Campus Think Tank Initiates Reagan Lecture Series
August 30, 2006
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Amy Clingensmith ~ Director of Communications
100 Campus Drive ~ Grove City, Pa. 16127
Phone (724) 458-3302 ~ Fax (724) 458-2167
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GROVE CITY, Pa. – Beginning in 2007, The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College will launch an annual Ronald Reagan Lecture to be held each year around Feb. 6, the anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth.
The Reagan Lecture aims to bring to light Ronald Reagan’s contributions to America and to history. Each year, the Center will host an individual who worked for, knew or has produced important work on the 40th President. The inaugural lecturer is Michael Reagan, adopted son of Ronald Reagan, who will visit campus on Feb 22, 2007.
Michael Reagan is heard daily by 5 million listeners via his nationally syndicated talk radio program, “The Michael Reagan Show,” airing on 200 stations and at www.radioamerica.com. He serves on the board for The John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation and has authored many books, including his best-selling autobiography “On the Outside Looking In,” as well as “The Common Sense of An Uncommon Man: The Wit, Wisdom and Eternal Optimism of Ronald Reagan” and “Twice Adopted.” Reagan lives with his wife and two children in California.
Some future lectures may be conventional addresses while others will implement a Q&A format with a moderator. The lectures will be geared toward Grove City College students, scholars, thinkers and community members.
The Center seeks to develop scholarship in the forms of papers, books, conferences and classes, utilizing scholarship as a foundation to teach students and society how the principles of Christian faith and freedom can benefit society. Center staff members distribute editorials, facilitate media interviews, sponsor events and maintain a web site at www.visandvals.org. Other initiatives for 2007 include the Center’s third annual conference on April 12-13 titled “From Nicaea to Nietzsche: The De-Christianization of Europe,” and the continuation of a downtown Pittsburgh luncheon series titled “The American Founders.” Matthew Spalding of The Heritage Foundation will deliver the next lecture in the series at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 19 at the Rivers Club. Contact Lee Wishing at (724) 458-3332 or lswishing@gcc.edu for details.
The Center also aids Grove City College faculty members in book publishing and efforts have been fruitful. Oxford University Press will publish Center scholar Dr. Gary Smith’s latest book, “Faith and the Presidency: George Washington to George W. Bush,” in September and Regan Books/Harper Collins will release Dr. Paul Kengor’s fourth book “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” in October.
This release is available for download at www.gcc.edu/news, where subscribers can also sign up for RSS feeds. Media may contact Clingensmith for further details.
Grove City College is listed as one of the Most Competitive colleges in the nation by Barron’s. In its category, Grove City College is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 Best Value and remains in the top ten overall for best colleges in the region in the 2007 guide to America’s Best Colleges. Kaplan has also called Grove City College a “best value” and a “hidden treasure” and Grove City College is a Princeton Review Best Bargain school. Founded in 1876, it is located 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pa. With an enrollment of 2,450 students, it is a private Christian college teaching the liberal arts, sciences and engineering. It is an advocate of the free market economic system and accepts no federal funding. Tuition is about half of the national average for private colleges.
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