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President Elizabeth Davis attends Washington event with other presidents, national media
President Elizabeth Davis, second from right, and presidents from liberal arts colleges across the country attended an event with higher education reporters at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on Sept. 5. Photo by Emily Paine, Bucknell University.
Furman University President Elizabeth Davis met recently with other university presidents and national higher education reporters at the Bucknell Presidents Dinner. The event took place Sept. 5 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Other presidents present were from Agnes Scott College, Amherst College, Bucknell University, Carleton College, Davidson College, DePauw University, Kalamazoo College, Oberlin College and Conservatory, Pomona College and Willamette University. Reporters attended from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Ed, POLITICO, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. The evening gave the higher education leaders an opportunity to share with national reporters the most pressing issues facing their campuses, while reporters got on-the-record comments from the presidents.
You can read about the evening in a story by POLITICO’s Bianca Quilantan.