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Tuesday, 5 Mar 1985

Private Woman, Public Stage - Mary Kelley
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Sunday, 3 Mar 1985

A New Approach to Learning: Philosophical Changes for the Challenge for the Future - Warren Ziegler
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Friday, 22 Feb 1985

Black History and You - Sandra Simpson
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 21 Feb 1985

Black Women of the Great Plains - Bertha Callaway
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Understanding Suicide and the Survivor - Helen Marie Clark
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Wednesday, 20 Feb 1985

The Presidency as Media Event - Milton Coleman
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Sunday, 17 Feb 1985

Africa in Crisis: Hunger and Poverty and Apartheid - Burgess Carr
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Friday, 15 Feb 1985

New Poetry for a New America - Arnold Adoff
8:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

Writing from the Frontier: A Call and Response - Virginia Hamilton
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Virginia Hamilton has received every major award and honor which can be accorded an American author of children's books. Her works include Zeely; M.C. Higgins, the Great; and The House of Dies Drear, which was dramatized on public television as a part of Wonderworks. Arnold Adoff is a poet and anthologist. His books of poetry for children include All the colors of the Race, Eats, and Today We Are Brother and Sister. He taught for 12 years in Harlem and other New York City public schools. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

TV: Programming for Children - Duane Ellett
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Duane and Floppy have been two of Iowa television's most recognized personalities for nearly 30 years. Mr. Ellett will briefly discuss changes in children's programming which led to the cancellation of one of his shows. Following the showing of a cartoon, he will return with his puppet friend and visit with the audience. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.