Honors Program and Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Elinor Burkett, Sept. 21

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Elinor Burkett

ROCHESTER, NY (09/07/2010)(readMedia)-- The Honors Program at Nazareth College presents the Fall 2010 Distinguished Honors Lecture, Golda, Goldilocks, and the Perils of Perspective, by Elinor Burkett. The lecture is Tuesday, September 21, at 7 p.m. in the Callahan Theater in the Arts Center. It is free and open to the public. The author will host a book signing after the lecture in the lobby of the Arts Center. For more information, contact Marjorie Roth, director of the Honors Program, (585) 389-2686 or mroth1@naz.edu. Nazareth College is located at 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. 14618.

Burkett considers herself a storyteller, and she has told her tales as a historian and documentary filmmaker, a reporter for the Miami Herald, and in nine books of non-fiction. Her film, Music by Prudence, won an Oscar for best short documentary. She has been recognized for her writing with awards from the National Press Club and the Newswomen's Club of New York.

Burkett holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburg, master's degrees from Georgetown and Columbia, and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburg. Twice a senior Fulbright Scholar, she has lived and/or worked in 13 countries, traveled in another 50, and currently divides her time between homes in Zimbabwe and in the Catskills.

Founded in 1924, Nazareth College is a coeducational college with undergraduate and graduate studies in the liberal arts and sciences and professional programs in health and human services, education, and management. The College is located on 150 scenic acres near Rochester, New York, and currently enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. Nazareth has a strong commitment to experience-based learning and civic engagement. In the past decade, Nazareth has produced 18 Fulbright recipients and two Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships. For more information on the College, visit www.naz.edu.