Democratic Representative, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, was born in Tucson in 1948. His father was a "bracero" who emigrated from Mexico in 1945 to help offset the loss of skilled American ranch hands serving with the armed forces in World War II.
News coverage of the war in Iraq will be the subject of a panel discussion at the University of California, San Diego on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 4:30 p.m. Participants will include a top journalism educator, a leading television national security producer and a highly respected newspaper editorial director. The public is invited to attend the event, which will be held at The Weaver Center of the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campus.
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture has invited leaders from academia, government, nonprofit organizations, business and media to gather Nov. 18-20 for a free public symposium addressing the many public policy issues facing the South.
Venezuelan-U.S. relations, in the aftermath of the recent recall referendum that retained in office President Hugo Chavez Frias, will be the subject of a panel discussion at the University of California, San Diego on Nov. 4 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The Michigan State University College of Law American Indian Law Program will hold its inaugural indigenous law conference, "Tribal Constitutional Issues in the Self-determination Era," Friday, Oct. 29.
Moravian will host a panel discussion sponsored by The Morning Call with three of the hottest "bloggers" on the Web from Wonkette.com, DailyKos.com, and Powerlineblog.com, who will discuss politics and journalism on the Internet in a forum at the College.
Experts from U.S. and foreign universities will discuss such issues as cloning, genetically modified foods and stem cell research during an Ethics and Life Sciences Conference to be held Friday-Sunday, Oct. 22-24.
Grinnell College's Peace Studies Program and the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights are co-sponsoring three lectures on peace in the Middle East and one discussing world food issues at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, from Oct. 8-12.
A conference at Cornell Sept. 17-18, 2004, "Havana and Miami: Modernism and the City," brings together artists, architectural designers, curators and historians to discuss the past and future of modernism in Havana and Miami as it is embodied in art, buildings and landscapes.
Purdue University is celebrating a milestone for one of America's oldest journals of literary criticism this year. The Department of English is recognizing the 50th anniversary of Purdue's Modern Fiction Studies with a symposium on Oct. 1.
International Reading Association and Library of Congress Center for the Book commemorate International Literacy Day, September 8. Celebration program examines role of teachers in education reform in U.S. and internationally.
The American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund is sponsoring a summer school on green chemistry. Close to 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from across the Americas will come to Carnegie Mellon for a week of immersion in green chemistry.
News conference to announce results of the Books for Boston book drive and to present $25,000 in college scholarships from Sallie Mae to Boston students and participants in Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG), a school-to-career program implemented in 1,000 schools across the country.
The seemingly ordinary elements of life that provide the backdrop for William Faulkner's fiction are the focus of this year's Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, one of the longest-running U.S. literary events focusing on the works of one author.
The 31st annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, examining "Faulkner and Material Culture," includes two "hands-on" workshops for teachers looking for ways to explain William Faulkner's works to their students.
A multi-racial task force has announced plans for a June 20 event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers and is seeking justice in the case, with help from the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi.
David H. Barlow, PhD, a renowned psychologist whose work has led to a greater understanding of and new treatments for anxiety disorders, will deliver the keynote address at the commencement celebration for the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) on Sunday, June 6.
A State historic marker designating Sarah Lawrence College as the "Home of the Nation's First Graduate Degree Program in Women's History, founded by Dr. Gerda Lerner in 1972," will be unveiled on Saturday, June 5th at 2:00 p.m.
Elmhurst College also honors Sifton, Molnar during ceremony.
Canadian musical icons Daniel Lanois and Jeff Healy, former federal cabinet minister The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, and astronaut Julie Payette are among the distinguished recipients who will be given honorary degrees at McMaster University's Spring Convocation ceremonies, June 2-4.
Historian, journalist, and author David Halberstam will be the principal speaker at Williams College's 215th Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 6.
Commencement speech by author Barbara Ehrenreich at Barnard College.
Mount Saint Mary College will confer 618 degrees at its 41st annual commencement ceremonies Saturday (May 22). Dr. Dennis J. Selkoe, an authority on Alzheimer's Disease, will deliver the address at the 10 a.m. ceremony. Executive recruiter Gerard R. Roche will speak at the 2 p.m. ceremony.
Her Imperial Highness Princess Hisako Takamado of Japan will receive an honorary degree from the University of Alberta on June 10, 2004.
Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to deliver commencement address to NSU Class of 2004 College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates.
University of New Hampshire graduates will share the celebration of their academic accomplishments with Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, who is the keynote speaker at the 134th Commencement Saturday, May 22, 2004.
Gifted education programs offered outside traditional school walls, long popular with suburban middle class families, are now playing a greater role in the academic success for minority low- and modest-income students.
More than 5,041 degrees will be conferred on May 15 during two Commencement ceremonies. UA graduate and Pac 10 and NBA star Steve Kerr will address both ceremonies.
Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea and Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo, Inc., will address graduates at commencement ceremonies on May 15.
As the host of "The Planet's Funniest Animals" Matt Gallant has achieved celebrity status. His television career began in Rhode Island while studying communications and theater at URI. He graduated from URI in 1986 and will return to his alma mater this month to give the commencement address.
Film actor and director Forest Whitaker and actress Rosemary Harris will speak at the North Carolina School of the Arts' commencement ceremonies for college and high school graduates, respectively, on May 29.
Angela Glover Blackwell, president of PolicyLink national nonprofit research and advocacy organization, will be the speaker at the Mills College commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2004.
Candace Sheffield Matthews, president of the Soft Sheen-Caron division of L'Oreal and an alumna of Carnegie Mellon University, will be the keynote speaker for the university's 107th Commencement Sunday, May 16, at 11 a.m.
Peabody and Emmy Award-winning reporter Ti-Hua Chang, who has worked for WNBC News since 1993, will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate in humane letters.
Bradley Whitford, a Wisconsin native and recipient of an Emmy Award for his role on NBC's "The West Wing," will address graduates during this spring's commencement weekend, May 14-16.
William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, will speak at the 2004 Exercises of Commencement. The New York Times Review of Books says he "has done more ... in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known" in the US.
Award winning author, political activist, and beloved Professor Emeritus Grace Paley will be the speaker for Sarah Lawrence College's 75th Commencement on May 21. One of the most respected writers of the last 40 years, Paley will address the 284 BA candidates and 152 MA candidates.
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby will address graduates from the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering on May 20. Noteworthy speakers at other commencement events are Nicholas Burns, US ambassador to NATO, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corgliano.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology W. H. Dow Professor Howard Brenner will be a featured speaker at the 111th Commencement. He will also receive an honorary degree for his outstanding achievements during a distinguished half-century career as a chemical engineer.
Corporate leader, civil engineer, and humanitarian Charles H. Thornton, co-chairman of the Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc., will be a featured speaker at the 111th Commencement. He will also receive an honorary degree from for his leadership in engineering design.
Lucent Technologies Chief Scientist Arun N. Netravali, a pioneer in the field of digital technology, will be a featured speaker at the 111th Commencement. He will also receive an honorary degree for his inventive impact in advancing digital technology.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson will be a featured speaker at 111th Commencement on Sunday, May 9. Jackson will address the nearly 600 Clarkson students who will be granted degrees that day. She will also receive an honorary degree.
Former Illinois state representative and now a justice in the Illinois Third District Appellate Court Mary K. O'Brien and international financier Alfred D. Boyer will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and address graduates during Western Illinois University's Commencement Ceremonies May 8.
NY's Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia Coello Novello will deliver the keynote address at the 24th annual Hooding Ceremony at NYIT's New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Novello is the first woman and first Hispanic to become surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the first woman representative from Texas in the U.S. Senate, will deliver this spring's commencement address May 8 during the general convocation. About 2,000 students are expected to receive their degrees during the commencement ceremonies that day.
Robert W. Lawless, the outgoing UT president, will be the speaker at the 113th commencement on May 8. More than 700 students will receive diplomas during the ceremony.
David E. Davis, founder of Automobile Magazine and the dean of automotive journalists in the U.S. will receive an honorary degree and be the featured speaker at Spring Commencement on May 1.
Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will address the class of 2003-2004 on Friday, May 7, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
David Hartman is a 1972 graduate and the first blind person in the US to graduate from medical school at Temple University in 1976. Hartman will also accept an honorary degree from Gettysburg College.
Robert Archibald, president of the Missouri Historical Society and of the national Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, will speak at spring commencement May 1.
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