Susan and Rick Goings' $1 million gift in honor of the late General Colin L. Powell will support the Colin Powell School's new national speakers series at CCNY.
Thanks to a generous $1 million gift from Rick and Susan Goings in honor of the late General Colin L. Powell, the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership will launch a new national speakers’ series, the Rick and Susan Goings Conversations in Leadership. The series will feature discussions with marquee names from every sector who have taken unconventional paths to success at the highest levels of their professions.
On Sept. 7, 2022, the series will kick off with a discussion with Gayle King, co-host of CBS Mornings and editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine. King will be in conversation with Susan Porcaro Goings, a former broadcast journalist and Co-Founder and Board Member of the World Federation of Youth Clubs. Their discussion will take place at 10:30 a.m. in The City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall, Theatre B, located at West 135th Street and Convent Ave. The event is free and open to the public. Please register here to attend.
Rick Goings, Chairman Emeritus of Tupperware Brands, and Susan Goings are supporting this series to honor General Powell, their long-time friend and colleague. General Powell epitomizes the kind of leaders that will be featured in the series. General Powell was a leader of extraordinary depth and reach, and a trailblazer—the first Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first Black Secretary of State. As he often reminded Colin Powell School students, he was also not someone anyone would have expected this success from when he was growing up. The Rick and Susan Goings Conversations in Leadership Series will probe deeply into the careers of those whose leadership has made a difference and who have persevered despite the odds. Through this series, we will develop an understanding of the styles and critical elements of leadership.
“Training new leaders from diverse backgrounds is at the heart of the mission of the Colin Powell School,” said Andrew Rich, the Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean of the Colin Powell School. “The new Conversations in Leadership Series will bring some of the most accomplished leaders from every sector and from around the world to our campus to inspire and teach our students about what’s possible. We are enormously grateful for the vision, generosity, and support that Rick and Susan bring to this project, which honors their friend. The series will inspire our students and introduce the Colin Powell School to a broader national audience.”
Four events will be scheduled each year. In addition to Gayle King, speakers in the inaugural 2022-23 year will include former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Cesar Conde, the Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group.
About Gayle King
Gayle King is co-host of "CBS Mornings." An accomplished television journalist, King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to "CBS Mornings" and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She is also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily and hosts a live, weekly radio show titled "Gayle King in the House" on SiriusXM.
Since joining CBS News in 2011, King has conducted revealing and news-making interviews with world leaders, political figures and celebrities, including former President Barack Obama. Click here to read more.
About the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
Established in April 2013, the Colin Powell School is home to the social science departments at CCNY as well as the core leadership development and public service programs of the College. With almost 4,000 students, and graduating the most CCNY students annually, the Colin Powell School mission is to transform the nation’s most diverse student body into tomorrow’s global leaders. Half of our students are immigrants; more than seventy percent are first-generation college students. Eighty percent are people of color. Most come from lower income backgrounds. The Colin Powell School and City College remain among the most effective engines of economic and social mobility in the United States. The School is led by a faculty dedicated to the highest standards of research and to the university’s democratic and public obligations. Read more about the Colin Powell School.
About the City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.
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