Annenberg Visiting Scholars Program
In 2006, the Annenberg Foundation awarded Principia College a $1 million grant to endow a Visiting Scholars Program designed to draw leading scholars, diplomats, writers, and civic and business leaders to Principia for short-term teaching and speaking opportunities. Since the program's founding, more than a dozen visiting scholars have enriched student learning and engaged the broader community.
All talks by Annenberg Visiting Scholars are free and open to the public.
For additional information, contact Jim Hegarty, Director of Academic Special Programs, at james.hegarty@principia.edu.
Annenberg Scholars for 2016–2017
Bill Siemering
Bill Siemering is founder and president of Developing Radio Partners, which is dedicated to bringing information on the most important topics in development—population, climate change, health, and governance—to those who are hardest to reach by using the most effective media: local radio and text messaging. Siemering wrote the original mission for National Public Radio (NPR) and was the first Director of Programming at NPR. In collaboration with the staff, he developed All Things Considered, and while Vice President at WHYY-FM, Philadelphia, he helped bring Terry Gross and Fresh Air from a local to a national audience. In the 1960s to 1970, he was Manager of WBFO-FM at SUNY-Buffalo, where he established a storefront studio in the heart of the African-American community, an early example of public media. Siemering was an adviser to and a member of the staff of the Open Society Foundation for 10 years, working in Eastern Europe, Africa, and Mongolia. He has received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Lifetime Achievement Award from National Public Radio, and an honorary doctorate from State University of New York at Buffalo.
Events
Campus talk
March 2, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Wanamaker Hall
Frederick “Rick” Barton
Rick Barton is a United States diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State from 2011 to 2014. While in that post, he founded the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, which works around the world to increase the effectiveness and coherence of the U.S. government in conflict and crisis situations. His previous experience includes service in more than 40 war-torn countries over the past two decades, bringing together policy and practice and seeking pragmatic ways to advance peacebuilding.
Describing his life's work, Barton states, “My life is dedicated to advancing peaceful democratic change. In business, politics, and government service, I pursue this challenge by building organizations and partnerships that are driven by mission and principles; committed to learning and mutual respect; and measured by impact.”
Events
Keynote Address, International Perspectives Conference
7:30 p.m. in Wanamaker Hall, September 22, 2016
Public welcome
Teaching GLBS 270 World Focus Seminar “Intervention & Stabilization in a Turbulent World”
September 12–22 and November 15–18, 2016