Welcome all of you attending this symposium in person. As well as our audience on cspan to this Second Annual symposium on constitutional issues. This year, we examine the 15th amendment and invite a conversation as our Program States on suffrage in light of the hopes and realities of american identity and governance. In many ways, this university is the ideal venue for such a conversation. Envisioned as a Great National episcopal institution by a group of founding bishops in the 1850s, the university of the south by 1860 possessed more than 6,000 acres of land on the Cumberland Plateau in tennessee. It had an endowment half the size of harvards. I often think with my regents about what that would mean for us today. We wouldnt be lamenting an 8 return. And saw itself, in that vision, with colleges of different sizes, schools of law and medicine and business and theology. Saw itself indeed as americas first truly comprehensive private university a half generation ahead of Johns Hopkins
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The United States on their lives and careers. Including the challenges they have had to overcome and what advice they have to offer to the next generation of Women Leaders in global politics. Thank you for being here for our smart women smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that serven ambassadors can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed, they all happen to be female ambassadors. Before we begin, i will get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope you are following us on twitter. There should have been handouts. Hopefully you got them with all the twitter handles. If you are live tweeting, we ask that you use the csislive. We have a smart women podcast and course with our smart women events. We hope you are following those as well. Our series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you for helping us amplify the women. So i am pleased to welcome th
Panel of foreign ambassadors to the United States on their lives and careers. Including the challenges they have had to overcome and what advice they have to offer to the next generation of Women Leaders in global politics. Thank you for being here for our smart women smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that serven ambassadors can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed, they all happen to be female ambassadors. Before we begin, i will get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope you are following us on twitter. There should have been handouts. Hopefully you got them with all the twitter handles. If you are live tweeting, we ask that you use the csislive. We have a smart women podcast and course with our smart women events. We hope you are following those as well. Our series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you for helping us amplify the wome
And careers. Including the challenges they have had to overcome and what advice they have to offer to the next generation of Women Leaders in global politics. Thank you for being here for our smart women smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that serven ambassadors can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed, they all happen to be female ambassadors. Before we begin, i will get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope you are following us on twitter. There should have been handouts. Hopefully you got them with all the twitter handles. If you are live tweeting, we ask that you use the csislive. We have a smart women podcast and course with our smart women events. We hope you are following those as well. Our series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you for helping us amplify the women. So i am pleased to welcome the director of federal Government