The distinguished Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist spent a week at MHC as the 2009 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence, hosted by the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives.

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Part 2: Asma Jahangir: “Building Democracy: The Role of Pakistan and U.S. Relations"

Part 1: Asma Jahangir: “Building Democracy: The Role of Pakistan and U.S. Relations" - Intro by Kavita Khory

Student speaker Caitlin M. Healey at the 172nd Mount Holyoke College commencement.

Commencement 2009: Caitlin Healey '09

The founder of Effat University, the first private university for women in Saudi Arabia, delivered a speech and received an honorary degree at at the 172nd Mount Holyoke College commencement.

Commencement 2009: Princess Loulwa al-Faisal al Saud

Clare Waterman '89, currently chief of the Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Morphodynamics at the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, delivered a speech and received an honorary degree at at the 172nd Mount Holyoke College commencement.

Commencement 2009: Clare Waterman '89

President Mary McAleese, eighth president of Ireland, delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree at the 172nd Mount Holyoke College commencement.

Commencement 2009: Ireland's President Mary McAleese

The Jazz Ensembles of MHC, under the direction of Mark Gionfriddo, presented their fourth annual 1940s radio variety show, "The Big Broadcast!" featuring popular tunes from the era, including music by Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw. Listen to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy performed live.

Jazz Concert - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Maureen White ’76, cochair of the board of overseers for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), spoke on "Iraqi Refugees: A Hidden Crisis" Thursday, April 16. Her lecture was presented by the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives. In addition to her work with the IRC, White has served on the boards of Human Rights Watch, the International Rescue Committee, Refugees International, and the Chatham House Foundation. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the North American Advisory Board for the London School of Economics. She was the United States government representative to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 1997 until 2001, and she served as the national finance chair of the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign and, from 2001 to 2006, for the Democratic National Committee.

Part 2: Maureen White '76 Visits MHC

Maureen White ’76, cochair of the board of overseers for the International Rescue Committee, delivered a talk on "Iraqi Refugees: A Hidden Crisis".

Part 1: Maureen White '76 Visits MHC - Intro by Eva Paus

MHC's artist-in-residence, film designer Jeannine Oppewall, delivered a presentation "On Finding the Art in Industry." Listen to the introduction of her work on The Good Shepherd.

Part 1: Jeannine Oppewall Visits MHC - Intro by Robin Blaetz

MHC's artist-in-residence Jeannine Oppewall, delivered a presentation "On Finding the Art in Industry." Listen to the introduction of her work on The Good Shepherd.

Part 2: Jeannine Oppewall Visits MHC

The best-selling author, activist, and Middlebury College scholar delivered an evening lecture titled “350--The Most Important Number in the World."

Part 3: Bill McKibben at MHC

Part 2: Bill McKibben at MHC - Intro by Kirstin Dubois

Part 1: Bill McKibben at MHC - Intro by Beth Hooker

The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist delivered the first Spring 2009 Body Politic(s) lecture and launched the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts Tenth Anniversary celebration with her talk titled "From Jim Crow to Apartheid South Africa and Beyond: A Journalist's Journey."

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