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This year Founders’ Day Weekend is adding a new performance program, , highlighting faculty, students, staff and alumni.

The event, which is open to the public, begins at 1 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the Greer Garson Theatre in ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ's . Tickets for alumni and the general public are $15 and available . ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ students, faculty and staff may register for discounted tickets at $5 apiece.

The program features compelling stories and demonstrations from 16 ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ faculty, staff, alumni and student speakers on topics ranging from NSA wiretapping, to civil rights, to a whimsical exercise in giant origami. A break is built into the program, allowing the audience to meet speakers and start the conversations that are the hallmark of the TEDxºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ experience.

The TEDxºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ team is partnering with ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ’s Office of Development and External Affairs to present Inside ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ Powered by TEDxºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ during Founder’s Day Weekend. The afternoon will be hosted by ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ students Ramon Trespalacios and Devin Kerns.

Founder’s Day is an annual celebration of the founding of ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ and the spirit of the University. The cornerstone of the day is Inside ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ, an open house that highlights all the best and brightest ideas across campus.

Speakers and Their Subjects

Session One: 1 - 2:30 p.m.

• Stephen Rankin | Staff | Perkins School of Theology: "The World Changers We Shape"
• Christopher Carrillo | Student | Lyle School of Engineering: "The (Non) Technical Development of Humanity"
• Dennis E. Murphree | Alumni | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences: "The Importance of Persistence"
• Michael Harris | Faculty | Simmons School of Education and Human Development: "Why Businesses Should Work Like a University"
• Arnaud Zimmern | Student | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences: "Braiding Red Riding Hood"
• Jaime Clark-Soles | Faculty | Perkins School of Theology: "Dying to Live"
• Joshua Rovner | Faculty | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences: "The Heroes of Counterinsurgency"
• Marc Christensen | Faculty | Lyle School of Engineering: "Educating a New Generation of Failures"

Break: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Session Two: 3:30 - 5 p.m.

• Martin Camp | Faculty | Dedman School of Law: "Good News, Bad News, Who is to Say!"
• Brittany Harrington | Student | Meadows School of the Arts: "Quartet-a-tete with The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet"
• Dennis Simon | Faculty | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences: "Civil Rights: A Journey"
• Ben Voth | Faculty | Meadows School of the Arts: "Ending Genocide in the 21st century"
• Mariah Cowley | Student | Lyle School of Engineering: "Making Giant Origami and Shaping Lives"
• Blake Norvell | Alumni | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences: "NSA Wiretapping: A 4th Amendment Violation?"
• Jon Horton | Staff | ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ Athletics: "My mother's funeral... a lesson in kindness"
• Willard Spiegelman | Faculty | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences: "Realms of Gold"

For more information, call 214-768-4962 or visit

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