The Office of the Provost will host the third installment in the North Star Seminar series—“A Conversation with the Honorable Gil Cisneros on the Role of Society, Universities, and Achieving our Common Purpose”—today (Feb. 23) at 5 p.m. The event will feature the Honorable Gil Cisneros, a philanthropist and former politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California’s 39th congressional district from 2019 to 2021.
The 45-minute event will feature a conversation with Cisneros, Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III and Associate Professor of History Peter Shulman, an expert in American politics.
During the talk, Cisneros will expound upon his personal journey into Congress, improving civic dialogue, the university’s role in developing citizen leaders, and lessons learned during his time in Congress that can help our country heal.
This event is sponsored by Cuyahoga County Public Library and the Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences’ Military Ethics program.