New England Board of Higher Education » lectures http://www.nebhe.org NEBHE Wed, 16 Oct 2013 02:48:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Spring Forward: Prez of Rwanda Among Speakers Headed to NE Campuses http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/spring-forward-prez-of-rwanda-among-speakers-headed-to-ne-campuses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-forward-prez-of-rwanda-among-speakers-headed-to-ne-campuses http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/spring-forward-prez-of-rwanda-among-speakers-headed-to-ne-campuses/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:30:13 +0000 John O. Harney http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=newslink&p=17389 Rwanda President Paul Kagame will speak at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater on Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m., to mark the launch of the university's Genocide and Holocaust Education Initiative.

**** Journalist and author Bob Woodward will speak at Eastern Connecticut State University's Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. ...]]>

Rwanda President Paul Kagame will speak at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater on Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m., to mark the launch of the university's Genocide and Holocaust Education Initiative.

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Journalist and author Bob Woodward will speak at Eastern Connecticut State University's Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each for the public, but free for students.
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The Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice will hold a two-day academic symposium focused on Migration: Past, Present and Future, featuring author Richard Rodriguez, PBS NewsHour host Ray Suarez and others, on Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22, at BC's Corcoran Commons,
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The 2013 Bay Path College Women’s Leadership Conference will take place on Friday, March 22, at the MassMutual Convention Center in Springfield Mass. Speakers will include: Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking; Jenn Lim, CEO & "Chief Happiness Officer" and consultant at Zappos; actress Queen Latifah; and Peggielene Bartels who worked as a secretary at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C., before being chosen King of Otuam, a fishing village of 7,000 people in Ghana. Tickets are $350.
]]> http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/spring-forward-prez-of-rwanda-among-speakers-headed-to-ne-campuses/feed/ 0 Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan, O.J. Lawyer Scheck, Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon Among Speakers in Fairfield U 2011-12 Series http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/foreign-correspondent-lara-logan-o-j-lawyer-scheck-globetrotter-meadowlark-lemon-among-speakers-in-fairfield-u-2011-12-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-correspondent-lara-logan-o-j-lawyer-scheck-globetrotter-meadowlark-lemon-among-speakers-in-fairfield-u-2011-12-series http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/foreign-correspondent-lara-logan-o-j-lawyer-scheck-globetrotter-meadowlark-lemon-among-speakers-in-fairfield-u-2011-12-series/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:34:32 +0000 John O. Harney http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=newslink&p=10010 Connecticut's Fairfield University announced the roster for its  2011-12 Open VISIONS Forum at the university’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

The complete season line-up is as follows:

Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at 8 p.m.Chuck Todd: “State of the Nation: Polling the Mood”

Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at 8 p.m.Lara Logan: “Apartheid to Afghanistan, Reporting from the ...]]>

Connecticut's Fairfield University announced the roster for its  2011-12 Open VISIONS Forum at the university’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

The complete season line-up is as follows:

Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at 8 p.m.
Chuck Todd: “State of the Nation: Polling the Mood”

Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at 8 p.m.
Lara Logan: “Apartheid to Afghanistan, Reporting from the Front Lines”

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, at 8 p.m.
Ben Brantley and Mark Lamos: “On the Aisle: Critically Speaking”

Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at 8 p.m.
Barry Scheck: “Capital Crimes Challenged by DNA Evidence”

Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at 3 p.m.
Rex Reed: “Hollywood Notebook: Glory or Gory?”

Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at 8 p.m.
Meadowlark Lemon: “Globetrotting into Civil Rights”

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 8 p.m.
Sarah Vowell: “Author’s Liberty as a Voice of Patriotic Radicalism”

Monday, April 23, 2012, at 8 p.m.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Prospects for Survival of our Green Planet”

Single tickets for each lecture are $45. Subscriptions for all eight lectures are $306. Tickets and subscriptions are available through the Quick Center (203) 254-4010, or toll-free 1-877-ARTS-396. (1-877-278-7386).

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