Upcoming Events
Walker Civics Symposium: McKay Coppins
Audience: All students, faculty, staff, and community invited
September 3, 2026
7:00 PM
Shepherd Union Ballrooms
The Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service and WSU Athletics will host McKay Coppins, a New York Times bestselling author and journalist. Coppins will present "The Casinofication of America: How Online Gambling Hooked a Generation—and What It's Doing to Sports, Politics, and Culture." In this talk, Coppins blends personal narrative with reporting to examine how gambling apps are reshaping culture, exploiting behavioral psychology, and seeding institutional distrust.
Constitution Day: David French
Audience: All students, faculty, staff, and community invited
September 17, 2026
12:00 PM
Haven J. Barlow Lecture Hall (Lindquist Hall 101)
The Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service hosts New York Times bestselling author, David French, for its annual Constitution Day keynote lecture. French is columnist for The New York Times and is a former constitutional litigator and past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.