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New Hart/Milliken endowment will support speaker series on political integrity

Over the past few months, many thoughtful minds have worked together to envision and create a new opportunity for our students through an endowment to support a lectureship series.

The Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics serves to honor the legacies of two Michigan politicians: Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (1958-1976) and William G. Milliken, governor (1969-1982).

Both Hart and Milliken’s distinguished careers in public office serve as shining examples of cooperation and tolerance in a political climate where partisanship and divisiveness are increasingly common obstacles that work to tarnish, rather than enhance, the legislative process.

The thematic speaker series is designed to emphasize political integrity and will challenge students to approach politics in a way that embraces America’s diversity of ideas and perspectives, working to supplant negativity and partisanship with creativity and innovation in shaping future public policy.

The goal to raise $1 million for this endowment will assure future generations of CMU students the opportunity to hear from, and have dialog with, politicians and leaders that represent political integrity and have demonstrated a commitment to stimulate positive change in American politics and policy-making.

We invite you to become a part of this very important endeavor. If you’d like additional information about giving to this endowment, please contact Alison Miller, director of development for the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, at (989) 774-3354 or you may e-mail her at mille1as@cmich.edu.

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