Entries drawn from the college history timeline
David Kessler, M.D., Dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, addressed the College as part of its 2001 Commencement exercises. Dr. Kessler also received an honorary degree from the College.
Abstract Expressionist painter Grace Hartigan received an honorary degree from the College as part of its 2001 Commencement exercises.
As part of the Metzger-Conway Program, Dr. Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie (Class of 1982) returned to deliver a lecture titled "Francesco Baglioni and the Creation of a Genre: How a Traveling Singer Changed the Course of Music History" at 7:30pm in Weiss 235.
Dr. Mohammed Jadallah, Palestinian scholar and activist, spoke in the Stern Center Great Room on "Living Under Israeli Occupation." The event was hosted by the Clarke Center.
Professor David Levy, from George Mason University, delivered a lecture titled "Why was Economics Called the Dismal Science?" in Rubendall Recital Hall during Common Hour. The event was co-sponsored by the Economics Department and the Clarke Center.
Professors Ashton Nichols (English Department) and Marcus Key (Geology Department) gave a lecture titled "In the Footsteps of Darwin: Crossing Borders in the Galapagos" during Common Hour in Rubendall Recital Hall. The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
Dr. Stephen J. Blank, from the U.S. Army War College, gave a lecture titled "Israel and the Arabs: Truth and Fiction" in the Stern Center Great Room on March 5. The event was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Representative James C. Greenwood (Class of 1973), a Metzger-Conway Fellow, delivered a lecture on bioterrorism in the Stern Center Great Room. The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
Piri Thomas, a poet-writer, held a talk titled "Voice for Unity" in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. This event was hosted by the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese and was co-sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Consortium, the Spanish Club, the Clarke Center, the Office of Global...
Barry Lowenkron, from the National Intelligence Council, delivered a lecture on globalization and national security in the Stern Center Great Room on April 4. The event was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Pico Iyer, author of Global Soul, delivered the lecture "Cosmopolitianism: Whatever Happened to Home?" in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The talk was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
ASIA, United Flavors, the Springfest Committee, and the Clarke Center sponsored a performance by musical group Soh Daiko to celebrate Asian Heritage Month. The event was held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
Author Richard Russo received an honorary degree from the College as part of its 2002 Commencement exercises.
Shirley M. Tilghman, President of Princeton University from 2001-2013, addressed the College as part of its 2002 Commencement exercises. Dr. Tilghman also received an honorary degree from the College.
Professors Sharon Hirsh (Art & Art History), Harry Pohlman (Political Science), Theodore Pulcini (Religion), Russell Bova (Political Science), Marie Helwig-Larsen (Psychology), and Martin Cook (US Army War College) participated in a discussion titled "Teaching 9-11." The event was held in...
Ron Simon (Class of 1973), a Metzger-Conway Fellow from the Museum of Television and Radio in New York, delivered a lecture during Common Hour titled "The Changing Reality of 'Reality' on TV." The talk was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
The Clarke Forum and the Ethics Project co-sponsored a discussion titled "The Pornography Club," which featured Dickinson Professors Susan Feldman (philosophy), Michael Poulton (IB&M), and James Hoefler (Policy Studies). This event took place during Common Hour and was held in Rubendall...
William J. Flynn, chairman of the board at Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, delivered the 2003 Rush Award Lecture, titled "Corporate Responsibility and the CEO." The event, which the Clarke Center sponsored, was held in the Stern Center Great Room.
As part of the "Travel as Art" event, Russian artists Natasha and Valera Cherkashin presented an exhibition of their art titled "Mirage of Empires and Putin's Era" in the Goodyear Gallery. The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Departments of Art & Art History, Russian, the Russian Area...
Russian artists Natasha and Valera Cherkashin delivered a lecture titled "Travel as Art," which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was co-sponsored by the Departments of Art & Art History, Russian, and the Russian Area Studies Program. The artists also presented an exhibition of their...
The Music Department presented a lecture on Thu., Feb. 6 at 3:00pm and masterclass at 3:30pm on Fri., Feb. 7 titled "Care of the Singing and Speaking Voice" by Rosemary Ostrowski in the Rubendall Recital Hall.
Brian P. Lamb, founder and CEO of C-SPAN, addressed the College as part of its 2003 Commencement exercises. Mr. Lamb also received an honorary degree from the College.
A symposium entitled "Within the Landscape: Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century American Scenery" was held on March 27, 2004, in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of landscapes that were on display in the Trout Gallery. The symposium addressed the role of religion in landscape painting,...
Dr. Philip Betancourt, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Art History and Archeology at Temple University, gave a lecture in the Stern Center Great Hall titled "Excavating the Earliest copper Smelting Workshop on Crete". The lecture looked at the how the Bronze Age economy of Minoan Crete, based on...
The Hon. John E. Jones III (Class of 1977), U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, addressed the College as part of its 2006 Commencement exercises. Judge Jones also received an honorary degree from the College.
