Thirty student leaders joined President Merriman in Wichita on November 11th for dinner in Old Town and a public lecture by noted historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on "Lincoln and Leadership."

The students and staff that attended included:

Blake Morgan, Taggart Wall, Laura Welter, Gloria Griffin, Tabatha McMullen, Elizabeth Hill, Laura Morgan, Anna Macy, Dallas Leonard, Julie Wilke, Jennifer Edwards, Roger Klein, Addie Lambing, Megan Martin, Kate Topham, Alex Romero, Matt Perkins, Danae Weber, Jeremiah Roberts, Dustin Gorden, Krystal Tyree, Arden Moon, Kaydee Johnson, Dan Falk, Dawn Pleas-Bailey, Cheryl Rude, Houping Yan, Yu Li