ISO 'Athenaeum' or speaker programs like at Claremont McKenna

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<p>We took DS to Claremont McKenna - he fell in LOVE with the Athenaeum, a place that has four (count 'em, four) speakers each week with an dinner. My kid LOVES speakers and speeches about current events - for his 16th bday, he requested tickets to 'One Day University' which was a series of about four talks, given by professors from prominent schools/institutions about various topics ranging from Astronomy to World Peace. He was the only kid there, LOL. </p>

<p>Are there any other schools out there that have frequent speakers? An intelligent student body that is engaged in current events so he can continue discussions with his fellow classmates? CMC is a reach as is the rest of the Ivies, so we're looking down the tier list a bit. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Spring speaker schedule: <a href="http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/cur_spring_10.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/cur_spring_10.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Columbia University World Leaders Forum
[Columbia</a> University World Leaders Forum](<a href=“http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/]Columbia”>http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/)</p>

<p>Speeches are quite as frequent, but we’ve had many famous speakers like Obama and McCain, French President Sarkozy, etc.</p>

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<p>Thanks, but I typed above ‘CMC is a reach as is the rest of the Ivies, so we’re looking down the tier list a bit.’ Can’t do Columbia :-(</p>

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<p>Most better schools have speakers all the time–more like 4 per day. Many are top academics speaking in their field for a department about current research topics but are open to the public.</p>

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<p>barrons, thanks, I need names, I’m new to the college hunt scene and ‘frequent speakers’ isn’t a common search criteria, LOL. With almost 11,000 posts surely you can come up with some suggestions?</p>

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<p>crester–I agree with barrons that nearly all top schools will have guest speakers, but the program that Claremont has is unique in that it has a special auditorium at the same time each night. Wherever your son goes, I’m sure there will be lectures for him to attend, but you can always go to the school’s website and search for events or lectures and find what speakers they have</p>

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<p>He could attend the Ath as a Pitzer student…</p>

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<p>OK Wisco. I’ll look through what is already on our list. Sigh!</p>

<p>Broetchen, good idea, but the kid said that the talks are popular and CMC kids get first crack for limited seats.</p>

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<p>I just checked with S who goes to CMC and also works at the Ath. He said that when big name speakers are coming (most recently Mitt Romney) the programs are only open to CMC students. Most of the programs are open to students from all of the 5c’s but according to him the kids from the other schools rarely make the arrangements to come but they could if they wanted to.</p>

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<p>181818, Thats what my son heard as well. Kind of a moot point since this group is a reach.</p>

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<p>You may be right, but to clarify I am attaching the link to make reservations for programming that took place between April and May. Note that some of the programs are only open to CMC students for dinner but all but one are open to all for the talk.</p>

<p>[Submit</a> Reservations, Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College](<a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/cur_reserve.php]Submit”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/cur_reserve.php) </p>

<p>I would think that this would be a worthwhile plus if Pitzer is otherwise a good fit. FWIW students at all schools can take classes at all of the 5C’s if they want to.</p>