Brown bag luncheon programs will be held at lunch time at the
FSU Oglesby Student Union, room 312-13, unless specified otherwise. Bring
your own brown bag lunch, complimentary beverages and cookies will be provided.
An informal question and answer session will follow each program. All
programs are open to the public.
- Thursday, September 13, 12:30-1:45 p.m.:
"The
Book That Has Most Influenced My Life -- Lately"
by ALTHEA JENKINS,
newly named Director of the FSU Libraries. Dr. Jenkins' informal talk will
focus on Lee G. Bolman's Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and
Leadership.
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- Thursday, October 11, 12:30-1:45 p.m.:
"The
Impact that Isabel Allende's Books Have Had on This Human Rights Lawyer"
by TERRY COONAN, director of Florida State's new Center for the Advancement
of Human Rights
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- Thursday, November 1, 12:30-1:45 p.m.:
A special
treat: ELIZABETH DEWBERRY reads from her forthcoming novel,
Sacrament of Lies (2002)
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- Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 12:15-1:30 p.m.:
"Global Warnings: Climate Change 2001 and the U.S. National Assessment"
by JACK WINCHESTER, distinguished professor in FSU's Oceanography
Department, who reminds us that "January is a good time for global warming
issues and how the state, nation, and world should react to the latest and most
reliable information we have." That information includes two reports issued
this fall, describing "global warming science, impacts, and mitigation
strategies."
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- Thursday, February 14, 12:30-1:45 p.m.:
"Books
We Love: An Informal Discussion"
co-leaders: BETTY NIEDORODA and the
Friends' president, MARY JANE RYALS B.Y.O.B.B.: Bring Your Own Beloved Book to
discuss
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- Thursday, March 7, 12:30-1:45 p.m.:
"Pumpkins
and Prothonotary Warblers: The Weird and Evolving Bibliography of Hiss v.
Chambers, the American Dreyfus Case"
by BILL SUMMERS, Dean Emeritus and
Professor of FSU's School of Information Studies and, during 2000-'001,
University Librarian. Based on his long-standing interest in this case that has
helped define the expression "Cold War mentality," he will update us on such
issues as intellectual freedom, McCarthyism and related demagoguery.
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- Friday evening, April 12, dinner!
Following in
the tradition of our April '001 presentation by the journalist and novelist
Shirish Date, local writer and activist CHRISTINA JOHNS has agreed to be
this year's after-dinner speaker. Watch for details on time and place and
ticket price.
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To suggest speakers for future programs contact Vice President
and Program Chair, Dennis Moore, dmoore@english.fsu.edu
Lists of the Friends' programs are available for the following
years: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98,
1998-99, 1999-2000
and 2000-01 |
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