In collaboration with the Tommy Thompson Center on Public Leadership, UW-Whitewater is honored to welcome Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, former President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), to campus for a conversation about higher education and how university communities support academic success by cultivating an empowering institutional culture. Dr. Hrabowski is considered one of the nation’s most distinguished leaders in higher education. In 2012 he was selected by President Obama to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He has been named one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World.”
In 2022, Dr. Hrabowski was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and he was also named the inaugural ACE Centennial Fellow, to be served upon his retirement from UMBC. In addition, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program ($1.5 billion) to help build a scientific workforce that more fully reflects our increasingly diverse country. In October 2022, he was named the inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Speaker by Harvard University. The National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, the Academy’s most prestigious award, will be presented to him on April 30 for his extraordinary use of science for the public good.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Young Auditorium – UW-Whitewater
Further information about the event is found here. https://www.uww.edu/ce/academiccommunityhrabowski
Live streaming will be available shortly before 3:00 p.m. Use the above link for information. This event will not be recorded.
Registration is not required for in-person attendance, but encouraged, Registrations accepted online until Wednesday, April 12, 2023. See the link above. Your registration ticket placed in your car front window will serve as a free parking pass in lots 1 or 2.
Parking may also be purchased through the Passport Pay by Space app – information is available here.
Visitor parking may also be purchased online or at the kiosk behind the Visitor Information Center. See this link for information.
