George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
The George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series is an annual event honoring the legacy of President and Mrs. Bush as political and community leaders.
Upcoming Event
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Past Bush Lectures
09/27
2023
George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
13th Annual Lecture in the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
5:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
John H. Sununu
03/23
2023
George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
12th Annual Lecture in the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
5:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
Richard Haass
09/30
2021
Lecture
11th Annual Lecture in the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
5:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
Jean Becker, Chief of Staff to President George H. W. Bush, author The Man I Knew
09/27
2019
George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
A 30th Anniversary Celebration of President Bush's Education Summit
3:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
10/03
2018
George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series
George & Barbara Bush: A Great American Love Story
6:00 pm
Harold Alfond Forum, 630 Pool Road
Biddeford Campus
Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Kelly Anne Chase
09/12
2017
Lecture
Challenges Facing the U.S., at Home and Abroad
5:00 pm
Harold Alfond Forum
Biddeford Campus
Senator George Mitchell
10/27
2016
Lecture
Alan I. Leshner to serve as 2016 George and Barbara Bush Lecturer
5:00 pm
Harold Alfond Forum
Biddeford Campus
Alan I. Leshner
09/24
2015
Lecture
TIME magazine editors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy to present 'The Presidents Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity'
5:00 pm
Harold Alfond Forum
Biddeford Campus
09/18
2014
Lecture
Former Bush Speechwriter Christopher Buckley will present 'The Vishnu'
5:00 pm
Harold Alfond Forum
Biddeford Campus
Christopher Buckley
09/19
2013
Award Ceremony
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar will be presented the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service
6:30 pm
Harold Alfond Forum
Biddeford Campus
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar will be presented the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service by George Bush, 41st President of the United States, and Barbara Bush.
Ludcke Lecture
The Ludcke Chair
The Ludcke Chair, funded by a generous bequest from the estate of Eleanor Ludcke (Westbrook College class of 1926), is presented annually to a tenured member of the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his or her outstanding academic accomplishments. The Ludcke Chair recipient receives a stipend in support of his or her development as a teacher and scholar.
The chair holder must have attained the ideal of the "teacher/scholar," a dedicated educator and productive researcher who has given generously of his or her time to UNE over a significant period.
Upcoming Event
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Past Ludcke Lectures
02/05
2025
11/21
2023
Ludcke Lecture
Real Horror: The Power and Peril of Dehumanization
5:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D.
03/21
2023
02/08
2023
Ludcke Lecture
Lost and Found in LA: Recovering the Life and Writing of Dora L. Mitchell
5:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
Jennifer Tuttle, Ph.D.
11/28
2022
Ludcke Lecture
Ludcke Lecture: Tracking Bobolinks and their parasites from the Galapagos Islands
5:00 pm
Biddeford Campus
Noah Perlut, Ph.D.
12/03
2018
Ludcke Lecture
Fish Stories: Tales of an Ethologist
5:00 pm
St. Francis Room
Biddeford Campus
Teresa Dzieweczynski, PhD
12/04
2017
Ludcke Lecture
Walking Sideways: My Meandering Path Through the World of Crab Physiology
5:00 pm
St. Francis Room
Biddeford Campus
Markus Frederich, PhD
02/06
2013
Lecture
Seeing the Light: Reflections of a Spectroscopist
5:00 pm
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
Biddeford Campus
Jerome Mullin, Ph.D.
04/18
2012
Lecture
Animal Writes: Working in Literary and Animal Studies
5:00 pm
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
Biddeford Campus
Susan McHugh, Ph.D.,
12/09
2010
Lecture
Challenging Colonial and Nationalist Models, My Journey
5:00 pm
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
Biddeford Campus
Ali Abdullatif Ahmida