Presidents Day: Dole Institute director to appear today on CNN

Richard Norton Smith, director of the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University, is scheduled to appear on CNN’s “Inside Politics” with Judy Woodruff at 3 p.m. today. The other guest on the Presidents Day program will be historian Doug Brinkley.

Smith is a nationally recognized authority on the presidency and the award-winning author of eight books.

For more information about the Dole Institute, visit http://www.ku.edu/~dole/.

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Leadership: KU chosen to sponsor alternative break school

Kansas University has been selected as one of two sites for the 2002 Alternative Break Citizenship School.

The school, sponsored by the Breakaway organization, will bring 48 students from across the country to KU July 12-29. The students will study American Indian issues and work with faculty and students at Haskell Indian Nations University and community service organizations.

The Lawrence school, as well as one at the University of Vermont, will teach students and staff leaders how to build alternative break programs. Such programs pair students with projects to address community issues such as hunger, homelessness and the environment.

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Education: Multicultural Affairs director to speak at Topeka event

Robert Page, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Kansas University, will give the keynote speech at a Topeka program honoring Black History Month.

The event, at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Topeka West High School auditorium, is sponsored by the high school’s Multicultural Club. It includes student readings, a talent show and a soul-food dinner. Admission is $5.

For more information, contact Jerome Plunkett at (785) 271-3501.