The Alumni & Development Office hosts a annual speaker series that is open to the public and offered free of charge. For more information, call 217-424-6383.
The Thomas W. Ewing Lecture
The Thomas W. Ewing Lectureship was created in recognition of the many years of public service of Congressman Thomas W. Ewing '57 by Millikin University and Ewing’s colleagues.
2011 Speaker:
David Frum was the speaker for the 2011 Thomas W. Ewing Lectureship held Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Westminster Presbyterian Church next to campus. He offered detailed insights into exactly how Washington is changing -- and what these changes will mean for us all -- when he spoke on "Real Problems, Real Solutions: Transformative Ideas for Today's Political Landscape."
Frum is former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former senior foreign policy adviser to Rudy Giuliani. He has authored six books and has been a guest on "The Colbert Report," "The Daily Show," "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Larry King Live."
Read a transcript of the lecture here.
The James W. Moore Lecture
The James W. Moore Lecture Series was established in 1991 to honor the late James W. Moore of Decatur, Ill., by providing speakers who represent innovative or progressive political or artistic views.
2012 Speaker:
Jonathan Kozol, educator and social justice advocate, will deliver the 2012 James W. Moore Lecture, "The Soul of a Profession: Education Under Siege," on Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in Kirkland Fine Arts Center. Kozel has devoted nearly half a century to the issues facing public education and to the challenge of providing equal opportunity to every child.
He has written a number of highly acclaimed books and is one of the most widely read and highly honored education writers in America.
In his most recent work, "Letters to a Young Teacher," he draws upon four decades of experience to guide the newest generation of our nation's teachers into what he calls “a beautiful profession.”
The T.W. Samuels Lecture
The T.W. Samuels Lecture Series was created in 1977 in honor of attorney T.W. Samuels, senior partner in the Decatur law firm of Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson and Sly. William J. Samuels of Menlo Park, Calif., and the late Dr. Thomas W. Samuels Jr., created an endowment fund to finance the series in recognition of their father. The endowment is used to bring great thinkers and speakers to Millikin for the purpose of community enrichment.
2012 Speaker:
The 2012 T.W. Samuels Lecture will be presented Tuesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m in Kirkland Fine Arts Center by James Bradley, author of the best-selling historical nonfiction books, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Flyboys."
Released as a major motion picture in 2007, "Flags of Our Fathers" tells the story of the six soldiers who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, one of whom was Bradley’s father, John Bradley.
Bradley's most recent book, the critically-acclaimed "The Imperial Cruise," is an in-depth exploration of the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt.