FRANKLIN, Ind. – Franklin College will welcome Jodie Crosby Ferise, Ed.D., J.D., to campus as the Constitution Day speaker on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Branigin Room of the Napolitan Student Center. Ferise will serve as the first speaker in the college’s 2025-26 Convocation Lecture Series, as she addresses the crowd on “Constitutional Thinking in a Clickbait World.”

In a time when algorithms often dictate what we see and truth sometimes feels elusive, it’s hard to find a solid basis for our beliefs. After all, sensational headlines, viral content, and political echo chambers were never designed to foster independent reflection. This talk is an invitation to navigate the tide of information differently: read widely, fact-check relentlessly, think deeply, and decide for your

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