Students from all schools in the UCDC residence hall participate
Speakers Course, 2010
Every Monday evening, Michigan in Washington students join others in the residence hall to hear DC professionals talk about their work and their industry. Speakers come from a wide range of professions in both the public and private sectors. Dinner is provided at this event so that students can make it to class after working all day at internships. Students write short papers on five of the presentations and receive one credit for this required course. Speakers vary each term.
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The Fundamentals on Venture Capital and Investment Banking
Please read preparatory materials and watch video before coming to lecture. Refreshments will be served. Read More
Speaker: David Schick
Date: 02/08/2013; 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: UCDC Room 210
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Ken Goldstein on Campaign Advertising
What did the 2012 election tell us about what's to come in 2014 and 2016? Read More
Speaker: Ken Goldstein
Date: 02/04/2013; 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Retired Ambassador Edward Marks on US Diplomacy and Careers in Foreign Service
Edward Marks taught at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the U.S. National Defense University, which has just been renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. Students there are in the U.S. Armed Forces. Read More
Speaker: Edward Marks
Date: 01/14/2013; 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: First Floor Auditorium, UCDC Washington Center
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From Swamp to Scandal: A History of Washington, DC
Why is the nation’s capital in Washington? Why does Washington have a monument and Lincoln have a memorial? How did cheating, crack-smoking and toe-sucking disrupt three political careers WITHIN THREE BLOCKS OF THE UC CENTER? Read More
Speaker: Marc Sandalow, Associate Academic Director at UCDC
Date: 01/07/2013; 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: First Floor Auditorium, UCDC Washington Center
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Mike McCurry, Press Secretary under President Bill Clinton
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 04/16/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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David William, LA Times
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 04/02/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Priscilla Labovitz, Immigration Attorney
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 03/12/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Justice Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 02/27/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Steven Kappes, Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 02/20/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Jon Cohen, Director of Polling for the Washington Post
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 02/13/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Winifred Conkling, Author of "Sylvia & Aki"
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 02/06/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Ken Goldstein, CEO, Campaign Media Analysis Group
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 02/03/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Sarah Pompeii, Communications Director for the Majority Whip
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 01/30/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Vince Frankes, Federal Policy Director, Center for Health Transformation
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 01/23/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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David Hildebrandt, Composer
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 01/16/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Marc Sandalow, Associate Academice Director, UC Washington Center
Students from all schools welcome Read More
Date: 01/09/2012; 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: UCDC Main Auditorium
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Associate Curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Sarah Kennel Read More
Date: 10/24/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC Washington Center
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US Dept of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Sam Sankar Read More
Date: 10/17/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC Washington Center
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Columnist, The Washington Post
Ezra Klein Read More
Date: 10/10/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC Washington Center
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Assistant Press Secretary, White House
Nick Papas Read More
Date: 10/03/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC Washington Center
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The California News Service
Mark Sandalow, UC Merced Read More
Date: 09/26/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC Washington Center
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Columnist from The Hill
Molly Hooper Read More
Date: 09/19/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC Washington Center
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Voice of America's Persian News Network
Roya Soleimani and Amir Bagherpour Read More
Date: 09/12/2011; 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: UCDC - Washington Center
