Current Speakers
"Into the Great Ranges with Mountain Guide Chris Wright"
CHRIS WRIGHT
World renowned alpinist who has been bestowed the Mugs Stump and American Alpine Club Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge awards
- Date: Monday, November 19, 2018
- Time: 6:00 p.m.
- Location: 107 Breiseth Hall, 137-159 S. Franklin St., Wilkes University
An avid first ascensionist, Chris has received the prestigious Mugs Stump and American Alpine Club Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Awards for his climbs in India and Nepal, where he made the first ascents of multiple routes on unclimbed peaks, including Pangbuk North (6,589m) via Purgation (VI WI6+ M6), which is also the title of a feature article published in the 2014 American Alpine Journal.
Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series
Dave Eggers
Founder of McSweeney’s and author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and What is the What
- Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Location: Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts
Dave Eggers is the author of ten books, including Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?, The Circle, A Hologram for the King, which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine (The Believer). McSweeney’s also publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, a network of seven tutoring centers around the country and ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization designed to connect students with resources, schools and donors to make college possible. He lives in Northern California with his family.
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