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Honors College

Lecture Series: Spring 2016

Spring 2016
Honors Lecture Series

The Value of a Liberal Education
Mondays, 3:00 to 3:55
Honors Amphitheatre (Rm. 106)

Free and Open to the Public
 DATESPEAKERLECTURE TITLE
January 25Philip Phillips
Honors College
Welcome and Introduction
February 1Dr. Philip Phillips
Honors College
The Medieval Origins of the Artes Liberales
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
February 8Karen Petersen
Political Science
The Political Implications of Assigning Value to the Invaluable
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
February 15 Drew Sieg
Biology
Liberal Arts and Sciences
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February 22Marsha Barsky
Dance
The Value of the Performing Arts
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February 29Brad Bartel
University Provost/Anthropology
The Value of Anthropology
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March 7
SPRING BREAK
NO CLASS
 
March 14Donald Whitfield
Great Books Foundation
Great Books and the Liberal Arts
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO
March 21Laura Stark
Vanderbilt Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
Educating the Student Body: What Biomedicine Learned from the Liberal Arts
NO VIDEO AVAILABLE
March 28Eric Klumpe
Physics and Astronomy
Astronomy: A Road to Connect with Society and Culture
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April 4Kaylene Gebert
Communication Studies
Liberal Education and the 21st-Century Workforce
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April 11Laura Clippard
Honors College
Applying for Fellowships
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April 18Eric Klumpe
Physics and Astronomy
Surfing Gravitational Waves
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April 25Honors StudentsThesis Presentations
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Honors College
Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building
Campus Box 267
1737 Blue Raider Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office: HONR Room 205 (Dean’s Suite)

Main Office Phone: 615-898-2152
Email: uhc@mtsu.edu