Speakers in the News

Kevin McCarthy for House speaker

(Washington Times) - Kevin understands that the most important characteristic of a leader is cheerful persistence. This is especially important for a leader in a…

Big Data for Breast Cancer Symposium Provides Forum for Technology, Medicine and Advocacy Experts to Advance Breast Cancer Research, Treatment

(Business Wire) - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Organization, Robertson Foundation Sponsor First Symposium to Focus on Big Data and Breast Cancer

Nussle Urges NWCUA to Boost Advocacy: Onsite at Amplify

(Credit Union Times) - CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle told an audience of credit union executives at the Northwest Credit Union Association’s Amplify Convention Tuesday that…

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The epidemic of gun violence is treatable

(CNN) - Thinking of this epidemic of preventable deaths as an infection that can be diagnosed, treated and perhaps cured, I feel more hopeful than…

Scholarship targets low-income Chinese students

“With those students getting a glimpse of American life and getting the best college education in the world, they will be more effective as business…

Distinguished Speaker Series – Henry Paulson

(Visit Pasadena) - Henry Paulson will be on stage at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series.

Carly Fiorina, an Outsider Candidate Republican Insiders Can Love

(Bloomberg Politics) - Carly Fiorina is looking like the insider's outsider candidate.

A Q&A with the former secretary

(Pekin Daily Times) - Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood sat down for an extensive interview with Peoria Journal Star political reporter Chris Kaergard about…

Komen founder and Peoria native Nancy Brinker chosen for Women’s Hall of Fame

(Journal Star) - Ten women whose influence continues to be felt in the fields of science, the arts and civil rights are the newest inductees…

College president embraces opportunity to give back

Bair, who already has distinguished herself as the college’s first female president, used the platform of her inauguration Saturday morning, Sept. 26, to establish college…

Newt Gingrich Rejoins Fox News

Newt Gingrich, a former Speaker of the House and 2012 presidential candidate, has rejoined Fox News as a political analyst.

Paulson, Bair raise concerns about fiscal policy

(The Star) - Economics was in the spotlight when former treasury secretary Henry Paulson and Washington College President Sheila Bair met in a symposium, “Our…