Lecture on the Liberal Arts to Take Place at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – The annual Richard Rodino Lecture on the Aims of the Liberal Arts will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Robert Garvey, associate professor of physics at Holy Cross and 2000 U.S. Professor of the Year, will give this year's lecture, titled "Ethics, Morality and Liberal Arts Education - Looking for Connections."

A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1977, Garvey is the College's science coordinator, responsible for coordinating the partnership programs in science and mathematics with the Worcester Public Schools. A graduate of Loyola College, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University.

A renowned teacher and scholar, Garvey has developed courses for non-science majors as well as a range of courses for physics majors. He is co-author of a Sherman-Fairchild grant that developed the successful "Physics of Everyday Life" course. A member of the committee that created Holy Cross' First Year Program, Garvey served as the program's first director for two years.

In November 2000, Garvey was named U.S. Professors of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education out of 500 nominated faculty members at colleges and universities across the country.

The annual Rodino Lecture Series is devoted to the memory of Richard Rodino, formerly of the English department at Holy Cross. He played a central role in launching the College's First Year Program. It is sponsored by the Office of the Dean and the First Year Program.