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9/14/17 Fall Presidential Lecture Series Guest: Ndaba Mandela

August 28, 2017

TO:                  The College Community

FROM:            Dr. Shaun L. McKay, President

SUBJECT:     Fall Presidential Lecture Series Guest Announced:

Ndaba Mandela – Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 11 a.m.

 

I am pleased to announce the fall 2017 Presidential Lecture Series to be presented at Suffolk County Community College. This forum is meant to engage the college community in meaningful conversations that can inspire each of us to bring about positive change in our communities. It also provides the College with an opportunity to meet its mission-related strategic goal of enhancing community enrichment through increased participation in social and cultural events and activities conducted by the College or in partnership with external stakeholders.

This semester’s presentation will be delivered by Ndaba Mandela, grandson of the South African activist and former president, Nelson Mandela. Ndaba’s lecture is entitled, “From Prisoner to President: The Mandela Legacy Lives On.”  The lecture will take place on Thursday, September 14th at 11 a.m. in the Shea Theater on the Ammerman Campus in Selden; it will also be streamed to the Sagtikos Theater on the Michael J. Grant Campus and the Montaukett Learning Resource Center, Room 107/108.

In his presentation, Ndaba describes what it was like to first meet his iconic grandfather at age 11—when Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison and Ndaba lived with him in the Presidential Palace shortly thereafter. Ndaba tells tales and shares the inspiring, and often amusing, anecdotes told to him directly from his doting grandfather. Ndaba also describes to his audiences, both the joy and the strain he feels having the awesome responsibility of the world’s expectations to be counted on, and considered as, the “2nd chapter” of the Mandela story.

Tickets will be required for this event on the Ammerman Campus. If you would like to reserve space for your class, or for more information about the presentations, please contact Jill Santiago at the Center for Social Justice and Human Understanding at santiaj@sunysuffolk.edu.

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Spring Presidential Lecture Series Announced at Suffolk County Community College 3/21/17

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March 13, 2017

TO:                  The College Community

FROM:           Dr. Shaun L. McKay, President

SUBJECT:     Spring Presidential Lecture Series Announced

I am pleased to announce the third Presidential Lecture Series to be presented at Suffolk County Community College.  This forum is meant to engage the college community in meaningful conversations that can inspire each of us to bring about positive change in our communities.  It also provides the College with an opportunity to meet its mission-related strategic goal of enhancing community enrichment through increased participation in social and cultural events and activities conducted by the College or in partnership with external stakeholders.

This semester’s presentation is entitled, “Bursting Bubbles, Building Bridges: How can we bring the world into clear focus?” and will be delivered by Alisa Miller, CEO of Public Radio International.   The lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 21st at 11 a.m. in the Van Nostrand Theatre, Sagtikos Building, on the Michael J. Grant Campus. Additional presentations will be held on the Eastern Campus at 8 a.m. in the Montaukett Learning Resource Center, Room 107/108 and on the Ammerman Campus at 2 p.m. in the Southampton Building, Room 30.

Ms. Alisa Miller was named CEO of Public Radio International in 2006 and is the first female and youngest CEO of the network.  She serves as an advocate for the importance of global perspectives in the news and recently launched the Across Women’s Lives Initiative to increase news coverage and engagement around global women’s issues.  She has been named among the Most Influential Women in Technology, serves as a board member for the Lumina Foundation, and has been recognized for her TED Talk “How the news distorts our world view,” which has been viewed 1.7 million times.  She has additional TED Talks on why we need more women represented in the media and is author of Media Makeover.

No tickets are necessary.  If you would like to reserve space for your entire class, or for more information about the presentations, please contact Patty Munsch at munschp@sunysuffolk.edu.

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