Opportunities to Explore and Learn at Local Colleges

Chris Boehm
The colleges and universities in our backyard provide amazing opporutnities for students to explore and learn more about topics that interest them.  We hope to highlight a few that are open to the public on a regular basis and encourage students to search for others that might excite them.  Listed is a small sampling of some upcoming speakers and presentations that are open to the public.
University of Delaware
Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series
September 14, 2017   
JONATHAN M. TISCH, CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF LOEWS CORPORATION AND CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF LOEWS HOTELS
 
Villanova University
The Current Situation of the Chinese Economy and the Future of Relations among Japan, the United States
9/26/2017, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Mr. Kiyoyuki Seguchi Leading Researcher, The Canon Institute for Global Studies, Tokyo Topic: The Current Situation of the Chinese Economy and the Future of Relations among Japan, the United States and China
 
Swarthmore College
Frank 5 Career Panel
September 28th @4:30
Join us as the Aydelotte Foundation’s Frank 5 Fellows program kicks off with a panel discussion co-sponsored by Career Services. Meet the 2017-18 Fellows and learn about the challenges and rewards of their professional journeys since graduation. Fellows were selected to represent different work sectors and come from the worlds of business, engineering, education and the arts. They reveal a wide range of career paths available to liberal arts grads. 

The Frank 5 Fellows program is designed to spark discussion around the value and impact of a liberal arts education. The initiative showcases alums under age 30 who are undertaking inspiring and impactful work across different fields.
 
Temple University
ALEX TRUESDELL AND THE ADAPTIVE DESIGN ASSOCIATION
October 5, 2017 @ 6 pm
Join us for an intimate conversation with modern-day visionary Alex Truesdell, Executive Director and Founder of the Adaptive Design Association, Inc. Like many ingenious ideas - Truesdell began the process that would eventually become the Adaptive Design Association in a garage.
 
Assisting thousands of children and adults around the world every year, the Adaptive Design Association is a global force for good in the disabilities community and beyond. Alex has taught hundreds of courses in adaptive design to professionals and parents throughout the Northeast, and through the Hilton-Perkins International Program, has trained educators in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, Poland, and Guatemala.
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Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.