ECU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Hosts inaugural lecture
ECU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, established in 1970, is pleased to host its inaugural distinguished lecture. (Contributed photos.)
The East Carolina University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines, will host its inaugural lecture this month.
Dr. M. Todd Bennett, associate professor of history in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss “Imagination Unlimited: How the CIA Raised a Sunken Soviet Submarine in the 1970s and Why it Matters Today” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in the Jenkins Fine Arts Auditorium, Room 1220. The event is free and open to the public.
The ECU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, established in 1970, is ECU’s most distinguished academic honor society.
“The collegiate honor society promotes academic excellence in all fields of higher education and supports a community of scholars and professionals,” said Dr. Marianna Walker, president of the chapter and associate professor in the College of Allied Health Sciences.
Dr. M. Todd Bennett, associate professor of history.
“Historically, the ECU chapter has co-sponsored lectures and events across campus. This will be the first distinguished Phi Kappa Phi lecture at East Carolina University,” said Walker.
Bennett is the author of “One World, Big Screen: Hollywood, the Allies and World War II” and the editor of several volumes in the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the official documentary record of American foreign policy published by the U.S. Department of State.
He has appeared on National Public Radio and contributed to The Washington Post and the journals of Diplomatic History, and Intelligence and National Security. Bennett’s current book project on the Glomar Explorer submarine won a 2017-2018 Public Scholar award from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For additional information about ECU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, visit www.ecu.edu/org/pkp/. For more information about the lecture, contact Walker at 252-744-6093 or walkerm@ecu.edu.
-by Lacey Gray, University Communications