Doris Kearns Goodwin, the historian whose best-selling book on
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt earned the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for history, will give a
talk titled “The Private Lives of Public Figures” on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 8
p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
Goodwin has been a consultant and on-air personality for a number of PBS
documentaries including those on Lyndon Johnson, the Kennedys, FDR and Ken Burn's Baseball.
She is the author of three books including No Ordinary Time: Franklin
and Eleanor Roosevelt: the Home Front During World War II (1993), which received the
1995 Pulitzer Prize.
The Concert Committee announces a concert featuring Belly with
special guest Matthew Sweet on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Fieldhouse.
Tickets, at $12 on campus, are available through Student Activities in the Reamer Campus
Center.
Brian Williams, general editor of the National Enquirer will
speak on Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center auditorium. His topic:
“Everything I Need to Know to be Successful I Read in the National Enquirer.”
“Composing a Union: 25 Years of Co-education at Union” will
be celebrated over two weekends: Homecoming, Sept. 29-30, and Parents Weekend, Oct. 6-8.