Mignon Clyburn Speaks as Part of Women’s History Month

In Celebration of Women’s History Month, the College of Charleston’s Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) will present a lecture by Federal Communications Commissioner, Mignon Clyburn, on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in the Stern Center ballroom on the College of Charleston’s campus. Commissioner Clyburn will present “Celebrating Women in Public Service: Past, Present, and Future.”

“We are very excited that Mignon Clyburn has accepted our invitation to speak at our inaugural OID-Signature Speaker Series,” says John Bello-Ogunu, chief diversity officer at the College of Charleston. “Commissioner Clyburn was chosen to be the Signature Speaker for our Women’s History Month celebration because of her exemplary public service to the State of South Carolina and her ongoing immeasurable service to the nation. She is an excellent example of a dedicated public servant and an outstanding role model to all young women who are considering a career in civil service. I am confident that our students will benefit from her professional experience, expertise, and wisdom.”

Mignon L. Clyburn was nominated as a member of the Federal Communications Commission on June 25, 2009. Commissioner Clyburn has a long history of public service and dedication to the public interest. Prior to her swearing in as Commissioner, Ms. Clyburn served for 11 years as the representative of South Carolina’s sixth district on the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSC). Commissioner Clyburn was elected to the South Carolina PSC following 14 years as the publisher and general manager of The Coastal Times, a Charleston-based weekly newspaper that focused primarily on issues affecting the African American community. For well over two decades, Commissioner Clyburn has been actively involved in myriad community organizations.

The OID-Signature Speaker Series was created to promote community dialogue on diversity issues through presentations, workshops, and seminars by local, regional, or national speakers, with the aim of advancing diversity, access, equity, and inclusion at the College of Charleston.

The next event in the series is a presentation titled: “Restorative Justice: Promoting Diversity, Access, and Inclusion,” and will take place on May 12, 2011.

For more information on this event and other OID programs, visit our website at: www.diversity.cofc.edu or call 843.953.5079.