Lech Walesa, David McCullough, Ehud Barak and Jane Goodall headline Elon events for next academic year. Read this note for details....
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| Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian David McCullough will deliver the Inaugural Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture on Sept. 19.
The Oct. 2 Fall Convocation will feature an address by Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Solidarity leader and former Polish president. The January Winter Term, focused around the theme of “Globalization and Culture,” will feature a Jan. 9 address by Gilbert Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board of the National Geographic Society, followed by a Jan. 16 speech by Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel who led far-reaching efforts to negotiate peace in the Middle East. The April 4 Convocation for Honors will feature an address by Jane Goodall, internationally renowned scientist and conservationist who has spent a lifetime researching chimpanzee behavior and social relations. She has also founded the Jane Goodall Institute to create a more caring, sustainable world. |
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