Fall 2018 Honors Lecture Series

Fall 2018
Honors Lecture Series

Governors
(UH 3000, CRN# 81393)

Mondays, 3:00 to 3:55 p.m.
Honors Amphitheatre
(Room 106)

FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

Fall 2018 Lecture Series flyer
DATE SPEAKER(S) LECTURE TITLE
August 27 Philip Phillips (Honors College Associate Dean) and Mary Evins (History) Welcome and Introductions

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September 3 Labor Day - no classes  
September 10 Carole Stanford Bucy
(History, Volunteer State CC), and Robert L. Taylor (History)

Ice Cream Social to follow in the Honors Courtyard

Early Tennessee Governors from Blount to Browning

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September 17 Honors Students

CONSTITUTION DAY

The reading The Constitution in the Honors Courtyard

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*September 20 Gubernatorial Forum 7:00 p.m. Murphy Center

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September 24

Indigenous Peoples Panel moderated by Ashley Riley Sousa, History

Reception to follow

MT Engage Week, Indigenous Peples Respond to U.S. Governance

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October 1 James E. K. Hildreth (President, Meharry Medical College)  Lessons from a Life in Science: Governing Principles for Leadership in Healthcare

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October 8 David Plazas (Opinion and Engagement Director, The Tennessean)  Accountability, Accuracy, and Accessibility: The Case for Truth and Good Governance

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October 15 Fall Break - no classes  
October 22 David McCargar (Education, Tennessee State University) Coincidence? You Decide: One Man's Encounter with Power, Privilege, and Mortality

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*October 26 Field Trip to The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice Montgomery, Alabama
October 29 Giancarlo Guerrero (Music Director, Nashville Symphony), interviewed by Reed Thomas (School of Music) Governing from the Stage: The Role of the Music Director in a 21st Century Orchestra

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November 5 Ron J. Bombardi, (Philosophy)  Of Tulips, Torts, and Torah; or, Governance and the Pursuit of Liberal Democracy in the Dutch Golden Age

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*November 12

Keel Hunt (Author and Columnist for USA Today-Tennessee)

Reception to follow

ODK Leadership Lecture
From Blue State to Red: Governors Clement to Haslam and Their Times

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November 19 Laura Clippard (Honors UFO Coordinator) Applying for Fellowships and Scholarships

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November 26 James Morton, History and Political Science
Sarah Wilfong-Joblin, Violen Performance
Thesis Presentations

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December 3 Sarah Dixon-Morgan, International Relations
Matthew Cureton, Business Management
Thesis Presentation

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