Fall 2018 Honors Lecture Series
Fall 2018
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DATE | SPEAKER(S) | LECTURE TITLE |
August 27 | Philip Phillips (Honors College Associate Dean) and Mary Evins (History) | Welcome and IntroductionsWatch YouTube Video |
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 BrowningWatch YouTube Video |
September 17 | Honors Students
CONSTITUTION DAY |
The reading The Constitution in the Honors CourtyardWatch YouTube Video |
*September 20 | Gubernatorial Forum | 7:00 p.m. Murphy CenterWatch YouTube Video |
September 24 |
Indigenous Peoples Panel moderated by Ashley Riley Sousa, History Reception to follow |
MT Engage Week, Indigenous Peples Respond to U.S. GovernanceWatch YouTube Video |
October 1 | James E. K. Hildreth (President, Meharry Medical College) | Lessons from a Life in Science: Governing Principles for Leadership in HealthcareWatch YouTube Video |
October 8 | David Plazas (Opinion and Engagement Director, The Tennessean) | Accountability, Accuracy, and Accessibility: The Case for Truth and Good GovernanceWatch YouTube Video |
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 MortalityWatch YouTube Video |
*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 OrchestraWatch YouTube Video |
November 5 | Ron J. Bombardi, (Philosophy) | Of Tulips, Torts, and Torah; or, Governance and the Pursuit of Liberal Democracy in
the Dutch Golden AgeWatch YouTube Video |
*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 Watch YouTube Video |
November 19 | Laura Clippard (Honors UFO Coordinator) | Applying for Fellowships and ScholarshipsWatch YouTube Video |
November 26 | James Morton, History and Political Science Sarah Wilfong-Joblin, Violen Performance |
Thesis Presentations
Watch YouTube Video |
December 3 | Sarah Dixon-Morgan, International Relations Matthew Cureton, Business Management |
Thesis Presentation
Watch YouTube Video |