2009 Freshman Convocation and Summer Reading
September 9, 2009
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
Speaker: Steve Lopez, author of "The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music"
Critically acclaimed LA Times columnist and author of The Soloist, Steve Lopez delivered the keynote presentation for the 2009 Freshman Convocation. In addition to his work at the LA Times, he has written for Time magazine, Sports Illustrated, Life, Entertainment Weekly, the Philadelphia Enquirer, the San Jose Mercury News and the Oakland Tribune and has been recognized through numerous national awards for both column writing and magazine reporting.
Read the MSU News article Author of "The Soloist" to speak at MSU freshman convocation set Sept. 9.
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