Nicholas Kristof to deliver American Democracy Lecture at Messiah College Oct. 5
September 29th, 2015
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Sep. 29, 2015) — Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, will discuss “A Path Appears: How an Individual Can Change the World” Oct. 5 at 7:15 p.m. in Parmer Hall located in the Calvin and Janet High Center for Worship and Performing Arts. There will also be a book signing immediately following the lecture from 8:30–9:15 p.m. His books “Half the Sky” and “A Path Appears” will be available for purchase.
Admission is free, but a ticket is required. To obtain a ticket, contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036. The lecture is sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities and the Department of Politics and International Relations.
About Nicholas Kristof
A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof has been christened the “reporter’s reporter” by other reporters. Kristof began backpacking in Africa and Asia, writing articles to cover his expenses. He’s lived on four continents, reported on six and traveled to more than 150 countries. During his travels, he has caught malaria, experienced wars, confronted warlords and survived an African airplane crash. Kristof not only managed to survive and press on, he’s also won two Pulitzers in the process.
Kristof joined the New York Times in 1984 as a correspondent and has been an op-ed columnist since 2001. He is the author of “Half the Sky” (2009) and “A Path Appears” (2014). In 1990, he won his first Pulitzer Prize with wife Sheryl WuDunn, who was also a New York Times journalist at the time. Kristof won his second Pulitzer in 2006 for what the judges called “his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused on the attention on genocide in Darfur.”
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Mechanicsburg, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg.
