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2020 - 2021 Season and Annual Membership
"The Learning
Society has been
an influential
aspect of my Queens
experience. Bringing
international speakers to
the doorstep of Queens
places the world at my feet.
The culture of The Learning
Society is to challenge the
very core perception of our
knowledge, asking questions that
do not lead to answers, but Queens
students becoming thinkers, doers
and the leaders of future generations."
– Caitlin Roper ’21,
Sustainability Sciences Major,
Politic Science Minor
S
ince 1988, The Learning Society has brought
leading thinkers and doers to our doorstep,
broadening our worldview through face-to-face,
unfiltered dialogue. Thanks to our members’
commitment and generosity, the semiannual series
extends far beyond the auditorium. The guest
lecturer’s impact at the podium is magnified by
weeks of student engagement and immersion in the
speaker’s topic, viewpoint and background. Upon
arrival to Charlotte, the speaker engages first with
Queens’ students in an on-campus discussion prior
to the public, community event.
The Learning Society is a place where
provocative thinkers and life-long learners
have the pleasure of engaging with current
leaders and experts in an intriguing array of
topics. My husband Oscar and I have been
members for 6 years, and people that we tell
about the Learning Society are envious that we
have such an incredible organization right here
in Charlotte. It makes us feel good that while
we are enjoying The Learning Society, that the
students of Queens and the community are
engaged as well.
Heide Grooms,
2020-21 Executive Committee Chair,
The Learning Society of Queens
EXPANDING OUR VIEW.
And engaging our students.
Our members make it possible to bring dynamic speakers to Queens
and the Charlotte community, and broaden their impact through
student-centered learning opportunities.
Annual Membership for Two Individuals:
$1,500 ($1,125 tax deductible)
Two Lecture Events | Fall 2020 and Spring 2021
Two tickets with seating in reserved member section
Access to private lounge before program
Private reception following program with opportunity for
photograph with speaker
Complimentary transportation options including valet
parking at theater, validated self-parking at theater or
shuttle service between Queens and theater
Signed copy of speaker book delivered in advance
of program
Member Salon | Early Winter 2021
Intimate gathering of members engaging with
community thought leaders and Queens faculty
Member Cocktail | Late Spring 2021
Annual membership party featuring the reveal of the
coming season’s speakers
QUESTIONS ABOUT JOINING OR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP?
JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP ONLINE AT QUEENS.EDU/LEARNING-SOCIETY
Please visit www.queens.edu/learning-society or contact Julia Walton,
Questions about joining or corporate sponsorship? Please contact Rebecca Tanner
Director of The Learning Society, at 704.688.2838 or waltonj@queens.edu.
at 704.688.2838 or tannerr@queens.edu
President’s Circle Benefits:
$5,000 ($4,500 tax deductible)
Receives Member Benefits plus:
Individual reserved seating
Invitation to the President’s intimate pre-lecture
cocktail reception with speaker
Brief meet and greet with speaker in advance
of program
Opportunity to have speaker book signed
in person
Private car transportation to and
from theater
Interested in Arts at Queens
Membership?
Members of both The Learning
Society and Arts at Queens
receive 15% off additional
tickets to the respective
lectures and performances.
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
Election 2020: Where Do We Go From Here
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 - VIRTUAL EVENT
World-renowned presidential
historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Doris Kearns Goodwin
delves deeply into our 200-year
history of presidential elections that
brings us to 2020: A deeply divisive,
logistically challenging and extremely
expensive presidential campaign
cycle, significantly impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic and punctuated
by relentless polling, atypical
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communications and uncertainty
about how ballots might be cast.
Through rich stories of past primaries, fractured parties, campaign
promises and policy outcomes, former candidates and present-day
hopefuls, Goodwin examines the path to the presidency and poses the
engaging question: Might our election process need an overhaul? Can we
instead evaluate our candidates by the standards of a leadership index
that would reveal the strength of their teams, their ability to grow, to learn
from mistakes and to overcome adversity—qualities that can apply to
leaders in every field and all of us in our everyday lives.
Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Colby College and earned a
doctor of philosophy in government from Harvard University. She traces
her career as a presidential historian and author back to her days as a
White House Fellow during the Lyndon Johnson presidency.
Presented to the Community by:
Wells Fargo Center for
Community Engagement
Connected to Student Learning
Two longstanding Queens traditions – The Common Read and The
Learning Society – are aligning again for the 2020-21 academic year with
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s visit. Her book, Leadership in Turbulent Times,
is this year’s university-wide common read with the Learning Society
providing a complimentary copy of the book to each undergraduate
student. Academic Affairs, Student Life and service-oriented centers are
incorporating the book into their coursework and programs. In various
classes, students will be challenged to critically analyze, dialogue with
one another, and share insight on Leadership in Turbulent Times, as well
as providing a written reflection on their findings.
Doris Kearns Godwin is one of America’s finest
guides both to our past and to our future. We
reap what others have sown, others will one
day reap what we sow; as Dr. King reminds us,
‘we are caught in an inescapable network of
mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.’
Goodwin’s life’s work of exploring, explaining
and imagining our shared destiny is a model
for Queens students and our community of
civically engaged scholarship that illuminates
our past and so guides us into a bright future.
Dr. Robert Whalen,
Carolyn G. and Sam H. McMahon, Jr.
Professor of History
Students learning
about history at
Charlotte's Levine
Museum of the New South.
BILL BRYSON
Best-selling author of “The Body: A Guide for Occupants”
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021
Best-selling author Bill Bryson charms
audiences with the same warmth,
goofy wit, and dry, self-effacing
humor that has made his work so
universally appealing. He will guide
the audience through an exploration of
the human body, how it functions and
its remarkable ability to heal itself.
Of great relevance will be Byrson’s
research on the body’s reaction to the
1918 flu pandemic.
Bill Bryson has established himself as one of the worlds most beloved and prolific
commentators, by finding delight in the minutiae of travel and the subtleties of
culture. His New York Times bestselling book The Body: A Guide for Occupants
is full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories in a brilliant, often very funny
attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. It will
have you marveling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your
existence, time and time again. In Bryson’s words, “What I learned is that we are
infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever
suspected. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.”
Presented to the Community by:
Wells Fargo Center for
Community Engagement
Connected to Student Learning
Students in the Exercise and Sport Science program engage in an
interactive curriculum that prepares them to prescribe clinical and
performance-based health prescriptions. The program is also highly
research-based and students have multiple opportunities to participate
in, and conduct research that advances the highly interdisciplinary field of
integrative physiology. The Kinesiology department values the importance
of learning as an ongoing process, emphasizing these skills in all students.
The students operate a community fitness testing program in the Exercise
and Sport Science laboratory where they conduct metabolic and fitness
tests on community members and counsel them on the meaning of this
data in relation to overall health.
The opportunity for our students to
engage with the community through the
Learning Society events and speaker visit
is an invaluable piece of their learning
experience at Queens.
Amy M. Knab Ph.D., FACSM,
Billy O. Wireman Associate Professor
of Kinesiology
Students measure
maximal oxygen
consumption as an outcome
measure for a study on high
intensity interval training and
berry/fruit ingestion.
2019-2020 STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
Beyond the Lectures.
Through the generosity of The Learning Society
members, every undergraduate student was provided
a complimentary copy of Michelle Alexander’s
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness, which served as last year’s Common
Read. Across campus, students and faculty engaged
in critical analysis, robust dialogue and further
exploration of the challenging issues at the core of
Alexander’s book. The student-led discussion with
our Learning Society speaker has become a signature
learning experience for our students.
Sarah Fatherly, Ph.D.,
Provost & Vice President for
Academic Affairs“The 2019 James Comey event showed me that leadership is
more than a buzz word, more than distinct types. Cultivating
ethical leadership is a vital challenge for today’s leaders across
the globe. By participating in such an inspiring event and engaging
in my leadership classes, l feel better equipped to lead ethically
when I finish my MBA at Queens.”
– Catherine Nason MBA ’20, pictured second from left below
“Participating in the student
discussion with Michelle
Alexander was an experience
that allowed me to not only
become more aware of social issues
surrounding the criminal justice
system, but also learn from others in the
community about how I can become a
better citizen.”
– Sami Tubolino ’20,
Biology Major, Psychology MinorMORE THAN A LIST. A LEGACY.
2019-2020 Learning Society Members
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Linwood Bolles
Jeanie and Tom PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Jenny Boone
Cottingham – Chair MEMBERS Bonnie and Thor-Erik
Heide and Oscar Groomes Jan and Ed Brown Borresen
– Vice Chair Jeanie and Tom Gay Boswell
Arrington and Burch Mixon Cottingham Mary and Charles
– Immediate Past Chair Heide and Oscar Groomes Bowman
Jennifer DeWitt Barbara Laughlin Betsy and Alfred Brand
Daniele Donahoe Juli Marley and Sally Gambrell Bridgford
Kelly Katterhagen and Mark Clarke and Brian Bridgford
Larry Nabatoff Esten Mason Kathie and Terry
Juli Marley and Kaye and Dennis McGarry Broderick
Mark Clarke Ann Brookshire and
Pat Rodgers
Sonja and Richard Nichols Joe Grier
M.A. Rogers
Anne and Scott Perper Sara and JB Brown
Susan and Herb Spaugh
Karen and Brandon Perry Frannie and Herb Browne
Ann and Michael Tarwater
Susan and Bob Salvin Karen and Paul Broyhill
Joan Zimmerman
Vicki and Pete Brunnick
ACTIVE FOUNDING Amy Bryan and Eric Plott
MEMBERS MEMBERS
Paige and Steve Burgess
Jean Batten Amanda and Bob Anders
Zan and Heath Byrd
Georgia and Bill Belk Rebecca and Mike
Anderson Mary Lou and Greg Cagle
Anne Marie Black Madelyn and Kevin Caple
Diane and Gerald
Doris and Charlie Fonville Applefield Barbara and Steady Cash
Bill Gorelick Leslie Arnonovitz and Siu Challons-Lipton and
Peggy and Jim Hynes Ted Gearhart Jordan Lipton
Sandra and Leon Levine Holly and Jeff Atkins Mary and Emory Chapman
Esten Mason Mary Lou and Jim Babb Jamie and Stuart Christhilf
Jane and Hugh McColl Debbie and Sadler Sallie and Derick Close
Carolyn and Sam Barnhardt Kim and Jack Cobb
McMahon Anne and John Barry Amy and Philip Colaco
Dale and Larry Polsky Candy and Rick Batchelor Titi and Wale Cole
Clyda and George Rent Kat Belk Meredith and Stephen
Mattye and Marc Kim and Johnny Belk Collie
Silverman Sarah and Tim Belk Katie and Lee Cornwell
Gail Brinn Wilkins and Stephanie and Howard Darlene and Glyn
Howard Freese Bissell Cowlishaw
Betsy and Bill Blue Gail and Ira Cox
Wendi and Dave Boddy Jane and Tom CoyleSusan Cybulski Katie and Mike James Lynn Rogers
Carol Dabbs Greg Johns Amie and Brandon Rucker
Pamela and Bob Davies Ginger and Jim Kelly Stephanie and Boyd Safrit
Caroline and Ben Bess and Kent Kercher Sally and Downie Saussy
Dellinger Kathryn and Luke Kissam Laura and Michael Schulte
Elyn and Mike Dortch Kristen and Mark Kral Harriet Seabrook
Dru Doughterty and Ellen and David Leitch Michele and Roger Shaul
Rick Abrams
Deborah Majewski and Carolyn Shaw
Patsy and Jere Daniel Ward
Drummond Elsa Simaan
Leslie and Michael Donna and Mark Simon
Lisa and Carlos Evans Marsicano
Jay Everette and Caroline and Bob Sink
Jami and Randy Masters
Brian Speas Kati and Chris Small
Ashley and Scott Mattei
Linda and Bill Farthing Daphne and Eric Solomon
Peggy and Neill McBryde
Ashley and Tom Fisher Jennifer and Eric
Kathy and Bill McCollum Steigerwalt
Betsy Fleming and
Edward Weisiger Susan McConnell Ann and Wellford Tabor
Amy and Sid Fletcher Susanne and Bill McGuire Boyce Thies
Elizabeth and Louis Melissa and Mike McGuire Jane and Chris Thomas
Foreman Lydia and Jack McNeary Rocky and Curtis
Andrea and Donald Fraser Babak Mokari Trenkelbach
Pamela Freeman Di and Ed Morais Jane and Trey Tune
Naiema and Donald Katie and Walker Morris Kathleen and David
Frieson Wanda and Bill Musgrave Turner
Libba and Mike Gaither Janet and Lowell Nelson Rita and Bill Vandiver
Mary and Sean Gallivan Kay and Robert Norris Judy and Kent Walker
Sarah Gambrell Ann and Kenneth Judy and Chip Wallach
Jen and Tim Gelorme O’Connell Julie and Lance Walton
Selena and Rick Indun Patrick and K. Martin Waters
Giovannelli Wayne Smith Linda and Rex Welton
Stacy and Todd Gorelick Pam Pearson and Leslie and Mitchell
Brooke and Clayton Chuck Peach Wickham
Grindle MC and Jeff Pilon Jo Wilson
Deidre and Clay Grubb Natalie and Michael Liz and Brad Winer
Dale Halton and Pittman
Jennifer Winstel
Fred Wagner Mary Margaret and
Fritz Porter Katie Wireman
Carol and Watts Hamrick
LeeAnn and Crawford Anne and Fletcher Wright
Suzy and Steve Hannon
Pounds Anja and David
Claudia and Andy Heath Zimmerman
Tamea Price
Elaine and Landrum Jacqueline Zinn and
Henderson John Reid
John Lesher
Gene Hoots Kelli and Mike Richardson
Sally and Andy
Christie and Jon Hunt Cathryn and Jay Rivers Zoutewelle
Courtney and Bill Hyder Jo and Mike Rizer
Gibbs and Bryan Ives Sally and Russell
RobinsonPAST SPEAKERS
More than thirty years of leadership and discourse.
Michelle Alexander Steve Forbes
Michael Beschloss Thomas Friedman
Bill Bradley Arun Gandhi
David Brinkley Dr. Atul Gawande
David Broder Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Art Buchwald General Michael Hayden
Mika Brzezinski John Irving
William F. Buckley, Jr. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
James Carville Captain Scott Kelly
James Comey Alan Keyes
Pat Conroy Dr. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jean-Michel, Céline and Dr. Henry Kissinger
Fabien Cousteau Dr. C. Everett Koop
The Hon. Mario Cuomo Charles Krauthammer
Carly Fiorina Michael Lewis
Marlin Fitzwater Mary Matalin
Dr. Condoleezza Rice Dr. Atul GawandeJon Meacham William Safire
David McCullough Dr. Carl Sagan
Blake Mycoskie Joe Scarborough
Dee Dee Myers Sir John Scarlett
Ralph Nader Daniel Schorr
The Hon. Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Lesley Stahl
H. Ross Perot Ben Stein
Michael Pollan George Stephanopoulos
Dan Rather The Hon. Paul Tsongas
Diane Rehm J.D. Vance
Janet Reno Dr. J. Craig Venter
Dr. Condoleezza Rice Edward S. Walker, Jr.
Cokie Roberts Dr. Andrew Weil
Charlie Rose Bob Woodruff
The Hon. Warren Rudman Bob Woodward
Sir Salman Rushdie Fareed Zakaria
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