HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The final installment of the 2019 Dillon Lecture Series at Hutchinson Community College will be Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

The speaker will be STEM educator Fredi Lajvardi. Lajvardi captivated the country when he led his team of disadvantaged teenagers in a university-level underwater robotics competition, where they defeated leading schools, including top-ranked MIT. Their story inspired the acclaimed documentary Underwater Dreams and was also adapted into the major motion picture, Spare Parts, starring actor and comedian George Lopez as Fredi. His award-winning Falcon Robotics team is also featured in the 2017 film Dream Big.

Tickets to the lecture are currently on sale online and at the HutchCC Campus Store in the Parker Student Union.