Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Speaks At Colorado State All-University Commencement May 17
Friday, April 11, 1997
FORT COLLINS--Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ellen Goodman will give
the keynote
address to Colorado State University faculty, graduating students, family and
friends at the all-
university commencement this spring.
Universitywide commencement ceremonies will be 9-10:30 a.m. May 17 at
Hughes Stadium in
Fort Collins. The ceremonies will feature an address by syndicated columnist
Ellen Goodman, remarks
and conferral of degrees by university President Albert Yates and recognition
of doctoral candidates.
Traditional convocation ceremonies for all eight colleges will take place the
afternoon of May 17 at
venues throughout campus, while ROTC Commissioning and the Professional
Veterinary Medicine
convocation will be held the evening of May 16.
Goodman, whose "At Large" column appears in more than 440 newspapers
across the country,
has attracted national attention for her incisive common sense and verbal
flair since 1976, when her
Boston Globe column was first syndicated by the Washington Post Writers
Group.
In 1980, Goodman won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary.
"Ellen Goodman is a pioneer," wrote Debra Saunders in the San Francisco
Chronicle. "She got
into journalism when women generally were relegated to research and women's
pages. But she rose to
reporter for the Boston Globe, then became a columnist. Her role as a
trailblazer female journalist led
her to write about women's issues often ignored by male columnists on
America's opinion pages. Her
columns are known for their personal touch."
Goodman graduated from Radcliffe College cum laude in 1963 and
published her first book on
social change, "Turning Points," in 1979. Five collections of her columns
also have been published,
including "Close to Home" (1979), "At Large" (1981), "Keeping in Touch"
(1985), "Making Sense"
(1989), and "Value Judgments" (1993).
Her work also has appeared in many publications, including Life, Ms,
The New York Times
Book Review, Savvy, The Los Angeles Times Book Review and Working Woman.
Goodman has earned a number of awards, including the American Society
of Newspaper
Editors Distinguished Writing Award in 1980. The Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights presented
her the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award in 1988 for her dedication to
the cause of equality.
In 1993, Goodman received the President's Award from the national
Women's Political
Caucus at its Seventh Annual Exceptional Merit Media Award ceremony.
Goodman was the first Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Professional
Journalism at
Stanford University.
At the commencement ceremony May 17, Yates and a representative from
the State Board of
Agriculture will confer all undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees.
In addition, all doctoral
candidates will be hooded and recognized.
The all-university commencement will take place at Hughes Stadium rain
or shine.
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