW鈥檚 most accomplished retiring faculty members and offers the graduating class, their families, and the university community the opportunity to hear a distinguished retired UW professor distill a life of inquiry, reflection, and service into important guidance for successive generations.

Upcoming Lecture

More information on the 2027 lecture will be announced in the spring. 

View previous Buchanan lectures below.

 

Breaking Through

Scott Seville, Professor Emeritus of Zoology & Physiology - "Chance and My Tumbleweed Trail Through Wyoming Academia"

  • - May 1, 2026

No lecture was held this year.

Katrina Zook, Professor Emerita of Music - 鈥淚nvisible Art of Teaching and Transformation鈥�

Ken Gerow, Director/Professor Mathematics & Statistics "The Inverted U & a Lifetime of Teaching Statistics at the 'U' of Wyoming"

  • - April 21, 2023

Jayne Jenkins, Physical Education/Teacher Education鈥淲hat I Learned Teaching Kindergarten鈥� 

No lecture was held this year.

Philip Roberts - "14 Booms and 13 Busts: What We All Think We Know About Wyoming", 4/26/2019