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Public: $25.00 • With University of Akron I.D.: $15.00
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All lectures are general admission. Subscribers
will have a reserved area in the Orchestra level.
The
campus-wide speaker series, The University of Akron
Forum is in its tenth year. Supported by the Office
of the President and the Office of the Senior Vice
President and Provost, the Forum and the John S. Knight
Lecture bring a series of major speakers to campus
each season so that The University of Akron can better
serve its campus community and the people of Northeast
Ohio. Coordinated with each event in the Forum series
will be a variety of campus lectures, discussions and
workshops to broaden and deepen the campus learning
environment. Teacher study guides will be available
again this season, by calling (330) 972-7224.
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 Dr.
Arthur Agatston
Sponsored by Summa Health System
A foremost cardiologist from Miami, Dr. Agatston created “The South
Beach Diet” as a way for his patients to prevent or reverse the heart
and vascular problems that result from obesity. Dr. Agatston will talk
about his diet that has become a phenomenon.
Monday, October 4, 7:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Richard
Florida
Sponsored by Downtown Akron Partnership, College of Fine & Applied
Arts, Akron Area Arts Alliance and E. J. Thomas Hall
Dr. Florida is author of the national best-selling book, The Rise of the
Creative Class: And How Its Transforming Work, Leisure Community and Everyday
Life. Acclaimed in The New York Times and other major media, the book gives
us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today–and
where we might be headed.
Thursday, October 28, 7:30 p.m. |
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Madeleine Albright
Sponsored by The Dorothy Garrett Martin Memorial Delta
Gamma Lectureship on Values and Ethics
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks with humor, insight
and eloquence about her life and career, and as a refugee girl who rose
to become the world’s most powerful woman. While in office, Albright
was renowned for her courage in “telling it like it is.” Now,
she provides audiences with a no-holds-barred account of service at the
highest levels of American government.
Wednesday, November 10, 7:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Henry Louis
Gates
Sponsored by Pan-African Center for Community Studies,
NAACP and Project Coming Together
Currently Chairman of the Afro-American Studies program and professor at
Harvard University, Dr. Henry Louis Gates will discuss the topic America
Behind The Color Line. Dr. Gates is the author of several works of literary
criticism, he is also the host and executive producer of the BBC/PBS documentary
Wonders of the African World. He has edited and co-edited many books and
journals. He is also staff writer for The New Yorker and co-editor of Transitions
magazine.
Thursday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. |
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Ben & Jerry
Sponsored by The University of Akron Honors Program and
University Program Board
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the men behind one of the most talked-about
and least conventional success stories in American business. Founders of
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., they have built a store front venture
into a $200 million publicly-held ice cream empire by making social responsibility
and creative management strengths instead of weaknesses. Their presentation
delivers a rousing tribute to America’s entrepreneurial spirit, full
of hilarious anecdotes and radical business philosophy, not to mention
serving Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to the entire audience.
Monday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. |
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The John S.
Knight Lecture
To Be Announced
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The
University of Akron Forum can be purchased as a subscription. All
five events are $25 or $15 with a University of Akron ID. Single
tickets go on sale Saturday, September 11, 2004 at $8 each
or $4 each with a University of Akron ID. The John S. Knight
Lectureship is a free ticketed event. Ticket is required. If
you become a 2004-2005 University of Akron Forum subscriber
you will automatically receive a ticket to see this season’s
Knight Lecture.
Special Priority Offer for UA Forum 2004-2005 Subscriber
University of Akron Forum subscribers may purchase priority/discounted
tickets to Comedy, Music, Bribery & Conspiracy: An Evening
with Mark Russell on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Regular
$35.00 tickets will be made available to 2004-2005 UA Forum Subscribers
for the special price of only $25.00.
Humorist Mark Russell has been stirring up trouble in Washington, D.C.
for nearly half a century. He’s a master political pundit possessing
a flair for the piano and musical parody. With his appearance less than
a month away from the election, this silver-throated satirist will certainly
have plenty to talk about. With the cooperation of PBS 45/49. |
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