{"id":69234,"date":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/father-of-title-ix-to-address-uri-honors-colloquium-nov-8\/"},"modified":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"father-of-title-ix-to-address-uri-honors-colloquium-nov-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/10\/father-of-title-ix-to-address-uri-honors-colloquium-nov-8\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Father\u2019 of Title IX to address 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium Nov. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFormer U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh to address equal opportunity measure<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 31, 2005 \u2013 Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, often called the \u201cfather of Title IX,\u201d will address the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Nov. 8.<\/p>\n


\n\tBayh will discuss \u201cTitle IX and Intercollegiate Sport\u201d at 7 p.m. in the Barry Marks Auditorium, Room 271, Chafee Social Science Center, Kingston Campus. The program is part of the free public lecture series \u201cContemporary Sport: Healthy Pursuit or Obsession?\u201dpresented by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn October, Bayh, former senator from Indiana and former legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden were name co-recipients of the National Collegiate Athletic Association President\u2019s Gerald R. Ford Award, which honors individuals who have provided leadership as an advocate for intercollegiate athletics over the course their careers.<\/p>\n


\n\tA member of the United States Senate from 1962 to 1980, Bayh sponsored the landmark 1972 Title IX federal legislation that required equal opportunity for men and women in all federally funded education programs, including athletics. The law paved the way for full participation by thousands of girls and women in a variety of sports at the youth, high school, collegiate, Olympic and professional levels.<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring his Senate career, he served on the Judiciary Committee, the Appropriations Committee, and the Environment and Public Works Committee. He authored two Amendments to the Constitution — the 25th Amendment on Presidential and Vice Presidential succession, and the 26th Amendment lowering the voting age to 18.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to Title IX, Bayh was co-author of the Bayh-Doyle Act, which revitalized the nation\u2019s patent system, and was chief architect of the Juvenile Justice Act, mandating the separation of juvenile offenders from adult prisoners. Bayh also served as a member of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong other leadership roles within the Senate, Bayh was chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1977 to 1980 and served as chairman of the National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence from 1984 to 1994. He continues to practice law with the Washington, D.C. firm, Venable LLP, and is often invited to speak about his landmark Title IX work.<\/p>\n


\n\tMajor sponsors of the colloquium are The Providence Journal, Theta Chi Fraternity, 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program, 溏心vlog免费B站 President\u2019s Office, Institute for International Sport, 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the Provost, 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts and Sciences, 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Division of University Advancement.<\/p>\n


\n\tCo-sponsors are the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Athletics, Multicultural Center, College of Nursing, College of Human Science and Services, College of Pharmacy, Office of Student Affairs and Women\u2019s Studies Program.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information, visit www.uri.edu\/hc or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe Honors Program at 溏心vlog免费B站 offers learning enrichment opportunities that broaden and enhance the undergraduate educational experience. The program features small classes, a nationally renowned honors colloquium, national scholarship advising, and in-depth study and research with select faculty mentors.<\/p>\n


\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 students must maintain a minimum 3.2 grade-point average to continue participation.<\/p>\n


\n\tOpen access to the Honors Program continues for qualified students throughout their undergraduate years. 溏心vlog免费B站 900 溏心vlog免费B站 students participate in the Honors Program. 溏心vlog免费B站 60 students are participating in the Honors Colloquium this fall, which also has a companion class.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh to address equal opportunity measure KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 31, 2005 \u2013 Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, often called the \u201cfather of Title IX,\u201d will address the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Nov. 8. Bayh will discuss \u201cTitle IX and Intercollegiate Sport\u201d at 7 p.m. in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}