Spring 2016 Honors Lecture Series

Spring 2016
Honors Lecture Series

The Value of a Liberal Education

Mondays, 3:00 to 3:55
Honors Amphitheatre (Rm. 106)

Free and Open to the Public

Spring 2016 Lecture Series flyer
 DATE SPEAKER LECTURE TITLE
January 25 Philip Phillips
Honors College
Welcome and Introduction
February 1 Dr. Philip Phillips
Honors College
The Medieval Origins of the Artes Liberales
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
February 8 Karen Petersen
Political Science
The Poticial Implications of Assigning Value to the Invaluable
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
February 15  Drew Sieg
Biology
Liberal Arts and Sciences
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February 22 Marsha Barsky
Dance
 The Value of the Performaing Arts
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February 29 Brad Bartel
University Provost/Anthropology
The Value of Anthropology
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March 7
SPRING BREAK
NO CLASS
 
March 14 Donald Whitfield
Great Books Foundation
 Great Books and the Liberal Arts
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
March 21 Laura Stark
Vanderbilt Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
Educating the Student Body: What Biomedicine Learned from the Liberal Arts
No VIDEO AVAILABLE
March 28 Eric Klumpe
Physics and Astronomy
Astronomy: A Road to Connect with Society and Culture
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April 4 Kaylene Gebert
Communication Studies
Liberal Education and the 21st-Century Workforce
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
April 11 Laura Clippard
Honors College
Applying for Fellowships
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
April 18 Eric Klumpe
Physics and Astronomy
Surfing Grvitational Waves
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April 25 Honors Students Thesis Presentations
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