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January 9, 2020
On Campus

Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation Slated for Jan. 20

Freeman Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, to Present Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation

Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will present this year鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at Weaver Chapel as the 2019-2020 Wittenberg Series continues. His address is titled 鈥淗olding Fast to Dreams: A 50-Year Experiment in American Higher Education.鈥

Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME magazine in 2012, Hrabowski has served as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) since 1992.

Under his leadership, UMBC has become known for its success in preparing students of color for graduate school and careers in the STEM fields. The Myerhoff Scholars Program, which he co-founded in 1988 to support underrepresented minorities in those fields, has graduated more than 1,200 students. U.S. News & World Report has ranked the university as the nation鈥檚 No. 1 up-and-coming university six times from 2009 to 2014 and as one of the top 10 most innovative national universities four times (2015-2018).

Hrabowski himself has been recognized many times for his skills and accomplishments as a leader. The Washington Post and the Harvard Kennedy School鈥檚 Center for Public Leadership listed him among their Top American Leaders in 2011. TIME magazine included him among America鈥檚 10 Best College Presidents in 2009, and U.S. News & World Report named him one of America鈥檚 Best Leaders in 2008. He also holds honorary degrees from more than 40 institutions, among them Harvard, Princeton, Duke, the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University.

A national consultant on science and math education, Hrabowski was selected by President Barack Obama to chair the President鈥檚 Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He also served as chair of the National Academies鈥 committee that produced the report Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America鈥檚 Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads (2011).

As a child, Hrabowski was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. to join the 1963 Children鈥檚 Crusade in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, where his participation in the march resulted in five days in a juvenile detention center. Featured in Spike Lee鈥檚 1997 documentary, Four Little Girls, about the bombing of Birmingham鈥檚 16th Street Baptist Church, Hrabowski also recounts his experiences in the civil rights movement in his latest book, Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement (Beacon Press, 2015).

He earned an M.A. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in higher education administration and statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

While on Wittenberg's campus, Hrabowski will participate in a Q & A session at 2:45 p.m. in room 105 of the Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning.

Now in its 37th year, the Wittenberg Series brings distinguished lecturers and performing artists of national and international prominence to the Wittenberg campus and Springfield community. To make special arrangements, request a Series poster, or become a friend of the Wittenberg Series, contact Lisa Watson at WatsonL4@wittenberg.edu. All Wittenberg Series events are free and open to the public. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the beginning of each lecture or performance. Below are further details related to this year鈥檚 Series.

2020 Wittenberg Series Events:

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020: Comedy and improv show featuring The Second City, 7:30 p.m., John Legend Theater at The Dome, 700 South Limestone Street. For mature audiences.

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020: Allen J. Koppenhaver Literary Lecture, 7:30 p.m., Weaver Chapel, featuring Charles M. Blow, journalist, commentator, and New York Times op-ed columnist. Q & A, 4:30 p.m., Bayley Auditorium.

Monday, March 30, 2020: William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History, 7:30 p.m., Bayley Auditorium, featuring Eric H. Cline, author, historian, and professor of classics, history, and anthropology at George Washington University.

For more information on the Wittenberg Series, click here.

Debbie Ritter
Debbie Ritter
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