Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration

Thursday, 20 Jan 2011 at 4:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Musical performances and speakers celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Members of the group Shy of a Dozen will perform, along with the violin duo of Claire Wandro and Jordan Trachtenberg. Speakers include Religious Studies professor Mary Sawyer, Government of the Student Body President Luke Rolings and Black Student Alliance President Monae Lane. Associate Provost Dawn Bratsch-Prince will present the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Advancing One Community Awards. Birthday cake graciously donated by Campus Dining Services.

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Other events featured in the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series include:

Wednesday, January 12, 11:50 a.m. - Central Campus
Let Freedom Ring
A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King.
Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur

Monday, January 17, 6 p.m. - Ames Middle School, 3915 Mortensen Road, Ames, Iowa
Community Birthday Celebration
Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition!

Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:00 p.m. - Great Hall, Memorial Union
On Leadership - Gloria Gibson
Gloria J. Gibson was named executive vice president and provost at the University of Northern Iowa effective July 1, 2009. Gibson was formerly the dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and a professor in the Department of English, Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Arkansas State University. She earned her doctorate in folklore, with an ethnomusicology concentration from Indiana University. She also has PhD minors in Afro-American studies and African studies. Part of the Women's Leadership Series.

Thursday, March 31, 7:30 p.m. – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Politics, Policy and the Reality of Leadership - Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for The PBS Newshour. She is also the author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Ifill reports on a wide range of issues from foreign affairs to U.S. politics and policies, interviewing national and international newsmakers. She has covered six presidential campaigns and moderated two vice presidential debates, including the 2004 debate between Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat John Edwards and the 2008 debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin. The Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics.

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This lecture was made possible in part by the generosity of F. Wendell Miller, who left his entire estate jointly to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Mr. Miller, who died in 1995 at age 97, was born in Altoona, Illinois, grew up in Rockwell City, graduated from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in Des Moines and Chicago before returning to Rockwell City to manage his family's farm holdings and to practice law. His will helped to establish the F. Wendell Miller Trust, the annual earnings on which, in part, helped to support this activity.

Cosponsored By:

• African American Studies Program
• Black Graduate Student Association
• Black Student Alliance
• Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
• Center for American Intercultural Studies
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• College of Design
• College of Engineering
• College of Human Sciences
• Dean of Students
• LAS Miller Lecture Funds
• MLK Holiday Planning Committee
• Margaret Sloss Women's Center
• Multicultural Student Affairs
• Music
• Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
• Office of the President
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Student Union Board
• Women's Studies Program
• YWCA Ames-ISU
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)