Washington and Lee University
Dick Kuettner, director of the Tucker Multimedia Center and adjunct professor of Romance Languages, presented his hypothetical "last lecture" as part of a new series of lectures at Washington and Lee University on May 21, 2009.
Kuettner joined the University in 1989 and oversees the instructional technology program for foreign languages. He also manages faculty development in the areas of foreign language teaching, language acquisition, and technology integration.
The "Last Lecture Series," which W&L senior Eduardo Rodriguez organized, is patterned after similar program at other institutions where faculty members are invited to present on the topic of their choosing “as if it were their last to address an audience.” Such series received internationall attention two years ago when the late Randy Pausch gave his last lecture at Carnegie-Mellon University after having been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
