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Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Eric Schnurer |
10/1/12
Randolph-Macon College will host Council of Independent Colleges Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Eric Schnurer October 22-26, 2012. Schnurer is founder and president of Public Works LLC, which has served as an outsourced, ongoing policy office for six governors and numerous state and local agencies. He has advised dozens of officials in almost every state and at the federal level, including two presidential candidates, in almost every area of public policy.
Schnurer is a former speechwriter and policy advisor to several presidents, presidential candidates, governors, and other national, state, and local elected officials. He has also written policy pieces for the Center for National Policy, the Progressive Policy Institute, the Aspen Institute, publications such as
The Washington Monthly,
The Atlantic,
The American Prospect, and the op/ed pages of
The New York Times,
Los Angeles Times,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and
The Baltimore Sun.
At R-MC, Schnurer will speak with students enrolled in the
First-Year Experience course “Civil War to Civil Rights,” taught by Professors Brian Turner (
political science) and Evie Terrono (
art history). He will also speak to students in Professor Joan Conners’ “Campaigns and Elections” course and Professor Ted Sheckels’ “American Public Address” course, both of which are part of the college’s
Communications Studies major.
In addition, Schnurer will speak to students enrolled in Political Science Professor Richard Meagher’s course, “Social Entrepreneurship.” On Monday, October 22, Schnurer will participate in a Debate Watch from 8:45-11:00 p.m. in the Oliver Room of the
McGraw-Page Library.
In addition, he will deliver a keynote address, “How to Do Good in the 21st Century,” on Thursday, October 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Topping Room, Old Chapel. The keynote address is free and open to the public.
Schnurer earned his B.A. from Brown University, his M.P.P. from the Kennedy School at Harvard University, and his J.D. from Columbia University.
Schnurer’s visit to the college coincides with R-MC’s Social Entrepreneurship Week, which is coordinated by Meagher and sponsored by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation.
Other events include a talk from VH-1’s Do Something Award finalist Manyang Reath Kher, founder of Humanity Helping Sudan, on Wednesday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the AV Room of the Mc-Graw-Page Library. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Richard Meagher at
richardmeagher@rmc.edu or (804) 752-7232.