University of Arkansas Pine Bluff News March 29, 2012 Donna Brazile to speak for Rockefeller Lecture Series at UAPB PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Donna Brazile will be the guest presenter for the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Thursday, April 12 at 11:00 a.m. in the Clemmons Arena of the Kenneth L. Johnson Sr. HPER Complex. Sponsored by a grant from the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Program, the event is free and open to the public. Author, Professor, weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN’s The Situation Room, American Morning as well as election coverage, Brazile was the first African American to direct a major presidential campaign (Al Gore, 2000). She is also a contributing writer for Ms. Magazine and former columnist for Roll Call newspaper. Brazile is founder and managing director of Brazile and Associates and a contributor to NPR’s Political Corner and ABC News. In 2004, Simon and Schuster published Cooking with Grease, Brazile’s memoir of her life and work in politics. Brazile has served as a lecturer at the University of Maryland College Park and fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. She currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown University and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Washington & Lee Mock Convention. A reception and book-signing will be held after the program from 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the arena. About the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Program The Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures program was established in 1972 by friends of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller<http://www.livethelegacy.org/about-us/the-arkansas-rockefeller> and assists faculty at five universities (University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas at Monticello, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff) and staff at Winthrop Rockefeller Institute<http://www.livethelegacy.org> in obtaining outstanding visiting lecturers to communicate ideas that stimulate public discussion, intellectual debate and cultural advancement. For more information about the event, call (870) 575-8015. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.