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Table 2.1: Lecture Series at SVSU Lecture Series Wickson-Nickless Distinguished Lectureship in Business Edwards Lecture in Philosophy & Religion
Year Introduced 1992
The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Visiting Scholars and Artists Program The Albert J. Beutler Forums on Ethics & Practice The Arnold and Gertrude Boutell/Citizens Bank Executivein-Residence Speaker Series The Thomas & Hilda Rush Distinguished Lecture
1996
Barstow Excellence in Teaching Humanities Seminar
1999
1993
1997 1998
1998
Focus Prominent business leaders regarding on current topics Internationally renowned scholars on interdisciplinary topics pertaining to philosophy and religion Invite scholars and artists with prominent national or international stature to speak and perform on campus Prominent scholars on current topics in ethics and leadership Renowned professionals speak on topics pertaining to business leadership SVSU faculty or staff members whose work has brought recognition to themselves and the university Scholars to spend a day or more on campus to workshop with students and educators and address the community on prominent issues in the humanities
In 1982, Drew Hinderer, philosophy professor and bassoonist; Bill Wollner, music professor and French horn player, and Mary Anderson, adjunct faculty member and flutist; along with Midland Symphony Orchestra oboist Jane Bellen and clarinet player Linda Hargett, created the Valley Wind Quintet. Public performances became such an important aspect of its outreach that Bob Yien, then vice president for academic affairs, rewrote Wollner’s job description to include public performances. The lineup remained relatively constant during its first three decades, with Anne Holub replacing Anderson at flute in 1984 and then Lauren Rongo succeeding her in 1987, and Zahnow librarian Thomas Zantow taking over for Hinderer in 2008 as bassoonist. Over the years, the Quintet toured Japan and performed hundreds of public concerts. It headlined the first concert in Founders Hall on February 13, 1996.47 The university has brought to campus renowned scholars and popular experts to speak on contemporary political, economic and cultural topics. Former Tennessee Senator William Brock, the secretary of labor in the Ronald Reagan administration, spoke in 1993 on the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement at the time Congress was debating it. Andrei Kozyrev, the Russian foreign minister from 1990-1996, lectured on “The Changing Face of Russia” just after the fall of the Soviet state. Poet Maya Angelou, biographer Walter Isaacson, presidential historian Michael Beschloss and Harvard University scholar and literary critic Henry Louis Gates Jr. are just a few of those who have brought their expertise to campus for the benefit of the community and campus.48
