COMING UP
America’s School for War - Fort Leavenworth
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
3:00 p.m. at the Dole Institute
Fort Leavenworth’s Academic Contribution to Allied Victory in Europe in World War II—Author of America’s School for War Fort Leavenworth, Officer Education, and Victory in World War II Peter Schifferle, a faculty member at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College, discusses how peacetime officer education programs at Fort Leavenworth helped forge the army’s success in World War II. A reception and book signing will follow.
Co-sponsored by KU Office of Professional Military Graduate Education, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, and University Press of Kansas
CIVILITY in a Fractured Society
Monday, Sept. 13, 2010
7:30 p.m. at the Dole Institute
Chairman JIM LEACH
of the National Endowment for the Humanities
— will speak on the importance of politeness in the public arena. The purpose, he said, is “not to express judgment on any issues of the day, but simply to try to make clear that coarseness in public manners can jeopardize social cohesion.”
NEH photo by Greg Powers and Audrey Crewe
Constitution Day Event:
"Is nothing sacred?
Snyder v. Phelps and Free Speech"
Monday, Sept. 27, 2010
7:30 p.m. at the Dole Institute
A panel discussion
moderated by Stephen McAllister of the KU School of Law.
Diversity in the Kansas Judiciary: 
A conversation with Deanell Tacha
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
7:30 p.m. Dole Institute
In celebration of Constitution Day, federal judge Deanell Tacha will discuss the importance of a diverse judiciary in America’s court systems.
This event is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters—Lawrence/Douglas County and KU School of Law.
2010 DOLE LEADERSHIP PRIZE honors WWII WOMEN Service Pilots
Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010
2:00 p.m. at New Century AirCenter in New Century, Kan.
This family fun event at the Commemorative Air Force hangar includes vintage WWII aircraft and an interview with three World War II Women Air Service Pilots (WASP) and Katherine Landdeck, Associate Professor of History at Texas Woman’s University. Free and open to the public.
The 2010 Dole Leadership Prize is made possible with the support of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Ladies Auxiliary.
The Muncy Journalism and Politics Lecture
DAVID BRODER
Monday, Oct. 18, 2010
7:30 p.m. Dole Institute
David Broder—A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Broder is the White House correspondent for the Washington Post and a semiweekly columnist. This is the fifth program in the lecture series, which is endowed by Martha E. “Betty” Muncy, the retired owner of the Dodge City Daily Globe.
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Bob Dole in Recent News:
PRESIDENT VISITS BOB DOLE
By POLITICO writer MEREDITH SHINER.
When President Barack Obama visited wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier this week, he saw another veteran as well: Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential nominee....Read more...
Sen. Bob Dole inspires injured soldiers
Senator Dole appeared in a CNN piece by Ed Henry over the 4th of July weekend about his physical therapy alongside young troops at Walter Reed. You can watch the video HERE
Washington Times: Dole on Taiwan/China commerce agreement
