Media Advisory

March 8, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Karissa Shivley, 292-8295
Jeanne Hayes, (513) 421-1080

LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

William E. Kirwan, president of The Ohio State University, will discuss how land-grant universities can help forge a knowledge-based economy and remain true to their original missions of teaching, research and service at the Rotary Club of Cincinnati, at noon on Thursday (3/9) at the Omni Netherland Hotel, 35 W. 5th St.

WHAT: William E. Kirwan, "The Morrill Dilemma: Can a Land-Grant University Help Forge a Knowledge-Based Economy?"

WHEN: Noon, Thursday, March 9

WHERE: The Omni Netherland Hotel, 35 W. 5th St., Cincinnati

WHY: William E. Kirwan, president of one of the largest land-grant institutions in the U.S., is currently serving on the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities.

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