The Associated Press Former Vice President Al
Gore has yet to begin teaching here at UCLA. He is set to
visit the campus in May, and will begin teaching next fall.
By Karen Albrecht
Daily Bruin Reporter
One UCLA visiting professor has yet to make an appearance on
campus since his professorship was announced in January.
After meeting with UCLA faculty and community leaders several
months ago regarding his future at UCLA, former Vice President Al
Gore has spent the past few months teaching at three other
universities.
He has not yet lectured at UCLA, nor set foot on campus since
January.
But representatives of the UCLA School of Public Policy and
Social Research intend to schedule a visit for early May, said Bill
Parent, assistant dean of the SPPSR.
An exact date for the May planning session should be available
by the end of this week, he said.
“Gore will be around more in the fall,” Parent said.
“The spring will be used as a planning quarter.”
Gore has helped develop a multi-disciplinary curriculum for a
new family-centered community development program in the SPPSR. It
is intended to bridge the differences between the various sectors
of campus in order to reach a common community goal.
Gore will have contact with students next fall during his
professorship in the SPPSR, Parent said.
Since the initial Jan. 31 planning meeting at the James West
Alumni Center, Gore has been in contact with UCLA professors
through his teachings at Columbia University, Fisk University and
Middle Tennessee State University.
Gore is presenting a lecture series at the Graduate School of
Journalism at Columbia University regarding media coverage of
national affairs during the information age, according to a
statement by Columbia University.
Frank Gilliam, UCLA professor of political science and director
of the Center for Communications and Community, joined Gore in
lecturing on media coverage of child and family issues last week in
New York.
Other guest speakers in the Columbia lecture series have
included David Letterman, Rupert Murdoch and Alan Greenspan.
Gore is also piloting a series of seminars on family-centered
community building at Fisk and Middle Tennessee State University,
in conjunction with Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga. Planning for a
second series of lectures in the fall semester is under way,
according to a Fisk University statement.