Ethics, Leadership & Community 2011-2012 Lecture Series at Alvernia University
Join us for an afternoon or evening of conversation and discussion on topics of national importance.
Alvernia University's 2011-2012 Ethics, Leadership & Community Lecture Series is sponsored by the Holleran Center for Community Engagement and the O'Pake Institute for Ethics, Leadership, & Public Service. For more information, please contact the Holleran Center by phone at 610-790-1925 or by e-mail.
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All lectures are free and open to the public.
2011-2012 Ethics, Leadership & Community Lecture Series Schedule
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 4:00 pm - Dr. Jack De Bellis, Updike Scholar in Residence
McGlinn Conference Center (formerly Bernardine Franciscan Conference Center)Jack De Bellis, director of the John Updike Society and advisory editor of the John Updike Review will present his lecture about Updike entitled "Rabbit at Rest in Shillington." Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike grew up in nearby Shillington and penned more than 50 works including Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest. As Professor Emeritus of English at Lehigh University, De Bellis specialized in contemporary and modern American literature, particularly Southern literature, poetry, and John Updike. De Bellis is currently the John Updike Professor in Residence at Alvernia University.
Monday, April 23, 2012 - 7:00 pm - Hesburgh Lecture - Brown vs. Board of Education: 55 years later
McGlinn Conference Center (formerly Bernardine Franciscan Conference Center)
Co-sponsored by the Notre Dame Club of Reading, this year's Hesburgh Lecture will feature Notre Dame Political Science Professor Michael Zuckert, Ph.D on the topic of Brown vs. Board of Education. The 55th anniversary of the Supreme Court case that declared legalized school segregation unconstitutional was marked in 2009. What did the decision actually accomplish, and what were the constitutional grounds for the decision? Why does it seem, in retrospect, to have been the right decision but a badly argued one? Dr. Zuckert is a political scientist specializing in American political thought and history; American constitutional history, law and theory; and political philosophy and will discuss whether or not there was a better way that the same decision could have been made.
Directions to the McGlinn Conference Center (formerly the Bernardine Franciscan Conference Center)
From Route 422 turn onto Lancaster Avenue (222 South). Move into the left lane. At the second light (Queen City Restaurant is on the corner) turn left onto Route 10 (Morgantown Road). Travel approximately 0.7 mile to Upland Avenue. Turn right and follow Upland Avenue through three stop signs and over a small bridge. Turn left onto Saint Bernardine Street and proceed one block to stop sign. Proceed through stop sign. The entrance to the Sacred Heart Convent and the Conference Center is immediately ahead on the right.
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