McConnell Center at U of L Announces Programs

• Jan. 23 – “President Trump: Challenges and Opportunities,” a panel discussion featuring Director of the McConnell Center Gary Gregg; political science professors Jasmine Farrier and Laura Moyer; and the director of the John H. Schnatter Center for Free Enterprise, Stephan Gohmann.
• Feb. 20 – “Does it Matter Who’s President: Success and Failure in the White House,” a President’s Day lecture by Barbara Perry, director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
• March 20 – “Presidents as the Problem: Reigning in the Cult of the American President,” a lecture by Gene Healy of the Cato Institute and author of the 2008 book, “The Cult of the Presidency.”
• April 12 – “The New President and the World: Challenges and Opportunities,” a lecture by Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and global energy, demographic and security expert; author of  the 2016 book, “The Accidental Super Power: the Next Generation of American Pre-eminence and the Coming Global Disorder.”

The nonpartisan McConnell Center, created at U of L in 1991, prepares Kentucky’s top undergraduate students to become future leaders; offers civic education programs for teachers, students and the public; and conducts strategic leadership development for the U.S. Army.

In the past 25 years, the center has awarded more than $3.5 million in scholarship awards to more than 200 students. Its lectures, books, studies and conferences have garnered international attention, with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni recently naming the Center “an oasis of excellence in higher education.”