NY Times’ Freedman to Give Jenks Chair Lecture at Holy Cross
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
The event, sponsored by the College’s Creative Writing Program and W.H. Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters, is free and open to the public.
“Beyond his own brilliance as a journalist and author, he has an uncommon gift for inspiring young writers to take their writing seriously,” said Leah Hager Cohen, W.H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters and visiting professor of in the English department, who worked closely with Freedman as a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. “He gets people to work harder, and better, than they might ever have thought themselves capable. I am certainly a case in point. Without his remarkable generosity and mentorship, I very much doubt I would be here as the Jenks Chair, striving to pass along to Holy Cross students some of what he gave me when I was his student nearly twenty five years ago.”
About Freedman
Samuel G. Freedman has written seven books, most recentlyBreaking The Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Game and Changed the Course of Civil Rights. His bookSmall Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School was a finalist for the National Book Award and The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
In addition to currently writing for The New York Times column On Religion, Freedman was named the nation's outstanding journalism educator in 1997 by the Society of Professional Journalists, and in 2012, he received Columbia University's Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching for his work as a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Freedman's class in book-writing, which has been featured in Publishers Weekly and the Christian Science Monitor, has developed more than 65 authors, editors, and agents.
Related Slideshow: Getting Out: Staying In
Related Articles
- Acclaimed Author Anne Fadiman Will Address Holy Cross Commencement
- 6 Questions With Holy Cross Hoops Forward Dave Dudzinski
- Holy Cross Hoops At A Crossroads
- NEW: Holy Cross Ranks 41st in National Study by Forbes
- Holy Cross AD search underway
- Holy Cross Students Launch Development Center In Peru
- Top 10 Players in Holy Cross Crusader Basketball History
- Brown To Host Holy Cross Monday Night
- CNN’s Soledad O’Brien To Deliver Lecture At Holy Cross
- Holy Cross Leads Three Central Mass Schools in Forbes Rankings
- NEW: Holy Cross Senior Receives Key to the City
- Holy Cross Alums/Filmmakers Bring Indie Film “Detour” to Worcester
- Holy Cross Tops Sacred Heart in Double OT Thriller
- Bryant edges Holy Cross in season opener
- Condom Controversy at BC: Could it Happen at Holy Cross?
- Holy Cross to Present Ibsen’s “The Wild Duck”
- NEW: Holy Cross Student Held on $1 Million Bond for Movie Theater Shooting Threats
- Holy Cross Dance Marathon Raises More Than $40K for Pediatric AIDS
- Holy Cross, Clark + WPI Named Top Colleges by Forbes
- Central MA College Standout: Holy Cross’s Emily Sullivan
- GoLocalTV: Brown Lands Cousy Endorsement at Holy Cross
- NEW: Former Holy Cross Star Kaftan Named a March Madness Great
- NEW: Holy Cross Students Start Recycling Program “Trash or Treasure”
- Holy Cross Names Margaret Freije Dean + VP for Academic Affairs
- NEW: Former Worcester Mayor Joins Holy Cross Administration
- Central MA College Standout: Holy Cross’ Neema Hakim
- Holy Cross Athlete Arrested For Posting Movie Theater Shooting Threats
- NEW: Holy Cross Alumni to Study, Teach Overseas
- NEW: Holy Cross to Host Archivists’ 40th Anniversary With StoryCorps
- Holy Cross Participates In Rare Research Excursion at Sea
- NEW: Holy Cross Athletic Director Richard Regan, Jr. Steps Down
- Famed Boston Symphony Harpist To Appear At Holy Cross
- Holy Cross Football Faces Major Decision at Quarterback
- NEW: Holy Cross Awarded for “Green” Residence Hall
- NEW: Worcester Library and Holy Cross Unveil Mobile Library
- Holy Cross Produces Record Number of Fulbright Scholars
- NEW: Holy Cross Professor Named 2013 MA Professor of the Year
- 6 Questions With Holy Cross Basketball Forward Amy Lepley
- Holy Cross Football Media Day
- NEW: Holy Cross Named a “Most Loved College”
- NEW: YWCA to Host Annual Daybreak Breakfast at Holy Cross
- Holy Cross Professor Leah Hager Cohen Makes Oprah Book of the Week
- Season Preview: Holy Cross Men’s Basketball
- 7th Annual Slow Food Gala To Be Held at Holy Cross
- 6 Questions With Holy Cross Basketball Guard Alex Smith
- Holy Cross Freshmen Ranked 7th Happiest in US
- NEW: Holy Cross Names Local Attorney as General Counsel
- Former Holy Cross coach retires
- Holy Cross Psychology Professor Leads $1.4 Million NIH Grant
- Season Preview: Holy Cross Women’s Basketball
Follow us on Pinterest Google + Facebook Twitter See It Read It