TJC slates speakers for enrichment series

Reiss

Three professionals on world health and environmental issues will speak during Tyler Junior College's 2006-07 Student Enrichment Series.

Speakers include an author in the field of environmental activism, a prize-winning reporter who has covered stories from AIDS to bird flu; and the first African-American woman to be named U.S. Surgeon General.

Each of these events will be held in the Apache Rooms of Rogers Student Center on the TJC main campus. Tickets are free and can be reserved by calling 903-510-2259, or they can be picked up one week prior to the event, at the information desk located on the second floor of Rogers Student Center.

Bob Reiss, environmental journalist and novelist 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17

In his non-fiction book, "The Coming Storm," Bob Reiss shares America's growing fascination * and concern * with the phenomenon of extreme weather with a series of interlocking human stories that together create an ominous forecast for the 21st century. Reiss has also covered stories in South Africa, the S u d a n , A u s t r a l i a , Hong Kong and Mexico.

Hilts

His latest novel, "Black Monday," a thriller about the destruction of the world's oil supply, has been optioned by Paramount Pictures to be made into a motion picture.

Reiss is a f o r m e r C h i c a g o T r i b u n e reporter who has written for t h e Washington Post, Outside,

a r a d e , Smithsonian, GQ and Rolling Stone. He lives in New York City.

Philip J. Hilts 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28

In the past two decades, infectious diseases that had nearly been conquered, such as tuberculosis, have come surging back, while new diseases such as AIDS, SARS and West Nile virus have emerged.

Philip Hilts covered health and science issues for the New York Times and Washington Post for more than 20 years.

In the PBS series "Rx for Survival", he makes the point,

We now know, counter-intuitively perhaps, that in the

development of nations, health drives wealth, not the other way around."

Dr. M. J o y c e l y n E l d e r s 7 p.m. T h u r s d a y, Feb. 15

As the first African American and the second woman to hold the post of U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn Edlers initiated programs to combat youth smoking and teen pregnancy, and to increase childhood immunizations.

Elders

As a private citizen, she continues to lobby for the health needs of Americans.

Since leaving her post as surgeon general, she has returned to the University of Arkansas Medical Center as professor of pediatrics.

She is also a regular on the lecture circuit, speaking on issues related to AIDS and teen pregnancy.