BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5303-6d0122a56d59d041a46434f9ebeef2ae@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260524T060303Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T160000 SUMMARY:Donna Shalala: The Future of the Democratic Party DESCRIPTION:\nPolitical leader and scholar Donna Shalala will join us to discuss the relationship between the Democratic Party&rsquo\;s moderate and progressive wings\, and what it means for American democracy moving forward.\n\nShalala has more than forty years of experience as an accom plished scholar\, teacher\, and administrator. She served as president o f Hunter College of the City University of New York from 1980 to 1987 an d as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993 .\n\nIn 1993\, President Bill Clinton appointed her U.S. Secretary of He alth and Human Services (HHS) where she served for eight years\, becomin g the longest serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history. At the end of her t enure\, an article in The \;Washington Post described her as &ldquo\ ;one of the most successful government managers of modern times.&rdquo\; \n\nIn 2007\, President George W. Bush handpicked Shalala to co-chair wi th Senator Bob Dole the Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warrior s\, to evaluate how wounded service members transition from active duty to civilian society. In 2018\, she was elected to represent Florida&rsqu o\;s Twenty-Seventh \;Congressional District\, where she served thro ugh the end of 2020.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even t/mid-shalala/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Political leade r and scholar Donna Shalala will join us to discuss the relationship bet ween the Democratic Party’s moderate and progressive wings, and wh at it means for American democracy moving forward.

Shalala has mor e than forty years of experience as an accomplished scholar, teacher, an d administrator. She served as president of Hunter College of the City U niversity of New York from 1980 to 1987 and as chancellor of the Univers ity of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993.

In 1993, President Bil l Clinton appointed her U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS ) where she served for eight years, becoming the longest serving HHS Sec retary in U.S. history. At the end of her tenure, an article in The  ;Washington Post described her as “one of the most successful gove rnment managers of modern times.”

In 2007, President George W. Bush handpicked Shalala to co-chair with Senator Bob Dole the Commiss ion on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors, to evaluate how wounded serv ice members transition from active duty to civilian society. In 2018, sh e was elected to represent Florida’s Twenty-Seventh Congressi onal District, where she served through the end of 2020.

For more details: https:// events.la.psu.edu/event/mid-shalala/

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