In the first major foreign trade speech of his new administration, President Bill Clinton proposes a five-step plan: strengthen the domestic economy; tie trade to security concerns; lead the major financial powers to coordinate global economic growth; promote economic growth in the developing countries; and support democracy and economic reforms in Russia and other former Soviet republics. Filmed live in Bender Arena, The American University, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1993.
The American University experience as told by students and faculty in their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom, social life, student body composition, and the opportunities available to students living in the nation's capital.
"bell hooks, social critic, feminist scholar, activist, poet, memoirist and teacher, explores the topic of love and how it has been perceived in relation to feminism. A question and answer session follows the lecture. [...] The Millennial Feminist Legal Theory Lecture with bell hooks presented by The American University Women's & Gender Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences and the Gender, Work & Family Project of Washington College of Law. [...] Lecture recorded March 27, 2000, at the Washington College of Law, Mooers-Morella Ceremonial Courtroom, Room 603."
"The American University experience as told by students and faculty in their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom, social life, student body composition, and the opportunities available to students living in the nation's capital."
Footage of American University campus ca. 1941. Footage includes buildings on campus, students arriving on campus for orientation, a Varsity Football game, an Alumni Varsity Basketball game, students skiing in winter, May Day celebration, Choral club spring concert, a Varsity Tennis match, a performance of Play Much Ado About Nothing, Alumni Day, and Graduation. Also featured are campus administrators including Dean of Women Mary Louise Brown and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts George B. Woods.
Film of the opening ceremony of Legacy Week, a series of events commemorating President John F. Kennedy's commencement address at the American University, June 10, 1963, proposing a test ban treaty. Following introductory remarks by student organizers and by Acting President Milton Greenberg, the featured speaker, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, proposed a six-point program of "social security for children" to complete the unfinished work of President Kennedy's administration. The film concludes with scenes at the plaque on the Kennedy Terrace, located adjacent to Reeves Athletic Field, the spot on which President Kennedy stood when making his commencement address.
President Clinton briefly looks at the accomplishments in his presidency to date and then looks ahead to what he hopes to accomplish in conjunction with Congress in the next three months. Issues he touches on include: equal access to education, Pell Grants, setting national educational standards, ensuring the survival of Social Security and Medicare, improving trade, strengthening the American family, environmental issues, improving government efficiency, building strong relationships with other countries of the world and building a strong and unified America.
Mary Kennard, former vice president and general counsel of the American University, interviewed President Neil Kerwin during her course Higher Education Law at the Washington College of Law. The interview was conducted in the months leading up to President Kerwin’s retirement and covers his academic career, reflections on his tenure as President of American University, as well as touching on several legal topics relevant to the course. This video is an edited excerpt of the class recording.
Footage recorded by Russell W. Lambert (Class of 1932), ca. 1929. Includes footage of Herbert Hoover's Inauguration and Parade (March 1929), the Library of Congress, students playing baseball and playing with a dog, children at a farmhouse with a rabbit, American University faculty and staff, and construction on campus.
Senator Joseph Biden speaks to the American University community about his attempted Presidential bid and the face of politics in America. Recorded November 13, 1988 at a Kennedy Political Union (KPU) event.