Educational Activities
Through various programs, departments and student organizations, a wide variety of special events and lectures is offered every year. In past years, events and speakers have included Dr. Danielle Allen, political theorist, public intellectual, cultural commentator; Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress; Dr. Tara Westover, New York Times bestselling author of Educated; Cotton Cybersecurity guest lecturer, Kevin Stine, Chief of the Applied Cybersecurity Division in the NIST Information Technology Laboratory; Ivan Coyote, writer, performer and LBGTQ advocate; The Reverend Dr. Jamie Washington, President, Washington Consulting Group (WCG), and Co-Founder, Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI); and The Portal Project by Shared Studios™.