AUTHOR AND TELEVISION COMMENTATOR LAURA SCHWARTZ TO APPEAR AT SNC EVENT

Laura Schwartz, international television commentator, speaker, and author of the new book “Eat, Drink and Succeed,” will appear at the grand opening of the newly redesigned Todd Wehr Hall on the St. Norbert College campus on Tuesday, April 27.

Schwartz, an alumna of the college, will sign copies of her book at the opening, which takes place from 10-11 a.m., and will speak at 7:30 that evening in the Fort Howard Theatre of the college’s F. K. Bemis International Center. A wine reception and book signing will follow her lecture.

Laura Schwartz was White House director of events during the Clinton administration, served as a senior advisor to Senator John Kerry during his presidential campaign, and has worked extensively with former President Clinton on behalf of his foundation. She is currently a political consultant and frequent guest on the CBS Early Show, as well as BBC World News and other international television programs. In “Eat, Drink and Succeed,” she details the networking strategies that led to her ascendance in the Clinton administration, and prescribes techniques for others seeking similar success.

Both the grand opening of Todd Wehr Hall and the evening lecture/reception are free and open to the public.

SNC Music theater 2010 summer season announced

ST. NORBERT COLLEGE MUSIC THEATRE TO PRESENT
THREE PRODUCTIONS THIS SUMMER

De Pere: Artistic director Dudley Birder announced that St. Norbert College music theatre will expand its 2010 summer season by presenting three productions during the months of June and July.

“Forever Plaid,” a nostalgic and entertaining view of the 50s, and “Nunsense,” a vibrant romp that chronicles the zany antics of the Little Sisters of Hoboken, will share the Webb Theatre during the month of June.

The June musicals will be presented in repertoire fashion with each playing nine performances. “Forever Plaid” will run June 9-12, 21-22, 25, 27 (matinee) and 30.

“Nunsense” opens June 16 with performances on June 17-18, 20 (matinee), 23-24, 28-29 and July 1. “Forever Plaid” and “Nunsense” are currently in rehearsal.

The Walter Theatre will be the site of the July production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” back by popular demand. Eight performances will be presented July 22-25 (matinee), 27-29 and 30.

Open auditions for “Joseph” have been scheduled as follows. Children’s auditions are scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, and 4 p.m. on Monday, March 15.

Auditions for adults will be held May 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. Rehearsals will begin June 8. For further information call Dudley Birder at (920) 403-3116 or email him at dudley.birder@snc.edu.

Tickets for “Forever Plaid,” “Nunsense” and “Joseph” are now available at the St. Norbert College ticket office. Call (920) 403-3950 or purchase tickets online at tickets.snc.edu.

Looking for a few good people?

Tuesday, February 23, 3 p.m.

ST. NORBERT COLLEGE TO HOST 8^TH ANNUAL
FULL-TIME JOB AND INTERNSHIP FAIR

DE PERE: St. Norbert College will host its 8^th annual Full-time Job and Internship Fair Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 3-5 p.m. in the gymnasium (2^nd floor) of the Ray Van Den Heuvel Family Campus Center.

Employers seeking candidates for full-time and internship positions can register at http://www.snc.edu/career/employers/. The cost is $75 per table for private sector firms, and $37.50 for government and non-profit agencies.

Deadline to register is Feb.16th. For more details call (920)-403-3040 or email careers@snc.edu

SNC announces “Great Decisions” Lecture series line-up

Beginning Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

LINE-UP ANNOUNCED
FOR 28^TH YEAR OF GREAT DECISIONS LECTURE SERIES AT ST. NORBERT COLLEGE

Great Decisions is a national program meant to bring together local, regional and national experts in an eight-week lecture series discussing international issues of interest to the community. St. Norbert College is hosting the public event for its 28^th year in northeastern Wisconsin.

Topics for the series are selected by the Foreign Policy Association of America and are intended to provide a local forum for discussion on current political and economic issues of the day. The speakers themselves are selected by participating colleges and universities. St. Norbert College is one of only two schools in Wisconsin that presents the entire series. (UW-Milwaukee is the other.)

The following are the topics and speakers for 2010. All lectures will be held at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday evenings, in the Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center.

Global Financial Crisis (Feb. 17) David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winner as a journalist 2001; nominated three more times since. Author of three books in the field.

Special Envoys (Feb. 24) Art Cyr, director of International Business Center, CarthageCollege.

Russia and its Neighbors (March 3) Ian Kelly, past director of the Russia Desk, U.S. State Department.

Preventing Genocide (March 10) Celesten Musekura, founder of African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries.

U.S.-Chinese Security Relations (March 24) Julia Chang Bloch, foreign affairs veteran and past U.S. ambassador, who is currently the ambassador in residence at the University of Maryland.

Global Crime (March 31) Robert and John Pavich, father and son, are international criminal attorneys and have argued before the international criminal court in The Hague. John Pavich is a 1998 graduate of St. Norbert College.

The Persian Gulf (April. 7) Rami George Khouri, a well-known editor and journalist in Lebanon, speaks around the world on this subject.

Women in Latin American Politics (April 14) Gratzia Villarroel, associate professor of political science at St. Norbert College and a known specialist in the field of international studies.

Advance subscription for the entire series is available for $40 per person. Subscription includes admission to all eight lectures and a copy of the Great Decisions briefing book. The briefing book includes background information on the lecture topics and access to the association’s web site, www.fpa.org, for resources, guides to topics and online discussion forums. Admission to individual sessions is also available for $5 at the door, and briefing books are available for $15.

For more information, contact the St. Norbert College Center for International Education at (920) 403-4075, or go to www.snc.edu/cie/greatdecisons.html.

Gwen Ifill to be at SNC!

Very cool …

Sunday, May 16, 2010

GWEN IFILL NAMED COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
AT ST. NORBERT COLLEGE

DE PERE, WIS: St. Norbert College has announced that Gwen Ifill, acclaimed journalist, author and moderator of PBS’ “Washington Week in Review,” will be the Commencement speaker on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in Schuldes Sports Center on the De Pere campus. Ifill will also receive an honorary degree from the college.

The best-selling author of “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” (Doubleday, 2009), Ifill also moderated the Vice Presidential debates during the Presidential elections in 2004 and 2008.

She has covered six presidential campaigns, and during the 2008 campaign season, brought “Washington Week” to live audiences around the country as part of a 10-city tour.

Now in its 40th year, “Washington Week” is the longest-running prime-time news and public affairs program on television. Each week, Ifill brings together journalists in Washington to discuss the major stories of the week with reporters who cover the news that emanates from the nation’s capital and affects the nation and the world.

A native of New York City and a graduate of Simmons College in Boston, Ifill has received more than a dozen honorary doctorates. She has also been honored for her work by the Radio and Television News Directors Association, Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center, Ebony Magazine and Boston’s Ford Hall Forum.

She also serves on the boards of the Harvard University Institute of Politics and the Committee to Protect Journalists.