Inspiring Talks - Audio and Video
by Lehman College Media Relations Office
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Description
"Inspiring Talks" features faculty, guest speakers, and experts discussing their own stories of adversity and success, as well as hopeful new developments, in a variety of fields.
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Follow a Path to Greatness | Dr. Lesco Rogers, M.D., was a member of the Lehman Class of 1984 and the Lehman Scholars Program. He went on to graduate from Dartmouth College Medical School in 1990 and is a pain management physician at Duke University Medical Center. This event was recorded on May 26, 2010 when Dr. Rogers delivered the keynote address at Lehman’s Honors Convocation. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing a Life | Best-selling author Esmeralda Santiago talks about the craft of memoir writing, while sharing some of the life experiences that contributed to her becoming a writer. She has written "When I Was Puerto Rican" as well as two other memoirs, a novel, and many essays and opinion pieces. This event was recorded on March 21, 2012 when Ms. Santiago delivered the 43rd annual Lehman Lecture. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coming Out of the Shadows | A group of Lehman College students spoke at a campus rally in March 2011 to publicly declare their undocumented status and to show their support for the Dream Act—the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act. To date, congress has failed to enact this proposed legislation, which would give undocumented students, under certain conditions, a path to citizenship. Stories presented by students are included in this segment. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Let Your Memory Be Your Travel Bag | Ralph William Boone received Lehman's 2011 Adjunct Teacher of the Year Award. At Lehman’s 2011 Convocation Ceremony, he talked to students about the unlimited heights they can reach and quoted from 19th century-author Mary Anne Evans, "It is never too late to be what you might have been.” | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Rite of Passage | Lehman celebrated the start of the Fall 2011 semester with its annual convocation ceremony. The Keynote Speaker was Myrna M. Rivera, a 1975 Lehman graduate and founder of one of the nation's first Hispanic investment consulting firms. Her address provides guidance to students on their academic journey. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoMeet Our Graduate Students: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences | In this installment of Meet Our Graduate Students, Lehman students Eila El-On Koren of Israel and Blanca Wilder of Mexico City discuss the importance of the speech pathology field and the difference they hope to make in lives of their clients, both young and old. | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoBronx M.D. Pursues Master of Public Health Degree from Lehman | Twenty years after becoming a medical doctor, Dr. Sharon "PJ" Joseph is pursing her Master of Public Health degree at Lehman. A Bronx native, Dr. Joseph is the medical director of the New York Children's Health Project, based at Montefiore Medical Center's Children's Hospital. The program provides health care for New York City's homeless children. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latino Americans and Their Struggle for Equality | -- | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beyond Tolerance | -- | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Author and Entrepreneur Tells Lehman Students to Dream Big | -- | 3/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lewis Gordon on Love, Beauty, and Knowledge | -- | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marty Ehrlich: Jazz Saxophonist and Composer Extraordinaire | -- | 2/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Felipe Luciano: Successfully Challenging Stereotypes | -- | 11/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remembering the U.N.'s Early Days in the Bronx | -- | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Yolanda Alvarez: Living Proof that 'Nothing is Impossible' | -- | 10/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Covering Science and the Continuing Battle over Evolution | -- | 9/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Justice Donna Mills: Society Needs Educated Urban Men | -- | 9/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Defying the Odds: Lehman Alumna Discusses Her Personal Story of Struggle and Success | -- | 8/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jill Abramson of The NY Times: Quality Journalism Will Survive | -- | 5/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rubén Díaz, Jr.: Young People Needed as Leaders | -- | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adolfo Carrión Leaves the Bronx for the White House | -- | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Essie Shor: World War II Bielski Partisan Fighter | -- | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Message for Social Workers: 'Don't Become Disillusioned. Become Empowered.' | -- | 3/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bronx D.A. Robert Johnson: A Lifetime of Service | -- | 11/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Teacher Keeps Learning ... From Her Students | -- | 10/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alumnus Shares His Journey to Success | -- | 10/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 26 Episodes |
