Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Oscar Arias, a recipient of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered a lecture titled "Demilitarization & Poverty Reduction" in the Rubendall Recital Hall on November 17. The Clarke Center and the Dickinson School of Law co-sponsored the event.
"Footsteps into Change" was held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on November 20, 1997 as part of the Hunger and Homelessness Week. The Clarke Center, the Career Center, Multicultural Affairs, Religious Affairs, Student Senate, the Departments of English, Environmental Studies, and IB...
Jack Lockwood delivered a lecture titled "Dante's Peak" in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on December 4, 1997. This event, which was the fourth part of the Clarke Center's Science in Hollywood series, was co-sponsored by the Geology Department.
Dr. James A. Skelton, a professor of psychology at Dickinson, gave a lecture titled "How to Ask a Favor," which was part of the Clarke Center's "Psychology You Can Use" series. The event was held in Rubendall Recital Hall.
Jerry Ward, a poet and historian, Jewel Williams, a civil rights activist, and Thomas Dent, a poet and historian, gave a lecture in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium titled "Why Black Voices are Important." It was co-sponsored by the departments of American Studies, Anthropology, English,...
James McBride, author of The Color of Water, spoke about his book in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on February 15. The event was co-sponsored by PAS, the office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Clarke Center.
Peter Boskovic, the former Yugoslavia Ambassador to Cyprus, gave a lecture titled "The Truman Doctrine and the Balkans: Half a Century Later" in Denny Hall. The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
Dr. Susan J. Pharr, a Harvard professor of Japanese politics, delivered the Flaherty lecture titled "Corruption & Democracy in Japan" in Memorial Hall on February 26. The event was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Michele Mahoney Richardson (Class of 1985) delivered a lecture titled "The Korean Liquidation Crisis" in Old West, which was part of the Clarke Center's series called "The Asian Currency Crisis." This series was co-sponsored by the departments of International Studies and International Business...
Elizabeth Toledo, the Vice President of Action-NOW, delivered a lecture titled "Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Feminist Vision" in Rubendall Recital Hall on March 12. The event was co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, the Women's Center, the Umoja House, the Office of Multicultural...
Former United States Ambassador Ronald D. Palmer delivered a lecture titled "The Currency Crisis and the End of an Era," which was part of the Clarke Center's series called "The Asian Currency Crisis." This series was co-sponsored by the departments of International Studies and International...
Cokie and Steve Roberts, journalists and broadcast communicators, delivered a lecture on interfaith marriage in the Social Hall on April 3. This event, which was part of the "Interfaith Families in the 1990's" series, was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Lindy Wilson, a South African filmmaker, delivered a lecture titled "Can Truth Bring Reconciliation? South Africa Unravels its Denied Past" on April 15. The event was co-sponsored by the departments of Sociology, English, American Studies, History, International Business and Management,...
Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services under President William J. Clinton, delivered a lecture titled "From Dickinson to Citizen: Life Beyond Carlisle" in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. This event was co-sponsored by the Clarke Center and the Carlisle Hospital, as it took...
Osamu Iida, the Senior Vice President of Honda North America, delivered a lecture titled "The Honda Experience: Local-Global Economic Visions" during Common Hour in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The event was co-sponsored by the International Business and Management Department and the Clarke...
Sir Martin Gilbert, a historian and author, gave a talk titled "Israel at Fifty" in Rubendall Recital Hall on April 29. The event was co-sponsored by the Marjorie and Irwin Nat Pincus Fund in Honor of Elizabeth M. Pincus, the Dickinson Class of 1978, and the B'nai B'rith Lecture Bureau.
The panel discussion titled "The Death Penalty: Can We Live Without It?," which was held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, featured Cumberland County district attorney Skip Ebert and Cumberland County chief public defender Taylor Andrews. Judge Richard Lewis, from the Dauphin County...
The Reverend Doctor Lloyd John Ogilvie, Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1995-2003, gives the Baccalaureate Meditation entitled "Don't Check Out" at the Baccalaureate Service for the 1997-1998 academic year.
Biographer, historian, Pulitzer Prize-winner, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient David McCullough addressed the College as part of its 1998 Commencement exercises. Mr. McCullough also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dickinson College presented "Arts in Society: Strategies for the 21st Century," a conference on changes in the field of the arts, from Thu., Sep. 10 to Sun., Sep. 13, 1998. The conference featured a performance by the Turtle Island String Quartet.
The Clarke Center sponsored a panel discussion titled "Educated for What??? Panelists Discuss Course Selection for Career Success," which was held during Common Hour in Rubendall Recital Hall on September 16. The panelists included Kristina A. Cole, from the National Institutes of Health, Music...
Ira Glasser, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), delivered the annual Constitution Day Address. The lecture, which was titled "Civil Morality and the Bill of Rights," was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
On Saturday, September 26th, 1998, Dr. Christopher Pelling, Fellow and Praelector in Classics at University College, Oxford, gave the inaugural Christopher Roberts Lecture. The title of his lecture was "Causes, Scientific and Other: Hippocrates and Historians".
The Clarke Center held a town meeting on October 7 in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium to discuss Pennsylvania teachers' salaries. The event was co-sponsored by The Patriot News and the Department of Psychology.
A round table discussion featuring director Renee Tajima-Pena and several Dickinson faculty was held following a screening of Tajima-Pena's film Who Killed Vincent Chin? The event, which was held in Denny Hall and the Depot, was co-sponsored by the departments of American Studies,...
