The 2009 Honors Institute was held on January 26 and 27 and featured Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist for The New York Times. His keynote address on January 26 focused on the genocide in Darfur and human rights in the developing world. Below are a few images from that evening, including the private reception and book signing that followed. Click here to visit the 2009 Honors Institute Web site.
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| Nicholas Kristof prepares for his lecture on January 26. |
A crowd of more than 800 attended Kristof's lecture. |
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| Kristof's lecture included some graphic images and videos of personal interviews he conducted in Darfur. |
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| Kristof makes his way to the private reception and book signing following his lecture. |
Kevin Riley (left), Dayton Daily News editor, gets his book signed by Kristof. |
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| Larry Klaben (left), President and CEO of Morris Home Furnishings , talks with Kristof during the book signing. |
Honors staff and student assistants pose with Kristof.
(left to right) Dock, Wenning, Kristof, Carrafiello, Garrett, Kenton, Selhorst |
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The 2009 Honors Institute continued on January 27 with a day-long symposium, featuring a luncheon speech by Eleanor Clift, contributing editor for Newsweek magazine and regular panelist on the nationally syndicated show The McLaughlin Group. Below are photos from the day's morning and afternoon sessions and luncheon. |
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| Will South from The Dayton Art Institute and Sally Struthers from Sinclair Community College led a session on "Artistic Expression and Free Speech." |
Jeff Bruce (Dayton Daily News), Melissa Spirek (WSU), Julie Weindel (Weindel Media), and Kevin Riley (Dayton Daily News) presented a session on "The Media and Free Speech." |
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| International students participated in a panel discussion on "Free Speech Around the World." |
Nearly 175 guests gathered for the luncheon in the Apollo Room. |
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| Jeff Bruce, Journalist-in-Residence in WSU's Communication Department, introduced luncheon speaker Eleanor Clift. |
Eleanor Clift presented to the luncheon crowd her "Insider's View of Washington." |
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| A question and answer session followed Clift's speech. |
Susan Carrafiello (left) and Mary Kenton (right) pose with Clift following her luncheon address. |
In addition to the Keynote Address and Symposium, the Honors Institute includes a classroom component each year. One of the two UH 400 seminars taught as part of the 2009 Honors Institute was Dr. Sarah Twill's class on "Social Activism and Free Speech." During the ten-week class Honors students mentored middle school students from Dayton Public Schools’ Westwood School on exercising their First Amendment rights. The project culminated in a lobby day at the State Capitol in Columbus, OH. Photos from the trip will be posted soon. |
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