96-05-22 Nina Totenberg to Speak May 30

NINA TOTENBERG TO SPEAK AT HUMANITIES BACCALAUREATE MAY 30

     COLUMBUS -- Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for 
National Public Radio, will be the keynote speaker at The Ohio 
State University College of Humanities' Baccalaureate on May 30.
The baccalaureate, which honors the college's 300 graduating 
seniors, will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Weigel Hall Auditorium, 
1866 College Road.  There will be vocal music by The Statesmen, 
beginning at 3:45 p.m., while students check in and guests are 
seated.

     The event is free and open to the public, with reserved 
seating for the honored students and a few special guests.  
Others will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis.

     The program opens with a processional of graduates, followed 
by brief remarks by Dean Kermit Hall and President E. Gordon Gee.  
A short video will be shown, and Totenberg will be introduced at 
about 4:30 p.m. and speak for approximately 30 minutes.

     The final half hour of the program will be devoted to 
presenting awards to faculty and students of the college and 
recognizing those who will receive their bachelor's degrees in 
the university commencement ceremonies on June 7.

                          Nina Totenberg

     Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs 
correspondent.  Her reports air regularly on the newsmagazines 
All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition.  She 
is also a regular contributor to Nightline and other ABC News 
programs.

     Totenberg won the very prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia 
University Silver Baton award in 1988 for her coverage of U.S. 
Supreme Court nominations.  She has been honored six times by the 
American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal 
reporting.  She has also won the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award, 
the Headliner Award, and the Armstrong Award.

     A frequent contributor to major newspapers and magazines, 
she has been published in the New York Times, the Harvard Law 
Review and The Christian Science Monitor, among others.

     She anchored the PBS television coverage of the Clarence 
Thomas Senate confirmation hearings and made national headlines 
when she broke the story of Professor Anita Hill's sexual 
harassment allegations against Thomas.

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Contact: Cheryl Smoot or Julie Carpenter-Hubin,
         College of Humanities, (614) 292-1882.

NOTE: Ms. Totenberg has not confirmed her travel plans, so it
is not known yet whether her schedule will permit interviews with 
local reporters. University Communications will post an update in 
the May 24 Story Tips faxed to local news organizations. 


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Wed, 22 May 1996 08:42:47 -0400]
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