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2010-03-04
COLUMBIA COLLEGE

Award-winning presidential historian Michael Beschloss to speak at Columbia College

WHO: Columbia College hosts presidential historian and author, Michael Beschloss. Beschloss is an author of nine books, a regular commentator on PBS and is the NBC News Presidential Historian.

WHAT: A question and answer session for students, faculty and staff. Columbia College's Schiffman Ethics in Society lecture by Michael Beschloss: "The Ethics of Presidents at War."

WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Question and answer session: 3 p.m. - Beschloss will be available for media interviews after the question and answer session. Lecture: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Lecture begins at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Columbia College, 1001 Rogers Street and 10th Street - Question and answer session: Dorsey Gymnasium; Lecture: Launer Auditorium

Parking is available at the corner of Rogers Street and 10th Street.

Columbia College, a private, regionally accredited, nonprofit institution founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., educates more than 26,000 students each year and has more than 64,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.

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(Contact: Brandi Herrman, Associate Director of Public Relations, 573-875-7731, blherrman@ccis.edu)