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Judith M. Runstad Lecture Series

Since 2005, the Judith M. Runstad Discovery Lecture series has hosted scholars, 作者, 电影制作人, 演员, 诗人, and activists presenting before an estimated total audience of nearly 10,000名学生, 教师, 工作人员, and community members. These distinguished visitors have spoken to audiences in standing-room-only auditoriums and met with small groups of students in classroom settings. With an annual budget of just under $10,000 administered through the College of Letters, 艺术 and Social Sciences, this endowment has allowed the university to create a signature lecture series that has brought a world of interdisciplinary ideas to the 莫斯科 campus. Since 2013, this Lecture Series has been responsible for bringing in the author with the 常见的阅读 Program or someone closely associated with the book. The General Education program and the University of Idaho are deeply indebted to the Runstad family for their tremendous support of this lecture series.

以前的讲座

  • 2005 | Robert Pinsky – U. S. Poet Laureate, Boston. Co-sponsored with Creative Writing Program.
  • 2006 | Geoffrey Ward – Documentary film maker and collaborator with Kenneth Burns, 纽约, 纽约.
  • 2007 | Phil Cousineau – an award-winning documentary filmmaker and screenwriter, 和讲故事的人, 山景城, 加州. Co-sponsored with Religious Studies/Department of Philosophy.
  • 2008 | Dan Savage – American author, media pundit, journalist and newspaper editor, Seattle. Co-sponsored by ASUI, Women’s Center, Gay-Straight Alliance.
  • 2008| Sean Hill and Elizabeth Bradfield, environmental 诗人, Stegner Fellows at Stanford University, 帕洛阿尔托, 加州.
  • 2009 | Geri Jewel – actress and disability activist.
  • 2009 | Timothy Mooney – Actor, Prospect Heights, Illinois. Co-sponsored with Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
  • 2010 | Martha Mendoza – Pulitzer-prize winning associated press reporter, Mexico City.
  • 2010 | Captain Charles Moore – Founder, Algalita 研究 Foundation and recipient of the inaugural UI Presidential 领导 in Sustainability award, 洛杉矶, 加州.
  • 2010 | Jonathan Mooney – 作者, "The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal".
  • 2010 | Tim Wise – anti-racism activist and best-selling author of "White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son,新奥尔良, La. Co-sponsored with the Associated Students of University of Idaho.
  • 2011 | Co-sponsor of the UI Presidential Sustainability Conference and the Borah Symposium 2011.
  • 2013 | David Lacks and Jeri Lacks Whyte, 主题演讲, Co-sponsored of the 常见的阅读 – "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."
  • 2014 | Barry Estabrook, 作者, "Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit." 主题演讲, Co-Sponsored of the 常见的阅读.
  • 2015 | Bich Minh Nguyen, "Stealing Buddha's Dinner." 主题演讲, Co-Sponsored by the 常见的阅读.
Judith Runstad wearing commencement robes on the Admin Lawn.
Judith Runstad before receiving an honorary doctorate in 2014.

General Education

Physical Address:
Administration Building 104

邮寄地址:
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3154
莫斯科, ID 83844-3154

Phone: 208-885-9025

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