Good evening. Did you know that president John F Kennedy was the most photographed leader of his day. This may not surprise you since he used photography strategically to share his values of america. It was also the golden age of photography in america and thats why this subjec is of interest to us at the Smithsonian International art museum. We focus on telling the stories of the American Experience, from folk art to photography as well as painting and sculptor and crafts and media arts. Our exhibition, american visionary John F Kennedys life and times which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event, among many organized by the kennedy president ial library. Im the mary and director of the smithsonian apaircon art museum and sam is what we call ourselves for short. Youre in for a special treat this evening as weve assembled a distinguished group of historians and scholars debating the Kennedy Administration and its legacy. Many of you likely remem
Policies overnight, but we can and we should pass the dream act as soon as possible. And thats why we need more members of congress on both sides of the aisle ready to roll up their sleeves and get this done. Because every single day that Republican Leaders refuse to bring the dream act to the floor to a vote, another 122 young people lose their daca status. They lose their ability to work legally. And they lose their protection from deportation. That means every day 122 of our neighbors, students, coworkers, friends could be forced from the only country they know despite the promise the federal government made to them when they signed up for daca. And despite their immeasurable contributions to our schools, our hospitals, our universities, our stores, our farms, our churches, and our offices and so much more. That means small and Large Businesses are forced to lay off daca resip yentsdzs recipients each day. Vital employees that businesses have invested money in to train and support,
Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. Were going to talk but never said marilyn University College which is a public Online University that is designed ago, design from the ground up to provide affordable accessible quality and relevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. Into understanding i need to tell you the story. We were established in 1947 at the university of maryland as the department was charged with serving adult students, particularly those who were returning gis were born to. In 1949 we became we became the First University to send faculty overseas to teach our troops stationed in germany, this is beginning of umucs global reach. By 1956 we had established the patient to deliver Higher Education in both europe and asia, and in 1963 we became the first u. S. University to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. In 1970 we became an independent fully accredited university that is part of University System of maryland. Ove
Good evening everyone and welcome. I am the director of the Research Library and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the library we are pleased to have Cathy Davidson with us this evening, the author of the critically important book of the new education how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. The distinguished professor at the City University of new york at the director of the Futures Initiative Program Prior to joining the faculty sh she felt they shared a professorship at the Vice President for disciplinary studies at duke university. Serving on the corporation the developer as you probably know on the firefox web browser and the underwriter of a community of open Source Developers appointed by president obama through the National Council on the humanities and was the 2016 recipient of the award for significant contributions to Higher Education. All of that you probably know it in any case you can read it in the program should you wish to refresh
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