ST. Thomas Aquinas College's WRITERS @ WORK SERIES TO SPONSOR TALK WITH NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

St. Thomas Aquinas College’s Writers @ Work series will sponsor a talk by Nikole Hannah-Jones, acclaimed journalist and investigative reporter, for Women’s History Month, announces Dr. Gerald McCarthy, professor of English at the College. The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Lougheed Library. Jones will give a talk followed by a Q & A session. This event is free and open to the public.

Jones is a graduate of Notre Dame University (IN) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Roy H. Park Fellow. She has been the recipient of awards including: the National Magazine Award, finalist for public interest, 2015; Columbia University Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award; Sidney Award; Silurian’s Excellence in Journalism Award for online investigative news, 2013; Society for News Design Award of Excellence, 2013; Gannett Foundation Innovation in Watchdog Journalism Award, 2012; C.B. Blethen Memorial Award for Distinguished Reporting in the Northwest, 2011 (2), 2012; Society of Professional Journalists Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award, 2007, 2008, 2010.

Her articles on education and segregation have recently appeared in The Atlantic, ProPublica, and other news outlets. From 2003-2006 she was an education reporter for The News and Observer in Raleigh (NC) and from 2006-2011 she was a reporter for The Oregonian in Portland (OR).

For more information about Nikole Hannah-Jones visit: http://nikolehannahjones.com/about/. For more information about event, contact Dr. McCarthy at 845-398-4134 or gmccarth@stac.edu.

St. Thomas Aquinas College is an independent liberal arts college located on 60 acres in Rockland County, NY which provides education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The College’s 2,800 full and part time students can choose from more than 100 different majors, minors, specializations, and dual degree programs across three Schools: Arts & Sciences, Business, and Education. The College is recognized by U.S. News & World Report in the Top-Tier for Regional Universities, by Colleges of Distinction in both its New York and Catholic editions, by Affordable Colleges Online as a top College in New York for Return on Investment, and is included as a Military Friendly School®. St. Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; its School of Education is accredited by National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); and its School of Business is accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). For more information, visit www.stac.edu.