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David Frum
November 14, 2013
5:30 p.m. Public Reception
Endeavour Room, Student Union
7 p.m. Lecture
Wright State University Student Union
David Frum is the author of six books, including most recently COMEBACK: Conservatism That Can Win Again. He is a columnist and a regular contributor to American Public Media's Marketplace. He served as special assistant and speechwriter to President George W. Bush for one year. In 2005, he formed and led the group Americans for Better Justice. In 2007 and 2008, he was a senior policy adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. He is a member of the board of directors of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
LeRoy Butler
February 11, 2014
5:30 p.m. Public Reception
Endeavour Room, Student Union
7 p.m. Lecture
Student Union
As a child, LeRoy Butler had problems that went beyond poverty and crime. He was born so pigeon-toed that doctors had to operate on both of his feet at the age of eight months to correct the deformity. It was a major struggle just to walk, and Butler spent much of his early youth in a wheelchair. Butler finally shed his leg braces when he was eight. Having been transformed from wheelchair-bound wallflower to speed demon virtually overnight, Butler was suddenly a star athlete. Always outspoken, "I'll say certain things others wouldn't dare say," Butler told Tim Froberg of the Packer Report. He supports a number of organizations that work with disadvantaged young people. "I'll never forget where I came from..." Butler told Froberg.
Michio Kaku, Ph.D.
March 19, 2014
7 p.m.
Wright State University Nutter Center
Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority in two areas. The first is Einstein’s unified field theory, which Kaku is attempting to complete. The other is to predict trends affecting business, commerce, and finance based on the latest research in science. He is one of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world. He currently holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York (CUNY) and has been a professor at CUNY for almost 30 years. His goal is to complete Einstein’s dream of a “theory of everything,” to derive an equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, which will summarize all the physical laws of the universe. He is the co-founder of string theory, a major branch of string theory, which is the leading candidate today for the theory of everything.
Rocsi Diaz
Entertainment Host and Reporter
"It Takes a Village"
Cultivating Common Ground through Community Engagement and Civic Responsibility
August 23, 2013
3 p.m.
Freshman Convocation
Wright State University Nutter Center
Entertainment Tonight reporter Rocsi Diaz will serve as keynote speaker for this year's Freshman Convocation ceremony and first Presidential Lecturer of the 2013–14 series. Born in Honduras, the bilingual television personality previously co-anchored BET's flagship show 106 & Park from 2006 to 2012.
