Liberal Arts Honors 50th Anniversary Convocation Day
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Listen to Fr. Shanley's lecture, "The Harmony Between Reason and Faith"
Program
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2:30 p.m.
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Welcome Reception
Feinstein Center 315 – the newly refurbished Honors DWC room
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3 p.m.
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Lecture: The Harmony Between Reason and Faith
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ’80 Honors Program
President of Providence College Feinstein Academic Center 400
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4 p.m.
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Dedication of a tree planted to honor Rodney K. Delasanta, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program 1987-2004
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4:30 p.m.
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50th Anniversary Celebration Mass
St. Dominic Chapel
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5:30 p.m.
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Reception
Slavin Center ‘64 Hall
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6:30 p.m.
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Awarding of the Thomson Prize
Presented annually to the Honors student voted by faculty as the most outstanding student to complete the four-semester sequence of Development of Western Civilization
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6:45 p.m.
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Dinner
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7:30 p.m.
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50th Anniversary Distinguished Alumnus Address
John Partridge, J.D. ‘61
A member of the original Honors freshmen class, and a faithful and generous benefactor of the Honors Program
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Student Honorees and Distinguished Alumni Speakersat Previous Liberal Arts Honors Convocations
2006
Thomson Award: Katherine Mattaini ’08
Distinguished Alumnus: Michael Woody ’77, M.B.A. (Providence College)
President of International Marketing Advantages, Inc
2005
Thomson Award: Deanna Cioppa ’07 and Christopher Berard ’07
Distinguished Alumnus: Rev. Brian Shanley ‘80, O.P., Ph.D, (University of Toronto ) President of Providence College
2004
Thomson Award: James Michael Bennet ’06
Distinguished Alumnus: Charles J. Goetz ’61, Ph.D. (University of Virginia )
Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law, University of Virginia
2003
Thomson Award: David Scholl ’05
Distinguished Alumnus: Gerard Mulligan ’64, M.A. (University of North Carolina
Senior Writer, David Letterman Show
2002
Thomson Award: Erin Beck ‘04
Distinguished Alumnus: Peter Conn ’64, Ph.D. (Yale University )
Professor of English, Deputy Provost at the University of Pennsylvania
2001
Thomson Award: Neisha McGuckin ’03
Distinguished Alumnus: Austin Sarat, ’69, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin ); J.D. (Yale University )
Professor of Political Science and Jurisprudence at Amherst College
2000
Thomson Award: Marianne Grace ’02 and James Kabala ’02
Distinguished Alumnus: Roy Peter Clark ’69, Ph.D. (SUNY Stony Brook)
Poynter Institute of Journalistic Studies, St. Petersburg , Florida
1999
Thomson Award: Talia Danesi ’01 and Brendan Lefebvre ’01
Distinguished Alumna: Karen Ignani ’75, M.B.A. (Loyola University)
CEO and President, National Association of Health Maintenance Organizations
1998
Thomson Award: Karen Witiw ’00
Distinguished Alumnus: Robert Walsh ’64, J.D. (Harvard University )
Dean, Wake Forest University Law School
1997
Thomson Award: Gretchen Murray ’99
Distinguished Alumnus: Lindsay Waters ’69, Ph.D. (University of Chicago )
Executive Director, Harvard University Press
1996
Thomson Award: Timothy Daniel Murray ’98
Distinguished Alumnus: John Partridge ’61, J.D. (Harvard University )
Partridge Snow & Hahn Law Offices, Providence, R I
1995
Thomson Award: Emily Byers ’97
Distinguished Alumnus: Richard Grace ’61, Ph.D. (Fordham University )
Professor of History, Providence College