Fall 2011


Charles Middleton, President of Roosevelt University
Re-engineering Higher Education, and the Challenges that Lie Within:
Quality of Life and Education in the South Loop
Tuesday, September 27, 5:30-8:30pm
Iwan Ries Lounge, 19 South Wabash, 2d floor

Cocktails at 5:30, presentation 6:00-6:30 followed by discussion and more cocktails.     $40 includes drinks, two cigars, and sandwiches. 
Reservations are required.

Charles Middleton has been a university professor or administrator for forty years. Prior to joining Roosevelt as president, he was vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of Maryland, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Bowling Green State University, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Dr. Middleton is a Fellow of the Institute for International Education (Midwest), on the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE), and chair of the Federation of Illinois Independent Colleges and Universities.

He earned an A.B. degree with honors in history from Florida State University and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Duke University. Professor Middleton's academic expertise is in modern British history from the late 18th Century to the early 19th Century. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

For several years now President Middleton has begun our fall "university series" of lectures with a lively and provocative "back-to-school" talk. Bring your questions and be prepared. 

RU's Vertical Campus rising behind the Auditorium Building, which is also owns.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, Oct 11
Nahid Sewell on religious fundamentalism in the middle east.
Iwan Ries Lounge,
 
19 S. Wabash.

Tuesday, Oct 25
To be Announced.
 Iwan Ries Lounge,

19 S. Wabash.

Tuesday, Nov 8
To be Announced.
 Iwan Ries Lounge,

19 S. Wabash.

Thursday, Nov 31
To be Announced.
 Iwan Ries Lounge,

19 S. Wabash.

Tuesday, Dec 13
Scott Stantis
on the
Art of Editorializing.
 Iwan Ries Lounge,

19 S. Wabash.



About the Cigar Society of Chicago

ONE OF THE OLDEST AND greatest traditions of the city clubs of Chicago is the discussion of intellectual, social, legal, artistic, historical, scientific, musical, theatrical, and philosophical issues in the company of educated, bright, and appropriately provocative individuals, all under the beneficent influence of substantial amounts of tobacco and spirits.  The Cigar Society of Chicago embraces this tradition and extends it with its Informal Smokers, University Series lectures, and Cigar Society Dinners, in which cigars, and from time to time pipes and cigarettes, appear as an important component of our version of the classical symposium.  To be included in the Cigar Society's mailing list, write to the Secretary at CigarSociety@logicophilosophicus.org.