Last Lecture Series Features Hope College President Dr. James E. Bultman

Hope College President Dr. James E. Bultman will close the college’s 2011-12 “Last Lecture Series” with a final address before concluding his 13-year tenure leading Hope.

He will present “Defining Decisions – Learning Lessons – Pleasing Places” on Tuesday,  April 17, at 7 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

The public is invited.  Admission is free.

The “Last Lecture Series” is organized by the college’s Alcor chapter of the national Mortar Board honorary society to feature members of the faculty.  The title of the series, which the chapter initiated during the 2008-09 school year, has for the most part been rhetorical, with the speakers asked to highlight the advice that they would most want to share if the event was indeed the final opportunity for them to address the college’s students.

In Bultman’s case, however, the title applies literally.  He is retiring on June 30 after serving as the college’s president since 1999.

During the evening, the chapter will also be giving 100 copies of the book “The Art of Leadership” by Max De Pree to the first 100 in attendance.  A member of the college’s Class of 1948, De Pree is chairman emeritus of Herman Miller Inc. and from 1987 to 1995 chaired the Hope College Board of Trustees.

link to press release for more information

http://hope.edu/2012/04/04/last-lecture-series-feature-james-bultman