Bryn Athyn College Alumni Magazine Spring/Summer 2018 | Page 27
January 2018
distinguished speaker
Anders Gyllenhaal is
senior editor at the
McClatchy Company,
the nation’s third
largest newspaper
company and 11th
largest online
news network.
From backpack
to briefcase,
Bryn Athyn College
has you covered.
Distinguished
Speakers Series
With the busyness of everyday life, it’s easy to let the urgent crowd out
the important. It’s easy to narrow, rather than broaden, the chorus of in-
formation to which you listen. It’s
easy to focus only on what you need
to do, instead of what you want to
learn. The College’s Distinguished
Speakers Series brings high-level
speakers to alumni and students, of-
fering the College community mem-
bers the chance to hear a unique
perspective, learn about a different
profession, and incorporate wisdom
from other useful lives into their
April 2018 distinguished speaker
own.
Mike Morton (BA ’98) is the director
Since its start in September
of emergency management for the
Province of Ontario, a member of the
2016,
10 speakers have offered their
United Nations Disaster Assessment and
perspectives. Many presentations
Coordination team, a published author,
and a socially-focused real estate investor.
have been autobiographical, others
have focused on topics near and dear
to the speakers’ hearts. Speakers travel from far and wide to give their pre-
sentations in person in the Pendleton Hall Auditorium (events are simul-
taneously streamed online at live.brynathyn.edu) and have come from as
far away as Louisville, Seattle, and Buffalo, as well as Bryn Athyn and the
surrounding towns. Speakers are experts in their fields and have unique
perspectives on their industries.
Planning for the 2018-19 series is ongoing. See a listing of confirmed
speakers and other events on the back cover of this issue.
To see the series, visit:
http://live.brynathyn.edu
—Amanda Lichtenstein
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