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- Unites States President Barack Obama and Dr. Jill Biden deliver remarks at Macomb Community College. Obama pushes his plan for free community college education and invokes the memory of former President Ronald Reagan who visited the campus three decades ago to promote education. Dr. Biden opens the event by talking about her own experiences teaching and introduces President Obama.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Dunbar's commentary," Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the Marshall Mission in China. Dunbar says reports from the mission indicate a renewed civil war in China and discusses the implications the Chinese civil war will have on US relations with Russia.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton, in his weekly radio address, talks about the results of Tuesday's Presidential Election and the pending court decisions over ballot recounts in Florida. He also announces he will be visiting Vietnam, the first U.S. President to do so since the end of the war.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University English Professor Jyotsna Singh delivers opening remarks at the Muslim Journeys Book Club event which features a discussion of Orhan Pamuk's book, "Istanbul : memories and the city." Professor Singh shares her own experiences of traveling in Istanbul and discusses Pamuk's career, focusing in particular, on his books "The white castle" and "My name is Red" as keys for understanding "Istanbul : memories and the city." She also poses questions about the book to spur discussion. MSU Librarian Deborah Margolis introduces Professor Singh. Sponsored by MSU Muslim Studies Program, MSU Libraries, and the East Lansing Public Library. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Patricia Clark, poet and Professor of Writing at Grand Valley State University, explains how landscape, travel, and teaching relate to her writing. She also talks about the Grand Valley State University National Poetry Festival held on the GVSU campus. Clark is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Professor David Wiley, former Director of the Michigan State University African Studies Center, is interviewed by MSU Librarian Peter Limb and John Metzler, MSU Professor of Education. Wiley reflects on his youth in Harrisburg, Illinois and an upbringing of manual labor and familiarity with rural life which he says prepared him for his career studying Africa. Wiley describes attending Yale Divinity school and going to Africa on an internship to work on race issues. He talks about life in Rhodesia and Southern Africa, Apartheid, poverty, education, religion, and class. Wiley also explains why he came to MSU after teaching at the University of Wisconsin, appreciating the activism at MSU, and his relations with other faculty associated with the African Studies Center. Wiley describes a number of MSU initiatives in Africa, his activity in the anti-Apartheid movement and finally visiting a free South Africa. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-11-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clintons first press conference in five months deals with balancing the budget. He fields reporters' questions about Whitewater development, Gingrich's pessimism, his imminent trip to visit the US troops in Bosnia, and the "Travelgate".
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) reports on his trip to Haiti and discusses U.S. policy on Haitian refugees.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-06-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Writer Tom Bissell talks about the writing of his book "Chasing the sea," about his experiences as a Peace Corp volunteer in Uzbekistan, his forthcoming book "God lives in St. Petersburg and other stories," his Web publishing experience, and works currently in prgress. Bissell is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama welcomes His Holiness Pope Francis to the White House during the Pope's first visit to the United States. Pope Francis speaks about climate change and his upcoming speech to the U.S. Congress.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection