Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Andres Oppenheimer, a reporter for the Miami Herald and expert on Latin American affairs, delivered a lecture titled "U.S.-Mexican Relations: What's Next?" in Rubendall Recital Hall on September 27. The Clarke Center and the department of Latin-American Studies co-sponsored the event....
Joan Spero, the Former Undersecretary of State for Economics and Business, gave a lecture titled "The Future of Global Economics" in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The talk was co-sponsored by the department of International Business and Management and the Clarke Center.
As part of the Metzger-Conway Program, Benjamin N. Compaine (Class of 1967) returned to campus to deliver a lecture titled "The Globalization of the Media Industry." Compaine was the former CEO of Nova Systems, Inc. The talk, which was held in Memorial Hall, was co-sponsored by the Department of...
Dr. Larry Kaplan (Kent State University) and Professor Douglas Stuart (Dickinson College) debated the legacy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The event, which was titled "NATO's First Fifty Years: A Legacy of Isolationism," was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was co-...
Richard Grossman (co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy) and Thomas Linzey (CEO of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund) participated in a debate on November 11 titled "Property Beyond Sovereignty: Shadowing the People in Our Corporations, Constitutions, and...
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist delivered the Constitution Day Address titled "Civil Liberties During Wartime." The event, which was held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, was sponsored by the Clarke Center and the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State.
Richard Rodriguez, a commentator on "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" program, delivered a lecture in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium titled "What's Wrong with 'Diversity'?" The Clarke Center sponsored this event.
Justin Oppelaar (Class of 1996) discussed his experience working as a journalist at Individual Investor . This event, titled "Journalism: Writing for a Career," was held on the fourth floor of East College and was sponsored by the English Department.
The Clarke Center organized a panel discussion titled "Butting Heads: Health Professionals Confront the Issue of Smoking," which was held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on November 30. The panelists included Dr. Robert S. Muscalus, Gary Gurian (Deputy Secretary of Public Health...
"If Walls Could Speak," a documentary by Daniela Zanzotto, was screened in Rubendall Recital Hall. The event was co-sponsored by the Clarke Center, and the History, Judaic Studies and French Departments.
Dr. Lawrence Kritzman, the Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor of Humanities at Dartmouth College, delivered the 2001 Morgan Lecture titled "The Intellectual Diaspora in Europe: Jacques Derida & Julia Kristeva" on January 31. Professor Kritzman also participated in a round table...
Music Professor Truman Bullard, David Greczek (class of 2000), and associate director of the Clarke Center Michele Hassinger (class of 1980) participated in a discussion in Rubendall Recital Hall on post-college career paths titled "The Road Less Traveled." The event, which was held during...
Richard L. McCauley delivered a lecture titled "The Network of Networks in the New Global Economy" in Old West on February 10, 2000. McCauley was Chief Financial Officer of Lucent Technologies and also served on Dickinson's International Business and Management Advisory Board. The Department of...
Professor Laurence Kominz (Portland State University) delivered the 2000 Flaherty Lecture, which was titled "The Stars of Kabuki: Edo and Today," on March 1. The event, which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall, was co-sponsored by the Donald W. Flaherty Lecture Fund and the Clarke Center.
Dr. Dennis Gillings (CEO of Quintiles Transnational Corp.) delivered a lecture titled "The Globalization of New Medicines" in Memorial Hall, Old West. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of International Business and Management and the Clarke Center.
As part of Dr. Thomas B.H. Kuiper's lecture on radio astronomy, the Clarke Center sponsored a screening of the film Contact in the Depot on Sunday March 5.
J. Bruce McKinney, the recipient of the Benjamin Rush Award, delivered a lecture titled "Liberal Arts and the Business of Entertainment: Coasters, Concerts and the Corporate Cookie" in Memorial Hall on March 7, 2000. McKinney, the Chairman of the Board of Hershey Entertainment & Resorts...
Thomas B.H. Kuiper, Ph.D, astronomer and scientist, delivered a lecture in Rubendall Recital Hall titled "Radio Astronomy in the Film 'Contact'." It was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Kurt Kissinger, the Deputy Director for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, lead a discussion titled "The Impact of the New Economy on the Work Force." This event was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Dr. Samuel Bowles, a Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts, delivered a lecture titled "Globalization and Economic Justice" on March 30. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of International Business and Management and the Clarke Center.
Economics Professor Samuel Bowles (University of Massachusetts) gave a lecture titled "Globalization and Economic Justice" in Memorial Hall on March 30. The talk was co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Clarke Center.
The 5th Annual Ethics Symposium with the subject "Dying: the Final Passage" was held in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. In addition to the keynote address "Framing a Policy Issue Productively: How to Improve Care for Those Sick Enough to Die," the symposium also featured multiple panel...
Anne Witkowsky, a director at the National Security Council, and Lt. General Robert Gard (retired) debated the issue "Should the U.S. Sign the Land Mine Treaty?" The discussion was held in Memorial Hall in Old West and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
A panel discussion titled "Eye Openers: Life Changing Experiences in the United States and Abroad" was held in Denny 317. It featured Dickinson students Melanie Dean ('01), Caroline Freese ('00), and Maureen McIlhaney ('00) and was moderated by Professor Janet Wright. The discussion was...
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a leading Jewish Renewal and Eco-Kosher scholar, delivered a lecture titled "When Earth Week Meets Passover" in Memorial Hall. The event was co-sponsored by Judaic Studies, Hillel, Environmental Studies, Earth Now, and the Clarke Center.
