David Letterman has brought top leaders in the media, business and academia to Ball State through a gift he made to the university in 2007.
The David Letterman Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series lets Ball State students and the broader community learn from industry leaders about communication and technology trends and how they are changing society.
The series kicked off in 2009 with guest lecturer Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Since then, the series has attracted Fortune 500 company executives, technological innovators, world-renowned journalists, and more.
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Shubham Banerjee
Braigo Labs
March 2016
Amy Webb
founder
Future Today Institute
April 2016
Gail Sheehy
journalist
The Daring Project
October 2015
Manjula Talreja
vice president
Cisco Systems Inc.
March 2014
Eric King Watts
associate professor of media and technology studies
University of North Carolina
April 2014
Eric Kuhn
social media agent
United Talent Agency
September 2014
Brian Storm
president
MediaStorm
November 2014
Jennifer Siebel Newsom
documentary filmmaker
Miss Representation
February 2013
Michael Rogers
futurist-in-residence and columnist
The New York Times and MSNBC
October 2013
Joe Hight and Yvette Walker
editors
The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com
February 2011
Angela Ahrendts
executive
Burberry Group PLC (later Apple Inc.)
March 2011
Bob Dotson
host
American Story with Bob Dotson
November 2011
Rachel Maddow
host
The Rachel Maddow Show
December 2011
Ted Koppel
journalist,
Nightline, NPR
February 2010
Stuart Brotman
founder and president
Stuart N. Brotman Communications
March 2010
Stacey Halota
vice president of information, security and privacy
The Washington Post Co.
April 2010
Biz Stone
co-founder
Twitter Inc.
September 2010
Dale Herigstad
chief creative officer
Schematic Inc.
October 2010
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
director
The Annenberg Public Policy Center
February 2009
Brian Storm
president
MediaStorm
March 2009
Jason Whitlock
sportswriter and analyst
September 2009
Edward James Olmos
actor and activist
Stand and Deliver, Blade Runner
October 2009
Tom Kelley
author
The Art of Innovation
November 2009