The lecture is part of the 125th anniversary of Concordia. The event is free, but tickets are required.
Brooks began writing his column for the Op-Ed page of The New York Times in 2003. He is a prolific author. His most recent book, “The Road to Character,” tells the stories of 10 great lives illustrating how character is developed. He is a regular analyst on “PBS NewsHour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He has been a senior editor at The Weekly Standard; a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly; worked at The Wall Street Journal; and as a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service jointly owned by the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times.
A native of Canada, Brooks obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. In 2010, Brooks became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Tickets for the event are available beginning Jan. 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Memorial Auditorium box office, located on 12th Avenue South at 7th Street in Moorhead. No online ticketing is available.
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