The New Horizons Speaker Series is made possible through the efforts of the Saint Vincent College Office of Student Affairs in cooperation with Student Government Association and the First Year Experience Program. The new series is designed to present nationally recognized speakers who have distinguished themselves in a variety of fields. The mission of the series is to encourage the development of a balanced approach to a liberal arts education that seamlessly combines academic and student life. Previous speakers have included Joe Clark, subject of the hit movie "Lean on Me," Pat Toohey, former SEAL commander and presently working for the defense department on anti-terrorism efforts, Environmentalist Chad Pregracke, and Agent Candice DeLong, the FBI profiler who caught the Unabomber, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.

Our Past Speakers Include...

Fall 2002          Joe Clark - "Lean on Me" - Influential principal from an inner-city school

Spring 2003     Chad Pregracke - Lead environmental cleanup of rivers and shores

Fall 2003          Randy Cohen - Columnist for the New York Post     

                         David Magnus - Expert on bioethics, stem cell research, and cloning

Spring 2004      Legalizing Marijuana Debate

Fall 2004          The Debate to Choose a President: Ed Rollins and John Podesta

Spring 2005      Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu

Fall 2005           Bill Nye "The Science Guy"

Spring 2006      Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice by Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu

Fall 2006           Jerry Greenfield from Ben & Jerry's

Spring 2007      Student Debate of President Bush on CSPAN