U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts Speaks in McConnell Center Series
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts will speak April 18 at 10:00AM on the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus. Roberts delivered opening remarks before taking part in “A Conversation with the Chief,” a panel discussion with people who have studied and written about the U.S. Supreme Court. Highlights of the program can be viewed here
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Kentucky Student Essay Contest
Each year, the McConnell Center Civics Education Program sponsors an essay contest for Kentucky students. This year, students in grades 5-12 will have the opportunity to win cash prizes and books in Senior (Grades 9-12) and Junior (Grades 5-8) divisions. To read this year's prompt, view guidelines, and download the Official Essay Contest cover sheet, visit our Civics Education page.
Contest Deadline: February 15, 2009
McConnell Scholar Alumni Earn Top Honors
Ballard Awarded Dartmouth Fellowship
Jonathan Ballard, (McConnell Scholars Class of 2004), has been awarded a Paul Ambrose Fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School. The fellowship is a medical residency program that allows resident physicians to undertake a quality improvement project while doing their general medicine residency. In such, he will take business, management, and public health courses from the various Dartmouth departments during his final medical training and will earn a Masters of Public Health degree. The namesake, Paul Ambrose, was a young physician who took it upon himself to do this type of plan at Dartmouth and then while working in the Office of the Surgeon General in Washington, was lost tragically early in his life aboard American Airlines flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept 11th, 2001. In his memory, Dartmouth created this fellowship program where a resident physician is selected each year to train in preventive medicine and medical leadership while completing their medical residency.
America's Forgotten Founders
The McConnell Center recently hosted a successful conference for educators, students, and citizens on the weekend of September 12-13, 2008 exploring America's forgotten patriots. Drs. Gregg and Hall launched their co-edited book enitled America's Forgotten Founders at the conference. The book publishes the results of a year-long survey the two had worked identifying the top ten 'forgotten founders.' America's Forgotten Founders can be purchased through the Butler Books website.
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About the McConnell Center
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