Tue, Feb 21 2012
Byrd Center Film Series: How to Start a Revolution (2/21 at 7pm)
The Byrd Center’s showing of How to Start a Revolution as part of our Documentary Film Series
Thu, Feb 16 2012
Byrd Center Film Series: Default-The Student Loan Documentary (2/16 at 7pm)
The Byrd Center viewing of Default: The Student Loan Documentary as part of our Documentary Film Series.
Tue, Feb 07 2012
Byrd Center Film Series: Casino Jack & the United States of Money
The Byrd Center’s showing of Casino Jack and the United States of Money as part of our Documentary Film Series.
Tue, Jan 31 2012
Byrd Center Film Series
The Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Film Series presents six recent documentaries about political issues. Each screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion. All events are free and open to the public.
Byrd Center Film Series: Inside Job (1/31 at 7pm)
The Byrd Center’s showing of Inside Job as part of our Documentary Film Series.
Wed, Jan 25 2012
Shepherd University Martin Luther King Jr. Forum
Shepherd University Martin Luther King Jr. Forum with Dr. Hoda Zaki, Director, African American Studies Program at Hood College.
Tue, Jan 24 2012
Watch President Obama’s State of the Union Address at the Byrd Center
The Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University will be showing President Obama’s televised State of the Union Address on the big screen in the Byrd Center Auditorium. Click the event title above to read more…
Sat, Sep 17 2011
The Constitutional Convention and The Miracle of Democracy:” A Constitution Day Lecture by Richard Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss will describe the debates and explain the compromises involved in crafting the U.S. Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. He will emphasize the importance of the Constitution for American democracy today. A discussion and reception will follow. The program is free and open to the public.
Wed, Sep 14 2011
Constitution Day Speaker Will Addresss Citizens United Decision
“Democracy at Risk” is the title of the Constitution Day lecture to be presented by former Congressman Bob Edgar on Wednesday, September 14, at 7 pm at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies. Edgar will address the challenges posed to the political process by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision on the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Wed, Nov 17 2010
Award-Winning Film Challenges Viewers to Decide Fate of Guantanamo Detainee
Writer and producer Sig Libowitz will join a panel discussion of his film The Response, at 7 pm, Wednesday, November 17 in the auditorium of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies. The thirty-minute film places the audience at the center of a courtroom drama based on declassified transcripts of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.