Current Series
Jeffrey Immelt
Chairman & CEO of General Electric
September 12, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Creative Arts Center
Co-sponsored by the Glenn H. Hiner Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. David Agus
Author, The End of Illness
October 10, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
The Erickson Alumni Center
Co-sponsored by the Laurence and Jean DeLynn Lecture Series
Candace Gingrich-Jones
LGBT advocate and author of “The Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Journey”
November 13, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Mountainlair Ballrooms
Jack Bowman
WVU Featured Faculty Member
January 24, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m.
Mountainlair Ballrooms
Co-sponsored by the Nath Lecture Series and the WVU Honors College
Cory Booker
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
February 7, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m.
Mountainlair Ballrooms
Co-sponsored by the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research
Jon Meacham
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
March 12, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m.
The Clay Center, Charleston
Co-sponsored by The Charleston Gazette
Dr. Scott Tinker and the Switch Energy Project
Dr. Scott Tinker – Renowned geologist, narrator and co-producer of the film
Switch – An award-winning documentary on the future of energy
March 19, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m.
Film screening and lecture
Metropolitan Theater
Co-sponsored by the NRCCE: National Research Center for Coal & Energy
All lectures are free and open to the public. Join us!
Festival of Ideas was created in 1995 by former University president, David C. Hardesty Jr. It was inspired by events he organized as WVU’s student body president in the 1960s. Today, this lecture series is organized by the Office of University Events and brings key figures from politics, business, research, entertainment, sports and the arts to campus throughout the academic year.
