2025 King Day Event
A Talk With Kenneth Wesson, Ph.D.
The BFSA Network invited guest speaker Kenneth Wesson, Ph.D., to help celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Wesson, an educator who has studied neuroscience and learning, gave a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Conference Rooms A&B of the Campus Center.
He spoke about the human brain, thinking patterns and social justice. Often, he said, "we see things in the way that we wish to ... Seeing things one way doesn't make them right."
About Kenneth Wesson
Kenneth Wesson, Ph.D., is a former higher education faculty member and administrator. He delivers keynote addresses on the neuroscience of learning for educational organizations and institutions throughout the United States and overseas.
Wesson regularly addresses educational organizations, counseling associations, school districts and parenting organizations on the subject of "brain-considerate" learning environments. In addition to his speeches on the neuroscience of learning, Wesson speaks on the subjects of early brain development, design and engineering, STEM and STREAM, social-emotional learning and curriculum development. He is an active member of Scientists without Borders and has been featured in PBS specials on human learning and the teenage brain. In 2017, Wesson was nominated to receive the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award.
2024 King Day Event
Educator and consultant Joe Canton was the guest speaker at a campus event honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The event on Jan. 11, 2024, was organized by the BFSA.
We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
- Martin Luther King Jr.