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.
Professional Development Series: Interview Prep with Jill Morales
Audience: Students
September 16, 2026
3:30 PM
Stevenson Family Conference Room (Lindquist Hall Room 171)
Join the Walker Institute for its Professional Development Series! Each month we will focus on a different topic related to developing your skills and preparing you to enter the job force. All majors are welcome to attend. Pizza will be served!
September's event topic will be Interview Prep with Jill Morales from Weber State's Career Services.
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.
Film Screening: Jesters and Fools
Audience: All students, faculty, staff, and community invited
September 17, 2026
7:00 PM
Haven J. Barlow Lecture Hall (Lindquist Hall 101)
Join the Walker Institute for a film screening of the documentary short Jesters and Fools. Following the film screening, filmmaker Rob Feld and Gordon Larsen, Utah's senior advisor for federal affairs, will join us for a Q&A session. Jesters and Fools uses the power of science and good, old-fashioned humor to demonstrate how the media creates the false idea that America is ideologically fractured and beyond repair. Popcorn and soda will be served!