Gerhard gave a talk at Ohio Christian University in late March, 2018. About 140 people attended. Students of creative writing and English literature classes were required to attend but the event was also open to the public. It is great to have a captive audience!

After sharing my family’s story I spoke about the process of writing a memoir. The students later wrote a paper about my presentation. What a treat it was when Professor Krista Stonerock sent me some of their writings. The first chart of the memoir writing part was titled, “An unlikely Author”. I told the students that I almost did not graduate from high school because of nearly flunking my senior English class. The talk ended with me saying, “I did not remain a English-challenged high school student forever. Each of us can learn and grow our entire life.”