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Free Lecture Series Examines Constitutional Concepts

By September 5, 2013January 9th, 2019No Comments

Kirkwood’s Iowa City Campus

Kirkwood Community College presents its eighth annual Constitution Day program Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, in celebration of the United States Constitution and its varied and diverse influences on our lives. This day also celebrates those who became citizens through naturalization, or by coming of age, thus echoing one of Kirkwood’s designated general education goals: Students will recognize the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Kirkwood celebrates Constitution Day with a lecture series at both the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City campuses. These lectures are open to the general public and free of charge. (See featured speakers and topics below.)

Kirkwood’s Constitution Day events are part of a nationwide series, designed to instill better knowledge and awareness of the U.S. Constitution in daily life. This celebration also fulfills a federal mandate championed by the late Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, to honor the Constitution each year.

 

*****Featured Speakers and Lectures*****

CEDAR RAPIDS MAIN CAMPUS EVENTS

LGBT Rights: Same Sex Marriage and Beyond
Sarah Barfels, Kirkwood faculty, Social Sciences department
Iowa Hall A & B 9-9:50 a.m.

Congressional Redistricting: Just do the Math
John Dawson, Kirkwood faculty, Math/Science department
Linn Hall 2188 10-10:50 a.m.

Hacia un Mundo Sin la Pobreza: The Transformative Power of Microcredit in the Developing World
Laura Yost, Kirkwood faculty, Social Sciences & Distance Learning departments
Iowa Hall A & B 11-11:50 a.m.

The Journey Home: Not Yet Begun
Eric Hastings, president & CEO, Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation
Iowa Hall A & B 1:30 -3:30 p.m.

 

IOWA CITY CAMPUS EVENTS

Congressional Redistricting: Just do the Math
John Dawson, Kirkwood faculty, Math/Science Department
Room 119 10 – 10:50 a.m.

Civic Engagement: A Conversation with the Honorable Matt Hayek, Mayor of Iowa City
Matthew J. Hayek, Iowa City mayor
Commons Area 11:15 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.