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Civic Engagement Author Paul Loeb to Speak at NVC

For Immediate Release
September 15, 2005
Contact: Maureen Smith, Public Information Officer, Northwest Vista College
210-348-2011 m
msmith@accd.edusmith@accd.edu

Author and lecturer Paul Loeb will present “Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time” at Northwest Vista College on September 21. Loeb will speak on the importance of civic engagement and social responsibility, especially among students. He will also present a separate workshop to faculty on how to teach in a service-oriented manner.

Loeb’s critically acclaimed book, Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, examines what it takes to lead lives of social commitment despite all the obstacles. He has spent 30 years researching and writing on the topic of civic engagement and has spoken at more than 300 colleges and universities nationwide.

“At a time when the nation is coming together to help the devastated victims of Hurricane Katrina, Loeb’s message of civic engagement is especially relevant,” says Shelley Blagg, service learning coordinator at Northwest Vista College.

In addition to Soul of a Citizen, Loeb is the author of Generation at the Crossroads: Apathy and Action on the American Campus, Nuclear Culture and Hope in Hard Times, and editor of The Impossible Will Take a Little While. His writing has been covered by the Associated Press and United Press International, cited in Congressional debates, and discussed in a wide array of publications. He is also a frequent commentator on television and radio programs.

There will be three presentations at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the College Commons foyer, followed by a faculty training session on civic engagement from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the College Commons banquet room. The event is free and open to the public.