WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, March 19 -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story: Award-winning actress and William & Mary alumna Glenn Close '74, D.A. '89 will speak at the university's 2019 Commencement ceremony, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. May 11 in Zable Stadium. Close, who received an honorary degree from William & Mary in 1989, will be awarded an honorary fellowship, the highest honor that a college of Royal Charter can confer, at the ceremony. Philanthropist Jane Batten H more PR

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, March 20 -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story: * * * - Event is free and open to the public * * * Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation, will visit William & Mary on March 25 for an event that is free and open to the public. James' appearance is a spotlight event in the university's celebration of 100 years of coeducation. The conversation with James, scheduled for 5 p.m. in the Raymond A. Mason School of Business' Brinkl more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 21 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication will host CNN military and diplomatic analyst Rear Admiral John Kirby USN (ret) and Vice President of Government Operations Communications at The Boeing Company Gordon Johndroe for "Classified Communications: Messaging for National Security and Foreign Affairs" on April 8. The summit is hosted by the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, Cornerstone Go more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 18 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news, dated March 16: Louisiana Tech University's College of Business will host three distinguished alumnae as part of "Inside the C-Suite: Women Mean Business" on Tuesday, April 2, at 4 p.m. National political consultant Kaye Goolsby, '73, former Executive Vice President and CFO of Alltel Corp. Sharilyn Gasaway, '89, and Mortgage Contracting Services, LLC CEO Caroline Reaves, '83, will join forces to discuss the cha more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, issued the text of the following speech in the Congressional Record March 18, paying tribute to staff member Chad Padgett: Madam Speaker, I want to pay tribute today and thank Chad Padgett for his years of service on my staff, the great state of Alaska, and to the United States of America. Chad Padgett first came to work in my office in 1994 and has served as my State Director for more than a decade. Madam Speaker, to put the magnitude and dema more ST

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 21 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: What better day to talk about fake news than April Fools' Day? On Monday, April 1, four University of Rhode Island history professors will present the discussion "Fake News: A Historical Perspective" from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Agnes G. Doody Auditorium in Swan Hall, 60 Upper College Road, on the Kingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. While the term "fake news" has come into wide use  more PR

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, March 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Kathy Gattis Public Affairs Very few of us can say we've met even one U.S. president, but Test Operations and Sustainment contractor John Washer has met two - President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. He met them when he started working with Air Force One, the president's airplane. "The team I was assigned to conducted all security once the president exited Air Force One and subsequently more PR