Wesleyan’s free faculty lecture series features Dr. Rob Hull

News Release
November 30, 2018

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — West Virginia Wesleyan College Professor of Philosophy Dr. Rob Hull will present a lecture entitled Creative Play: Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and Consciousness: “If I Only Had a Precis” on Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m.

The lecture will be held in Wesleyan’s Performing Arts Center and is free and open to the public.

Part of the college’s ongoing faculty lecture series, Dr. Hull’s presentation will be an engaging exploration of philosophy.

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