The Center partnered with the student group Organization for Latin American Affairs (OLAA) to bring together experts and students of the Venezuelan diaspora to talk about the implications and future of the ongoing Venezuelan crisis. The panel, moderated by Fr. Gustavo Morello, assistant professor of sociology, featured Dr. Miguel 脕ngel Santos, a senior research fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard, Ricardo L贸pez, a professor of economics at Brandeis International Business School, and Venezuelan 涩里番下载 students Andrea Mauco, CSOM '19, and Rodolfo Postigo, MCAS '19.
For the 10th anniversary of the Winston Center鈥檚 founding, the very first Clough Colloquium speaker, American historian David McCullough, returned to the Heights to talk and sign copies of his newest book, The American Spirit.
Jacqueline Novogratz, the founder and president of Acumen Fund, an international nonprofit investment group aimed at helping people lift themselves out of poverty, and author of the New York Times best seller The Blue Sweater, spoke to students about how to create 鈥渁 world beyond poverty.鈥�
Stockton, California, Mayor Michael Tubbs was the Center鈥檚 Jane Jacobs Lecture featured speaker. He talked about his motivation for entering public service, his plans for the city, and how he believes current students can contribute to positive change in their local communities.
