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2010 University Lectures

Nebraska Wesleyan University hosts renowned expert speakers on a variety of topics every year. Click on the lecture title to see more lecture details.

Date Speaker Lecture title Time Location Series
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Robert Bullard, Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Director of Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlantic University Environmental Justice For All 1:00pm Olin B Lecture Hall (between Smith-Curtis and Olin Hall) Spring Forum
Monday, February 8, 2010 Dr. James Bray, President of the American Psychological Association, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Love, Marriage and Parenting in Divorced and Stepfamilies 12:00pm Callen Conference Center (lower level of Smith Curtis) The Cliff Fawl Lecture Series in Psychology
Monday, February 8, 2010 Dr. David Crouse, Professor/Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Nebraska Medical Center Stem Cells: 21st Century Scientific and Ethical Perspectives 12:00pm O’Donnell Auditorium Fetzer
Thursday, March 4, 2010 Jessica Valenti, Author, Founder of Feministing.com Feminism: Alive & Well? 1:00pm Olin B Lecture Hall (between Smith-Curtis and Olin Hall) Spring Forum
Friday, March 26, 2010 Joel Sartore, Photographer, National Geographic Magazine Witnessing Change: A Call For Action 2:00pm Olin B Lecture Hall (between Smith-Curtis and Olin Hall) Mattingly Visiting Distinguished Scholar Series
Friday, March 26, 2010 Joel Sartore, Photographer, National Geographic Magazine Grounded: A Reflection On The Use Of Life And Land 7:00pm Olin B Lecture Hall (between Smith-Curtis and Olin Hall) Mattingly Visiting Distinguished Scholar Series
Saturday, March 27, 2010 Community panel discussion Ways People Can Change To Change The World 8:30am Callen Conference Center (lower level of Smith Curtis) Spring Forum
Thursday, April 8, 2010 Kwame Anthony Appiah, President of the PEN American Center, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University Cosmopolitanism: Ethics In A World Of Strangers 1:00pm Callen Conference Center (lower level of Smith Curtis) Spring Forum
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Dr. David Maldonado, Jr., Director of the Center for Latino/a Christianity and Religions, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University 2040 —The Minority Majority: Preparing For A New American Reality 7:00pm Callen Conference Center (lower level of Smith Curtis) Spring Forum
Thursday, April 22, 2010 Richard Murphy, Associate Professor of Communication, Wayne State University I’ll See You On Facebook: Identity, Communication and Social Media 1:00pm Callen Conference Center (lower level of Smith Curtis) Lambda Pi Eta Communication Lecture
Friday, April 30, 2010 Dr. Jennifer Cognard-Black, Professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland Eat My Words: Teaching Writing Through the Literatures of Food 3:00pm Callen Conference Center (lower level of Smith Curtis) Kenneth Holder Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Chris Hedges, Author, Foreign Correspondent Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle 7:00pm O’Donnell Auditorium Visions and Ventures Symposium
Thursday, September 16, 2010 Ken Auletta, Author, Columnist Googled: The Future of Media 10:00am O’Donnell Auditorium Visions and Ventures Symposium
Thursday, September 16, 2010 David Bunn, Internationally Exhibited Artist One Thing After Another 2:00pm O’Donnell Auditorium Visions and Ventures Symposium
Thursday, September 16, 2010 Patricia Williams, Author, James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law Race As A Filter: How We View Our Surrounding World 7:00pm O’Donnell Auditorium Visions and Ventures Symposium
Thursday, October 28, 2010 Michael Shermer, Founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, Executive Director of the Skeptics Society The Borderlands of Science 1:00pm Olin B Lecture Hall (between Smith-Curtis and Olin Hall) Fall Forum
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Valentino Achak Deng, Subject of “What is the What” and founder, Valentino Achak Deng Foundation What Is the What: An Evening with Valentino Achak Deng 1:00pm Olin B Lecture Hall (between Smith-Curtis and Olin Hall) Fall Forum

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