Tag: Presidential Lecture Series

Yo-Yo Ma

Cellist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma to join PBS NewHour’s Jeffrey Brown for Presidential Lecture Series

Renowned cellist, recording artist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma and PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang for a special Presidential Lecture Series conversation Sept. 29 in Elliott Hall of Music.

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Yo-Yo Ma

A Conversation With Yo-Yo Ma

Purdue University President Mung Chiang and the Purdue Presidential Lecture Series present the renowned cellist, recording artist, and humanitarian leader Yo-Yo Ma in a special engagement moderated by PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown.

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Catherine Bertini - Presidential Lecture Series

World Food Prize Laureate Catherine Bertini to speak at Purdue

Catherine Bertini will join Purdue President Mitch Daniels for an in-depth discussion on global food security during the Presidential Lecture Series.

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Ashley Bathgate paddling a canoe with a cello

Purdue Convocations 2016-17 Season Announced

Purdue Convocations’ 2016-17 season will feature more than 30 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, theatre, music and concerts.

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George Shultz - The Presidential Lecture Series

George Shultz – Former U.S. Secretary of State, Labor, and Treasury

George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State, Labor, and Treasury, will be featured in the Spring 2016 Presidential Lecture Series with Purdue President Mitch Daniels. The president will lead the hourlong discussion with Shultz, which includes an audience question-and-answer session.

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Coming in April to Purdue

Dance, Music, Broadway, and lectures in April at Purdue

April features NYC’s Mark Morris Dance Group, Once the Musical, Canada’s Les Violons du Roy, members of British Parliament, Panic! at the Disco, and more!

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George Shultz and John Schnatter - The Presidential Lecture Series

John Schnatter, George Shultz to speak in Presidential Lecture Series

John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John’s Pizza, and four-time U.S. Cabinet member George Shultz will speak in Presidential Lecture Series with Mitch Daniels

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George Will: Purdue Presidential Lecture Series

Columnist George Will to visit Purdue

Purdue President Mitch Daniels will lead a discussion in December with Washington Post columnist George Will as part of the Presidential Lecture Series.

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack to visit Purdue

Purdue President Mitch Daniels is pleased to announce that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will make an important visit to Purdue’s West Lafayette campus on Nov. 17 and 18. The public will have the opportunity to hear from Secretary Vilsack on...
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