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This Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder will speak on an as-yet unknown topic at the Collins Center for the Arts. The speech is being held through the William S. Cohen Lecture Series, which has brought the likes of Dan Rather and John Glenn to the University of Maine.
This is a tremendous opportunity for students to hear one of the most powerful men in the country in our own proverbial backyard, but it is only one of many guest lecture, seminar or speaker events.
Whether through the Maine Heritage Lecture Series, the Milton Ellis Memorial Reading Series, the Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture series or any number of others, students have many opportunities to hear experts, writers and speakers from all over the world.
Speakers of the magnitude of Eric Holder may come only once every few years, but students can extracurricularly broaden their horizons in lecture halls most weeks of the school year. These events serve as a supplement to the education students receive via classes and textbooks.
Sadly, too many of these special lecturers speak to less than capacity sized crowds. Though this could be indicative of a lack of interest on the part of students, it is more likely that students are unaware of these opportunities.
The Announcements and Alerts folder on FirstClass and the calendar of events on the UMaine Web site are easy avenues to find out when the topics that interest you will be discussed by experts on campus.
For those students who have yet to take advantage of all the academic opportunities, Eric Holder’s speech is a great place to start.
Bangor Daily News