Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Dickinson College hosted a Peer Writing Tutor Conference on February 20th where 70 students from other liberal arts colleges discussed the ethics of peer tutoring and how to improve their tutoring skills. Some of the colleges that were part of the conference were Bucknell University, Gettysburg...
As part of the Multicultural Fair and Black Arts Festival, the Dickinson Society of Hispanic Students sponsored a lecture given by Dr. Francisco Villagran, the former Ambassador of Guatemala. The lecture was held on March 2nd in Memorial Hall. The president and vice-president of the Society of...
Dr. Ralph Abernathy visited Dickinson and gave a lecture as part of the Multicultural Fair and Black Arts Festival. His lecture was entitled, "Martin Luther King and His Significance in Black History." This conference, sponsored by the Congress of Afro-American Students, took place on March 3rd...
Lorrie Moore, an author and former graduate from Cornell, was hosted by the English department on March 9th. Moore, who had been praised for her use of realism and humor, read selections from Self-Help, a collection of short stories, and her new novel Anagrams. The readings...
The Latin American Studies' annual colloquium hosted their keynote speaker, Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Tunnermann, on March 23, 1988. The focus of the colloquium was Nicaragua: A Country in Turmoil. The colloquium, which lasted two days, focused on the impact of the Sandanista...
Earth Week, sponsored by the Environmental Science and American Studies departments, began on April 14th. DARE (Dickinsonians Advocating Resourcefulness with our Environment) was also involved in this program: it was their first big educational program. Some of the events that were hosted during...
The Dickinson College Democrats and the Political Science Department sponsored a visit from Lisa Dukakis, daughter-in-law of Michael Dukakis then Governor of Massachusetts and hopeful Presidential candidate. Lisa Dukakis spoke to students on Thursday, April 21st, asking students to help with...
Sibylle Niemoller, the widow to Martin Niemoller who resisted Adolf Hitler directly in World War II and eventually became his "personal prisoner" in a concentration camp by 1945, came to talk to Dickinson students on April 25th, 1988. She spoke of her experiences and her parents experiences in...
Economist and journalist Leonard Solomon Silk addressed the College as part of the 1988 Commencement exercises. Mr. Silk also received an honorary degree from the College.
On October 20th, Dickinson hosted, as part of the Bicentennial Forum , a lecture entitled "The Presidential Campaign." The lecture and debate discussed negative campaigning and the candidates' rights to privacy. The talk was held in the Rubendall Recital Hall in Weiss. L. Patrick Devlin...
A lecture, entitled "Drugs, Alcohol, and the College Student," discussed the use of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and other substances within the college environment. The lecture was given by Michael Green, president of the Collegiate Consultants on Drugs and Alcohol and a recovered alcoholic of...
The 1989 Public Affairs Symposium started on February 19th. The Symposium started with a lecture, the topic was the American family of 1989, given by Professor Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton was a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University of Law Center.
Spencer Weart, cultural critic, lectured on the psychological underpinnings of the nuclear age as part of the Risks of Nuclear War program.
Niel Weillver, an oil painter, delivered the Robert H. and Jane Weiner lecture on March 13th at 8 p.m. in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Weillver discussed his paintings, which were part of the painterly realist school, and how they developed from a cross between abstract expressionism and...
David Schwartzman, Professor Economics at the New School for Social Research, NYC, gave a lecture entitled "Games of Chicken" as part of the Risks of Nuclear War program.
Moshe Waldocks, co-author of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, presented a lecture on Jewish humor on Saturday, April 1st. The talk was sponsored by the College's Hillel and was hosted in the dining hall.
The Latin American Symposium began on April 13th. The symposium was entitled "Women in Latin America: Changing Roles" and hosted Lya Luft as the keynote speaker. Luft was from Brazil and was an accomplished poet and novelist. The symposium, which continued to April 14th, also hosted a panel...
Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey from 1981-89 and President of Drew University from 1990-2005, addressed the College as part of the 1990 Commencement exercises. Governor Kean also received an honorary degree from the College.
The Alumni Council presents an Open Forum on Greek Life in the '90s during Homecoming Weekend 1990. Participants are invited to discuss purposes and goals of Greek Life, housing options, the new pledge and rush policies, and the roles of alumni advisors.
Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., lawyer and President of Beloit College from 1991-2000, addressed Dickinson College as part of the 1991 Commencement exercises....
Ann Woodruff Compton, ABC News White House Correspondent, addressed the College as part of the 1992 Commencement exercises. Ms. Compton also received an...
Dr. Wilford Scott, Director of Adult Programs for the National Gallery of Art, led a common hour discussion entitled "Interpretations of Visual Documents of Our Past" in conjunction with a Trout Gallery exhibit on art of the American West.
Harry A. Blackmun, Supreme Court Justice from 1970-1994, was invited by the Dickinson Law School to speak about his experiences. Justice Blackmun, who wrote the majority opinion in the Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, was picketed by a handful of anti-abortion protesters outside of...
In observance of Holocaust Memorial Week, an exhibit chronicling the Holocaust was displayed in the HUB Social Hall. Arnie Joseph, translator at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials, also addressed the campus during Common Hour.
Seamus Heaney, poet and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, addressed the College as part of its 1993 Commencement exercises. Heaney also...
