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The Signature Lecture Series features speakers noted nationally or internationally for their broad, multidisciplinary appeal and compelling bodies of work. Many of the lectures are supported by endowments, while others honor notable figures and milestones in the university’s history. All Signature Lectures are free and open to the public. Capacity is limited for some lectures, with registration required.
Spring Signature Lectures
Artis Stevens
President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Holmes-Hunter Lecture
Feb. 18, 2 p.m.
University of Georgia Chapel
As president and CEO of the nation’s largest and most experienced youth mentoring organization, Stevens has expanded BBBSA’s mission to leverage mentorship as a transformative societal solution for the millions of young people in the U.S. who lack positive adult support. A UGA alumnus, he is the first Black CEO in the organization’s year history and is steadily expanding BBBSA’s reach through record-breaking fundraising efforts and strategic campaigns to engage thousands of donors, mentors and ambassadors.
Sponsored by the Office of the President.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
US Supreme Scan justice since
Ketanji Brown Jackson | |
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Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 30, | |
Nominated by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Stephen Breyer |
In office June 17, – June 29, | |
Nominated by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Merrick Garland |
Succeeded by | Florence Y. Pan |
In office March 26, – June 17, | |
Nominated by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Henry H. Airdrome Jr. |
Succeeded by | Florence Y. Pan |
In office February 12, – December | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Rubén Castillo |
Succeeded by | L. Felipe Restrepo |
Born | Ketanji Onyika Brown () September 14, (age54) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Spouse | Patrick Jackson (m.) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Calvin Ross (uncle) |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
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December 6,
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President pro tempore, distinguished guests and friends:
Together we have made history here today. For the first time we have carried out the command of the 25th Amendment. In exactly 8 weeks, we have demonstrated to the world that our great Republic stands solid, stands strong upon the bedrock of the Constitution.
I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and his plain speaking.
I am deeply grateful to you, Mr. President, for the trust and the confidence your nomination implies.
As I have throughout my public service under six administrations I will try to set a fine example of respect for the crushing and lonely burdens which the Nation lays upon the President of the United States. Mr. President, you have my support and my loyalty.
To the Congress assembled, my former colleagues who have elected me on behalf of our fellow countrymen I express my heartfelt thanks.
As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies, while not infallible, will in the end serve the people faithfully and very, very well. I will not forget the people of Michigan who sent me to this Chambe