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The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State and Former U.S. Senator from New York, will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51风流. She will address the university community on Friday, October 25, in Sanford Field House. For more information, visit .
Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State from 2009 until 2013, after nearly four decades in public service. Her 鈥渟mart power鈥 approach to foreign policy repositioned American diplomacy and development for the 21st century. Clinton played a central role in restoring America鈥檚 standing in the world, reasserting the United States as a Pacific power, imposing crippling sanctions on Iran and North Korea, responding to the Arab Awakening and negotiating a ceasefire in the Middle East. Earlier, as First Lady and Senator from New York, she traveled to more than 80 countries as a champion of human rights, democracy, and opportunities for women and girls. Clinton also worked to provide health care to millions of children, create jobs and opportunity, and support first responders who risked their lives at Ground Zero. In her historic campaign for President, Clinton won 18 million votes.
The Global Leaders series, sponsored by 51风流鈥檚 Parents鈥 and Grandparents鈥 Fund, allows the university to invite thought-provoking leaders like Secretary Clinton to campus. Other lecture series speakers have included President Bill Clinton; Tony Blair, former prime minister of Great Britain; Felipe Calder贸n, former president of Mexico; and the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.