All of the events listed are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, February 24, 8 p.m.
Kleist Center for Art & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd.
"The Meaning of Slavery Today"
Dr. John David Smith '71
The Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Smith has lectured in 11 countries and is the author of numerous books. He hs appeared on The History Channel as an authority on the "U.S. Colored Troops." Currently he is working on a history of the slave reparations movement. A Black History Month event co-sponsored by The Office of Campus Diversity Affairs and the Black Student Alliance.
Sustainability Symposium
Monday, March 1-Tuesday, March 2.
"Climate and Carbon"
Monday, 10 a.m. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
“A Vision for a Clean Energy Economy”
Sandstone III, Strosacker Hall - College Union, 120 E. Grand St., Berea
Monday, March 1, 8 p.m.
Kulas Musical Arts Building, 96 Front St., Berea.
Dr. Susan Solomon, senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory
Tuesday, March 2, 3 p.m. Chris Connor, CEO of Sherwin-Williams
“Sherwin-Williams Success in its Path Toward Sustainability”
Strosacker Hall - College Union, 120 E. Grand St.
Enduring Questions Lecture
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Kleist Center for Art & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd., Berea
Ms. Anna Deaveare Smith
Anna Deaveare Smith, professor at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University, is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Price nominated writer and performer, and founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, based now at New York University. A 1996 recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” fellowship, and the recipient of the 2006 Fletcher Foundation Fellowship for her contributions to civil rights issues, she blends her performance skills with her passionate desire to reflect and illustrate issues of social injustice in our culture, as captured in her documentary theater style plays, such as Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles. She has also performed in many contemporary films and is well known for her role in television’s West Wing series. Cosponsored by the Marting Lecture Series.
Buckhorn Distinguished Lecturer Series
Tuesday, March 6, 11:45 a.m.
Strosacker Hall - College Union 120 E. Grand St.
Dr. John Heitmann
"From Golden Age to Crisis: The Automobile in America, 1950-2010"
Holder of the Alumni Chair in History at the University of Dayton, Heitmann is the author of the text The Automobile and American Life.
Buckhorn Distinguished Lecturer Series
Monday, March 29, 8:00 p.m.
Sandstone III, Strosacker Hall - College Union, 120 E. Grand St.
"Globalization: Commercial and Security Perspectives"
Ann Horm Weeks ’94, vice president for Governmental Affairs, Underwriters Laboratories
Andrew R. Hoehn ’83, vice president and director, Project Air Force, The Rand Corporation
275 Eastland Rd.