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C-SPAN'S SCULLY TO
GIVE CHAUTAUQUA AT GANNON LECTURE
An Erie native and senior executive producer/political editor at C-Span
will be the featured Chautauqua at Gannon speaker.
Steve Scully, who since 1990
has been responsible for the planning and editing of all campaign
programming for the national public affairs network, on April 26 will
lecture on “The Road to the White House 2004.” Scully will present a
review of America’s political landscape in the year to date and give his
forecast for the remainder of the year, to include potential running
mates, the upcoming conventions, the candidates’ platforms, the fall
campaign, the November elections, and the Electoral College.
Scully also will offer
thoughts on how the electoral process could be improved.
His lecture, free and open
to the public, will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Zurn 104. Tom Becker, president of The
Chautauqua Institution will preside.
Scully’s address will be 30th
in the Chautauqua at Gannon series, which previously has featured
nationally-syndicated columnist David Broder; CNN political correspondent
Candy Crowley; political scientists Charles O. Jones, Norman Ornstein,
Thomas Mann, Roger Davidson, Walter Oleszek, and Bert Rockman; Senators
William Proxmire and Fred Harris, national political party chairs Charles
Manatt and Frank Fahrenkopf; and military leaders General Perry Smith and
Colonel Jack Jacobs, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
For more information on the
event, call Gannon’s Leadership Erie office at ext. 7231.
More about Steve Scully
Scully earned a bachelor’s degree in
communication and political science from American University in
Washington, D.C., and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern
University in Evanston, Ill.
Since 1990, Scully has been
responsible for planning and editing C-Span’s campaign programming,
including presidential and congressional elections. In addition, he
manages a team of field producers who cover the courts, history, and
international issues.
Scully also hosts
the Washington Journal, a daily, live, three-hour public affairs
program.
Prior to joining C-Span,
Scully covered politics and local government as a reporter with WSEE-TV in
Erie and also worked as a reporter and anchor at WHEC-TV in Rochester,
N.Y.
In January of 2003, he
assumed the Amos P. Hostetter Chair at the University of Denver, teaching
a course on media, politics, and public policy issues via cable fiber line
between Washington, D.C., and Denver.
He also formerly taught at St. John
Fisher College in Rochester, leading courses on basic news writing skills
and on media ownership. In 1988-89, he was an instructor at Nazareth
College in Rochester, where he taught a class focused on the comparative
study of the media and campaign strategies.
OUR EVENTS
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Wednesday, April 21
– APB
Speaker Series: Featuring David Stollman on “Buy in or Get
Out!” As a
consultant, Stollman has helped nearly 200 Greek systems nationally
increase their memberships. Offered at 7:30 p.m. in Zurn 104. Sponsored
by APB. Also: Brown Bag Luncheon: offered at 12 p.m. in the
Founder's Room (third floor) of Nash Library. Speaker will be Robert
Wallace, Ph.D., assistant professor, finance. Wallace will discuss
“When
'someday' comes: A bicycling sojourn across America.”
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Thursday, April 22
–
English Awards Night: Will include a poetry reading by Adam
Zagajewski, a Polish poet, novelist, and essayist. Winners of the
2003-04 High School and University Writing Contests will be announced.
7:30 p.m. in the Yehl Room. Also:
Faculty
Reception & Apple Polishing Awards: to be held at 11 a.m. in the
Yehl Room.
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Monday, April 26
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Chautauqua at Gannon Series: Featuring a lecture by Erie native
Steve Scully, senior executive producer/political editor at C-Span. 7:30
to 9 p.m. in room 104 of the Zurn Science Center. Scully will speak on
“The Road to the White House 2004.”
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Tuesday, April 27
–
Graduate and Adult Open House: Offered by the Center for Adult
Learning. Scheduled for 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the third floor of
Palumbo.
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Saturday, May 8
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Spring Commencement: 2 p.m. at Tullio Arena.
The Honorable Sean O’Keefe, administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will give the keynote
address and will be awarded an honorary degree.
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“Our Events”
is intended to serve as a random sample of campus events.
For a more complete listing, refer to Eventcal.
CURRENT BIRTHDAYS
Stephanie Taylor.
Marguerite Millis. DeWayne Sokol. Linda Komorek. David Nordquest. Theodore
Brown. Eszter Muranyi. Patricia McMahon. Beverly Thompson. Griz
Zimmermann. Gregory Gorniak. Laurie Bednar. Joann Leute. Frank Buczek Jr.
Mary Ann Scholl. Scott Steinbrink. Mary Sigler. Susan Calvano. Cynthia
Liotta. Thomas Upton. Richard Pysch. Lynn Bercik. Stephen Washek. Kim
Krichko. Jim Meko. Edward Kuhar. Bob Allshouse. Faye Fromknecht. Mary
Richmond. Charles Ramsey. Patricia Oligeri. Kim Blount. Mike Panza. Sister
Michele Healy. Rick Iacobucci.
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
Monday, April 19 –
Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education Site Visit (April
19-20). Tuesday, April 20
– Cathedral Preparatory School Advisory Board meeting; School of Education
Annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner.
Wednesday, April 21 – Erie Technology Incubator
presentation, to Erie Rotary. Thursday, April 22
– Leadership Committee meeting, 25th Anniversary of Brothers
and Sisters To Us. Friday, April 23
– Summer Institute for the Gifted National Advisory Board meeting.
DID YOU
KNOW?
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The next Mid-Knight Pancake Breakfast will
be held from 9:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. Sunday, May 2, in the Gannon
cafeteria. Volunteers are needed for two shifts: from 9 to 10:30 p.m.
and from 10:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. To volunteer, or to donate a fun door
prize for the students, call Angela Jones at ext. 5800 or
Christine Agnello at ext. 7410. The breakfast is provided, courtesy
of the President's Office, to give students a break from studying for
finals.
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Last Words Presentation: Penny L. Smith,
Ph.D., assistant professor, English, will give a presentation tonight,
April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Yehl Room. Her lecture will be based
on the
question, “If this were the last time you could speak to Gannon
students, what would you say?”
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The late John “Doc”
Waldron, former Dean of Business Administration at Gannon, will be
honored posthumously at Cathedral Prep's Hall of Fame Dinner on April
27. The Waldron Campus Center is named after Waldron, who retired from
Gannon in 1974. Monsignor James Peterson, a former longtime
member of the Gannon faculty, is also one of the honorees.
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VCR alert: Gannon University will be among the
schools featured in an upcoming broadcast of the National College Review. The segment on
Gannon,
about seven minutes in length, will air locally at 6 a.m. on Wednesday,
April 21 on The Discovery Channel (Adelphia cable channel
20, Time Warner cable channel 46).
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More than $400 was raised from the Saturday, April 3 auction
for the Gannon Social Work Club Christmas Dinner. More than 50
paintings done by area children were auctioned off. The same day, Gannon
students, faculty, and staff collected more than 5,000 pounds of food
during the university's Golden Harvest Food Drive. Student Living
sponsored the drive.
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Special thanks to Gannon colleagues for their
assistance with media interview requests. Scott Miller, assistant
professor, accounting, did an interview
with Peter Panepento of the Erie Times-News on the business aspect of
the popular TV show The Apprentice. Special thanks also to
Evan O’Polka, a Gannon student and a
disc jockey at Gannon’s WERG radio station. O’Polka
did an interview with Panepento on current
prices for concert tickets. Thanks also to Chet LaPrice, WERG operations
manager, for his help in facilitating the interview.
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Gannon's Schuster Theatre will show
“Dirty
Blonde”
from Wednesday-Sunday, April 21-25. The performance is directed by Shawn
Clerkin. Monday-Saturday performances are at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees are
at 3 p.m. Call ext. 7494 for reservations.
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