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IMPACT Symposium will take place March 19-21. This year’s theme is “Rise of the Rest: What is the Future of American Foreign Policy?”
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Delivering public lectures will be United States Sen. Lamar Alexander; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who has served as ambassador to Singapore and China and was a recent contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination; Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, and Bill Richardson, a former governor of New Mexico who has served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and as secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Alexander will give his talk Monday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. in Benton Chapel.
Clark’s and Huntsman’s discussion, which will be moderated by Vanderbilt political scientist Brett Benson, will be held Tuesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in Langford Auditorium.
The final night of the symposium on Wednesday, March 21, will feature a discussion between Fox and Richardson at 7 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. The discussion will be moderated by Vanderbilt sociologist Katharine Donato.
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General public tickets are $10 at Sarratt box office or any Ticketmaster outlet, online at ticketmaster or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
All talks will be streamed live at the News website.
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Tickets are free to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff. Only one free ticket may be picked up with a Vanderbilt identification card at Sarratt Student Center box office.
Non-Vanderbilt students with their college or university identification cards may purchase tickets for $5 at the Sarratt box office or any Ticketmaster outlet only.
The Vanderbilt University Speakers Committee organizes the annual IMPACT Symposium, which has been a tradition at Vanderbilt since 1964. This annual multi-day symposium engages speakers who discuss current events and topics of a controversial nature.
For information about the Impact Symposium, call 615-322-2471 or visit studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/vpb/speakers.