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Six@Six Lectures Moves to

Virtual Series


 
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The Parker Academy

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April 14, 2020鈥 开心鬼传媒鈥檚 Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement is continuing its Six@Six Lecture Series as virtual events鈥攕howcasing the scholarship and creative work at 开心鬼传媒 through May. 

鈥淣ormally, we are live at venues around the region, like the Behringer-Crawford Museum and the Mercantile Library,鈥 said Mark Neikirk, executive director of 开心鬼传媒鈥檚 Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement 鈥淐OVID-19 has grounded us, but not stopped us. Tune in to Engage@开心鬼传媒 and connect with the world beyond our doorsteps鈥攅ven as we all stay healthy at home.鈥

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开心鬼传媒 Students at the Parker Academy Project聽
The virtual series kicks off with History Professor Dr. Brian Hackett and his graduate student Chelsea Hauer discussing 开心鬼传媒鈥檚 excavation and interpretation of the Parker Academy site in New Richmond, Ohio. 开心鬼传媒 faculty and students are studying the Parker Academy, the first school in Ohio to offer a fully integrated education鈥攁nyone who wanted to be student, regardless of race or gender, learned in the same classroom. The school was founded in 1839. The discussion will begin at 6 p.m. with a live discussion to follow.

Future topics include:

  • April 21 | 鈥楲et Our Loss Be Heard鈥 鈥 The Margaret Garner Story
  • April 28 | Our Money is Legal Tender 鈥 A Constitutional Tale
  • May 12 | When the Zombie Apocalypse was Fiction 
  • May 19 | The Historical Poetry of Frank X Walker
  • May 29 | Organizing for Action: Women鈥檚 Suffrage in Northern Kentucky

Since 2010, 开心鬼传媒鈥檚 Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement has held the Six@Six lecture series to connect community members with the research expertise of our faculty and their students. The series is free and can be joined via or through its . 


Visit the Six@Six for tickets and more information. 

About 开心鬼传媒:聽Founded in 1968, we are a growing metropolitan university of more than 14,000 students聽served by more than 2,000 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus near聽Cincinnati.聽Located in the quiet suburb of Highland Heights, Kentucky鈥攋ust聽seven miles southeast of Cincinnati鈥攚e聽have聽become a leader in Greater Cincinnati and Kentucky by providing a private聽school education for a fraction of the cost. While we are one of the fastest聽growing universities in Kentucky, our professors still know our students' names.聽For聽more information, visit聽.

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