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Cleveland State University and Town Hall of Cleveland team up for third year to bring top speakers to city
Contact: Kathy Friedrich
(216) 241-1919
admin@townhallseries.org

August 2008—Town Hall of Cleveland, one of the nation's longest-running public speaker forums, will partner with Cleveland State University for a third consecutive year to bring top name speakers to Cleveland during the 2008-2009 season. "We are very pleased to support The Town Hall of Cleveland in its 78th year as it continues to bring notable people to our area," said Dr. Michael Schwartz, Cleveland State President. "This partnership reflects the University's goal to extend its reach further into the local community."

Karen Kleinhenz, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Town Hall said, "This is truly a win-win situation for the University, for Town Hall, and most especially for the Greater Cleveland community. We are very excited about the upcoming season, which features an outstanding lineup of speakers reflecting diverse perspectives on our society, our politics, drug safety and our environment."

Topics and speakers for the 2008-2009 season beginning in September will feature:

• September 22 - America and the World
  Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent and James Rubin, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of Int'l & Public Affairs
    
  
• October 6 - 2008 Election
  Eleanor Clift, Contributing editor to Newsweek and columnist on Newsweek.com, and William Kristol, Founder and editor of Washington-based The Weekly Standard
    
  
• November 10 - Everything You Do Makes A Difference. What's Your Earthecho?
  Philippe Cousteau, Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet
    
  
• December 9 - No Ordinary Lives
  Ken Burns, Documentary filmmaker for more than thirty years
    
  
• January 26, 2009 - The FDA and Drug Safety: Buyer Beware
  Steven Nissen, M.D., Chairman, Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
    
  
• February 23, 2009 - The Pact
  The Three Doctors (Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt)
    
  
• March 9, 2009 - Disruptive Tech: What's New and How It Will Change Everything
  David Pogue, Personal-technology columnist for the New York Times
  

All lectures begin at 6:00 p.m. in The Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Foundation. For information about season subscriptions or individual tickets, call Town Hall at 216/241-1919.

About Town Hall of Cleveland
The mission of Town Hall of Cleveland is to educate and to inform, through an annual series of public lectures, an audience of attentive and active citizenry in northern Ohio, promoting no particular social or political agenda other than to enrich the depth and quality of the public discourse essential to a free society. This annual speaker series is a not-for-profit organization, celebrating its 78th season.

About Cleveland State University
The mission of Cleveland State University is to encourage the development of human and humane knowledge in the arts, sciences, humanities and professions through scholarship, creative activity and research while providing an accessible and contemporary education to all individuals. We are here to serve and engage the public and prepare our students to lead productive, responsible and satisfying lives in the region and global society.

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