News
Five freshmen earn campus leadership positions
(Sept. 13, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - McConnell Scholars join Freshmen LEAD and Task Force Freshman
Glover considers 'The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown'
(September 12, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Dr. Lorri Glover, a history professor at Saint Louis University, highlights the series of events that led to England's permanent colonization in America.
Center sponsors APSA panel on statesmanship and democracy
(September 7, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Scholars share their latest political science research at national conference.
Scholar considers ways to promote traditional music in Kentucky's highlands
(Sept. 6, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sophomore Meghan Waters spends part of her summer interning in U.S. Representative Geoff Davis's office.
Student published in national magazine
(Sept. 1, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sophomore McConnell Scholar Hunter Pittman publishes an article in The NODA Review.
McConnell Center celebrates 20 years
(August 26, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - McConnell Center's mission, opportunities and scholarships expand over the past two decades.
Pippin elected to national fraternity office
(Aug. 18, 2010) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trey Pippin, of Owensboro, was recently elected president of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity's first national Undergraduate Advisory Board.
First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War
Author Joan E. Cashin will discuss Varina Davis's struggle to reconcile her societal duties and expected allegiance to the South with her personal beliefs.
Jacksonian Democracy and Jacksonian America
Author Daniel Feller, Ph.D., offers a fresh look at the United States in the tumultuous Age of Jackson.
Liberty and Order: The First Party Struggle
(Nov. 3-6, 2011) — A week-long conference to Portland, Oregon, co-sponsored by the McConnell Center and Liberty Fund, Inc.
Liberty and Executive Power
(Oct. 20-23, 2011) — A four-day conference to Rapid City, S. Dak., co-sponsored by the McConnell Center and Liberty Fund, Inc.
Power, Persuasion and the Origins of the Imperial Republic
Arguing that war, rather than liberty, is the primary lens through which Americans have defined social, culture and political boundaries for the past half-millennium, Andrew Cayton will consider how "empire" and "liberty" contribute to foreign policy discussions of the 21st century.
The Constitutional Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
Constitutional historian R.B. Bernstein will address Thomas Jefferson's failure to reconcile his professed commitments (such as freedom of the press and human equality) with actual practice.
Faith, Fortune and the Founding of English America
Author Lorri Glover, Ph.D., will discuss her book, "The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America."
Three McConnell Scholars earn international scholarships
(July 22, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Hunter Davis, Blake Christopher and Michael Zeller earn international scholarships along with six other University of Louisville students. Nine University of Louisville students, including three McConnell Scholars, have earned scholarships to conduct research, travel abroad and, in some cases, study foreign languages and cultures that are considered critical to U.S. national security.
Scholars pursue diverse opportunities after graduation
(July 14, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ten students graduate from the McConnell Scholars Program and prepare for new chapters in their lives.
Center welcomes 10 new scholars
(June 23, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ten students from Kentucky join the McConnell Scholars Program.
Freedom Rider speaks at McConnell Center
(June 21, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ernest "Rip" Patton Jr. recounts his experiences as a participant in the Nashville Movement and the Freedom Rides 50 years ago.
Scholar receives Boren Scholarship
(June 13, 2011) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Junior Michael Zeller will spend the next academic year studying at Moscow State University in Russia after receiving a Boren Scholarship.
Hall earns Fulbright grant to Macau
(June 3, 2011) MACAU, China - Chelsey Hall, of Brooks, is the seventh McConnell Scholar to earn a Fulbright grant.
