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Anita Hill
Lecture
The
UALR Office of Campus Life sponsored a lecture by Professor
Anita Hill on March 19, 2003.
View the announcement, visit links that give background
and see a list of related books available in the the Ottenheimer
Library.
Presidential
Studies Reading Area Opened
Thursday,
January 30, 2003: Chancellor Anderson and Dean of Arts
and Humanities Deborah Baldwin cut the ribbon to officially
open the new Presidential Studies Reading Area in UALR's
Ottenheimer Library.
The
Presidential
Studies Reading Area houses a variety
of reference books, videos, and other materials, most
of which were purchased with a grant for Presidential
Studies from the Donaghey Foundation. Currently,
a collection of campaign and political memorabilia, including
Bill Clinton trading cards, can be seen as part of continually
changing display.
View
more photos
of the January 30 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Reception.
Clinton
Diarist On Campus
In
celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
The Office of Campus Life brought
former newspaper publisher and White House staffer Janis
Kearney
to UALR last Tuesday, January
21, 2003. Ms. Kearney
attended a breakfast with students in the Clinton Presidency
class and then gave a public lecture in the Donaghey Center
on her experiences as President Clinton's personal diarist.
Kearney
is a native of Arkansas and a graduate of the U of A system.
(more about
Janis Kearney)
UALR
Professor Interviewed on MSNBC
Dr. Margaret Scranton was interviewed
on MSNBC's Nachman show Tuesday, January 21 about the
Clinton Presidency class she is teaching this semester.
A complete transcript of the interview is available
at http://www.msnbc.com/news/862732.asp
(Note: Dr. Scranton appears late in
the show, so you might want to use your browser's FIND
function to search the transcript).
Class
gets National Media Attention
The
Clinton Presidency Class at UALR continues to generate
a lot of attention in local, national and even international
media. Several news agencies ran articles about the first
class in the course, which was held l Thursday, January
16. Here are links to some of these articles:
Clinton
Course Begins At UALR, News
4 Arkansas, 1/17/2003
Course
on Clinton won't shun scandals, THE WASHINGTON TIMES-1/18/2003
First
College Course on Clinton Presidency Starts, REUTERS
, 1/17/2003
Course
teaches 'The Clinton Presidency', CNN, 1/17/2003 (AP)
Orientation
for the Clinton Presidency Course
Students
in the Clinton Presidency Course met Saturday, January
11 to learn how to log in and use the online course materials
for the course. (View
more photos)
Donation
of Public Papers
Dr.
David Alsobrook, Director of the Clinton Presidential
Materials Project, recently donated a complete set of
Bill Clinton's Public Papers of the President to
be housed in the new Presidential Studies Documents Collection
at UALR. The papers are on display in the Presidential
Studies Reading Area on the ground floor of Ottenheimer
Library. (visit the Clinton Materials
Project at http://clinton.archives.gov/project_overview/project_overview.html)
Seminar
well attended
On
November 12, 2002, Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey; former
chief of staff for the first lady, Maggie Williams; and
other key managers in the Clinton White House participated
in a Seminar titled
"Decision-Making at the White House: the President’s
Time". Hosted
by UALR in cooperation with the Clinton Presidential Foundation.
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