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Origins Schedule and Speaker Info

The 2001-02 Origins series had an impressive line-up. Here's the complete schedule.

Guy Rehmann
September 13, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Training consultant Guy Rehmann helps others reach their goals through training in leadership skills and empowerment principles. On Sept. 13, he spoke to Drury students about time and life management.

Movie Night - 2001: A Space Odyssey
September 15, 8 pm, Clara Thompson Hall

James Burke
October 4, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Writer, director, and presenter of the highest-rated documentary ever, Connections.

Benjamin Jacobs: The Dentist of Auschwitz
October 25, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
One of Auschwitz's few survivors told his story.

Erich von Daniken
November 1, Clara Thompson Hall
Aliens before humans? Maybe so! Erich von Daniken believes prehistoric Earth was visited by extraterrestrials.

Katy Siegel
November 8, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Art historian, curator and critic, Katy Siegel, came to Drury to talk art, technology, and culture.

Bill Cantrell
November 15, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Bill Cantrell gave a special convocation at Drury honoring America's veterans.

Jack Conrad
January 17, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
2002 started with a roar, as this Drury alumus told us about how he helped discover new dinosaurs.

Regge Life
January 24, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Director/Producer, Regge Life, visited Drury University to speak about the struggles of people returning to their home nations after spending years abroad - mainly those of African Americans and Japaneese.

Brian Greene
February 6, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Proving Einstien wrong? Brian Greene believes he has found the smallest property in our universe that makes up, well, everything!

Juris Zarins
February 6, 3 pm, Clara Thompson Hall
Entitled "The Perception of Reality," Dr. Zarins' talk addressed the relationships between distance and travel.

Don Johanson
February 21, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Donald Johanson, one of America's best known paleoanthropologists, has been credited with the discovery of a 3.18 million year old homonid skeleton named "Lucy".

Kenneth Miller
February 28, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Author and professor, Kenneth Miller, discussed his theory of the "system" God set in motion to promote individual life meaning and harmony.

Riane Eisler
March 7, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Author of The Chalice and the Blade discussed men's and women's roles in modern society, and the path to societal harmony.

Jeffrey Wigand
March 28, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
The Insider himself talked about tobacco companies and young people.

Mitzi Eilts
April 4, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
National Coordinator for The United Church of Christ Coalition for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender affairs, Mitzi Eilts, spoke about religion and the gay community.

Terrence Deacon
April 18, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall
Terrence Deacon, a well known neuroscientist, visited Drury to speak on the evolution of language and its ability to express symbolic ideas.

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