EEE Lectures – Spring 2026
Join us for eleven thought-provoking lectures on Fridays from February 13 to May 1, 2026 from 2-3 pm. Lectures are held at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington and on Zoom Webinar.
Friday, February 13
Linda Fowler, Ph.D., Professor of Government and Frank J. Reagan Chair in Public Policy, emerita, Dartmouth College
“Whatever Happened to Checks and Balances in the U.S. Government?”
Friday, February 20
Dr. Marlene Tromp, President of the University of Vermont
“Navigating New Terrain: Higher Education in 2026”
Friday, February 27
Paula Routly, Publisher, Editor-In-Chief and Co-Founder of Seven Days
“Thirty Years of Seven Days”
Friday, March 6
Owen Foster, Board Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
“The State of Health Care in Vermont”
Friday, March 13
Elizabeth A Bundock, M.D. Ph.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Vermont Department of Health
“Medicolegal Death Investigation in Vermont”
Friday, March 20
Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
“Challenges and Opportunities for Vermont Agriculture”
Friday, March 27
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Associate Professor and Director UVM Humanities Center
“Religious Literacy is Social Justice”
Friday, April 10
Caleigh Glenn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
“The Changing Face of U.S. Foreign Policy”
Friday, April 17
Lecturer to be announced
TBD
Friday, April 24
Calvin Cutler, Political Reporter, WCAX
“Vermont Legislative Update”
Friday, May 2
J. Kevin Graffagnino, Author and Historian, former Executive Director, Vermont State Historical Society

