2008 Presidential Lecture Series presents


Robert L. Draper
Author of Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush

Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008
Time: Lecture will begin promptly at 3:00 p.m. and end at 4:30 p.m.
Location: Florida International University (FIU) – RDB 1100

Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Seating is limited; please arrive early.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Reception to follow lecture.



Robert Draper is a native Texan and the author of both fiction and nonfiction books. For the past decade, he has been a correspondent for GQ Magazine, and previous to that was senior editor at Texas Monthly. He is also a contributing writer at National Geographic. His biography of the Bush White House, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, was a critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller.

In his lecture, Mr. Draper will discuss his unprecedented access to the White House--how he acquired it and what insights he gained from this remarkable proximity to the president and his immediate subordinates in the White House. In Bush himself, Mr. Draper found a man of surprising dimension, and aspects both inspiring and dismaying...but in any event, far more textured than the caricature promulgated not only by Bush's critics but by the president himself. Over the course of American history, perhaps no more than four or five journalists have ever been granted such exposure to a sitting president. Mr. Draper's perspective is therefore unique, not to mention colorful and newsmaking.

Florida International University's Chapman Graduate School of Business & The Center for Leadership present:

A Leadership Workshop

Join us for an evening of dialogue about making tough calls. Noel M. Tichy, co-author with Warren Bennis of Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, will lead an engaging workshop with help from the Chapman School's MBA students and members of the Boys & Girls Club of Miami.

Date: Monday, March 3, 2008
Time: Lecture will begin promptly at 3:00 p.m. and end at 4:30 p.m.
Location: Kovens Conference Center, 3000 NE 151st St., Miami, FL 33181
Phone: Toll (866) 4-KOVENS / Local (305) 919-5000
Pricing: $15 per person (includes beverages and light hors d'oeuvres)

Program:
5:30 - 6:00 p.m. - Registration
6:00 p.m. - Introduction by FIU President Modesto A. Maidique
Lecture by Noel M. Tichy
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Reception

Questions? Please contact Breny DaParre at (305) 348-2111 or via email at daparre@fiu.edu