World War I Lecture
Author and professor Michael Neiberg will be hosting a lecture next Tuesday to discuss the events that led up to World War I and how they shaped modern society.
Neiberg, United Army War College professor of history and national security strategy, will speak to Shippensburg University students on Feb. 28 in Old Main Chapel at 7 p.m. There he will present a program titled “How the First World War Created Modern America.”
Prior to becoming a faculty member at the War College, Neiberg taught history at the University of Southern Mississippi. His book on the subject of World War I, “Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I,” was named one of the top five books on the subject by the Wall Street Journal. Neiberg’s other works specialize in American and French experiences during the first and second world wars.
The event is sponsored by the SU honors program and is free and open to the public. Anyone with additional questions should contact James Greenburg at jgreenburg@ship.edu.
Diversity Lecture
Activist and actor BD Wong will be the guest speaker on Feb. 23 at Shippensburg University’s annual Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) Diversity Scholarship benefit program.
Wong is known for his roles in movies such as “Jurassic World” and “Father of the Bride,” as well as TV shows such as “Law and Order: SVU” and “Gotham.” His lecture, “All the world’s a stage: from exclusion to inclusion” will discuss lessons he has learned throughout his career to “survive and excel in a vocation fraught with rejection, stereotyping and racism,” according to an SU news release.
During his lecture, which is to be held in the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center, Wong will address the issues of racial self-image, race-based rejection, Asian-American parental pressure and the “model minority myth” of his experiences in the entertainment industry as a gay man.
Prior to the lecture, a dinner will be held in Reisner Dining Hall’s Tuscarora Room at 6 p.m., followed by Wong’s discussion at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner and lecture are $80 per person, while tickets soley for the lecture are $20 per person.
For more information, contact the Luhrs Performing Arts Center at (717) 477-7469 or online at luhrscenter.com.
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