Lecture: Future of leadership in America

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Date/Time:Friday, 06 Mar 2009 at 4:00 pm
Location:Great Hall, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Lectures
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"Race, Gender and the Future of Leadership in America," Michele Norris, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." ISCORE 10th Anniversary Keynote Speaker and the Carrie Chapman Catt Center's Mary Louise Smith Spring Chair.

Michele Norris hosts National Public Radio's newsmagazine All Things Considered, NPR's longest-running national program. Before coming to NPR, Norris was a correspondent for ABC News. A four-time Pulitzer Prize entrant, she has received numerous awards for her work including both an Emmy Award and Peabody Award for her contribution to ABC News' coverage of 9/11. Norris is also a frequent guest on The Chris Matthews Show on NBC News.

In 2007, she was honored with Ebony Magazine's eighth Annual Outstanding Women in Marketing & Communications Award. Her other honors include the National Association of Black Journalists' 2006 Salute to Excellence Award, for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina; the University of Minnesota's Outstanding Achievement Award; and the 1990 Livingston Award.