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Save the Dates for the 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar Series


In keeping with the extraordinary education that we provide our students, the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development, MCC Association, Inc. and MCC’s Academic Departments are pleased to announce the 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar Series.  The mission of the Visiting Scholar Series is to provide students with educationally purposeful programs that build a collaborative, intellectual and engaging environment.  Please reserve your seats now and encourage the students to do so also.  Tickets are available at <http://www.monroecctickets.com

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author & Atlantic Writer and Senior Editor
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center, Monroe A&B
$10.00 General Public; Free to MCC Students, Faculty and Staff – Tickets Required
Parking Lot N
Sponsored with Anthropology, History, and Political Science and Philosophy Departments.

The Henrietta Lacks Family
Monday, November 17, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center, Monroe A&B
$7.00 General Public; Free to MCC Students, Faculty and Staff – Tickets Required
Parking Lot N
The Lacks Family visit is not funded by the Visiting Scholar Series.  The program is sponsored by the First Year Experience Program and the Academic Services Division.

Rebecca Skloot, Author, Journalist and Educator
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center, Monroe A&B
$7.00 General Public; Free to MCC Students, Faculty and Staff – Tickets Required
Parking Lot N
Sponsored by the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development’s First Year Experience Program and Student Success Collaborate (SSC-Orientation, First Year Experience, and College Success Course.)

7th Annual Scholars’ Day Keynote Speaker – Nicholas Kristof, Author and Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Journalist
Monday, April 27, 2015
7:00 p.m.
MCC Theatre, Building 4
$15.00 General Public; Free to MCC Students, Faculty and Staff – Tickets Required
Parking Lot F
Sponsored by the President’s Office, Brighton and Damon Office of Student and Academic Services, and a grant from the Xerox Foundation.

Tickets are available by visiting <http://www.monroecctickets.com>, and at the Brighton Campus Center Service Desk or the Damon City Campus Bookstore.  For further information, call the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development at 585-292-2534.  

Jodi Oriel
Office of Student Life and Leadership Development
09/10/2014