2004 Scholar-in-Residence
Mireya Mayor
Leading primatologist in genetic research of the Madagascar lemur

 

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Scholar-in-Residence

 

CCCCD Honors students have the opportunity to meet and to be taught by renowned academicians who serve as the Honors Institute's Scholar-in-Residence each year. These great teachers, researchers and writers exemplify ideals of academic excellence and service. Honors Institute Scholar-in-Residence include Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug, the Fulbright Foundation's Harriet Fulbright, historian and social critic Leon Botstein, public intellectual Marvin Olasky, Bancroft Prize-winning political scientist John Stoessinger, the celebrated Stanford University mathematician Keith Devlin, leading primatologist in genetic research of the Madagascar lemur Mireya Mayor, and ambassador Anthonio Lulli.

Scholar-in-Residence 2005 Ambassador Antonio Lulli
at the Collin Art Gallery viewing his Peruvian Art Collection
 

Paul Rogat Loeb was Scholar-in-Residence at Collin September 20, 2005. He held a discussion for student leaders: “Leadership & Responsibility” and a public lecture: The Impossible Will Take a Little While. He also spoke to deans, faculty and academic chairs: “Teaching Students for Engagement”

 

Paul  Rogat Loeb

 

Paul Loeb has spent nearly thirty years researching and writing about citizen responsibility and empowerment – asking what makes some people choose lives of social commitment while other do not. He has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN and NBC Nightly News. He has authored and edited several widely praised books, including his most recent, The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a collection of inspiring essays from around the world.

An anthology of some of the most powerful voices of our time. – Boston Globe

Paul Loeb brings hope for a better world in a time when we so urgently need it. – Millard Fuller, founder, Habitat for Humanity

One of my students capture it best: “The Impossible” turns social heroes into real people.’ The book’s power is in letting us hear the voices of those who have struggled for change, how hard it was for them, and what kept them going. For young people working to make a difference, this kind of first-person inspiration is invaluable. – Jackie Schmidt Posner, director of Public Service Education, Haas Center, Stanford University

This inspiring collection is such a song of hope in these difficult times. - Bonnie Raitt

 Co-sponsored by

- Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement
- Honors Institute
- Student Life

For more information, contact
Regina Hughes at 972.548.6739, rhughes@ccccd.edu; or
Scott Yarbrough at 972.881.5120, syarbrough@ccccd.edu