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Source: Thomas Wright, 785-532-5672, thomaswr@k-state.edu
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News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415 or ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Monday, Sept. 22, 2008

EXPERT IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COMING TO K-STATE SEPT. 26 FOR THE LECTURE 'WHAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING?'

MANHATTAN -- A recognized author and psychology professor is bringing the message of positive psychology to Kansas State University business students.

Christopher Peterson, professor of psychology and organizational studies at the University of Michigan, will present "What Makes Life Worth Living?" from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union. Admission is free, and the lecture is open to the public. The lecture is sponsored by Thomas A. Wright, director of the Center for Character-Based Leadership and the President Jon Wefald Chair of Business Leadership, and the K-State College of Business Administration.

"Dr. Peterson's truly seminal work on character-based strengths is highly instrumental in helping individuals develop a heightened sense of meaningful purpose and direction to their lives," Wright said. "His inspiring message of 'What makes life worth living' is highly consistent with Kansas State University's stated mission to have an 'engaged' community of socially responsible students."

Peterson is research director of the Values in Action Project, a research project in the field of positive psychology. He has created a coherent classification of human strengths and virtues, as well as reliable and valid strategies for assessing these aspects of excellence. He is the author of "Character Strengths and Virtues" and "A Primer in Positive Psychology."

He belongs to several committees within the field of positive psychology, and he is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan in recognition of his contributions to teaching. Peterson has been featured in publications like the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today, Reader's Digest and U.S. News and World Report. He is the author of more than 300 publications. In 2003, the Institute for Scientific Information named Peterson among the world's 100 most widely cited psychologists of the past 20 years. He also edits several journals and a book series.