President's Lecture Series
The St. Philip’s College President’s Lecture Series provides opportunities for the college and the community to hear speakers’ perspectives on a broad range of local, regional, national, and international issues. The lectures are provided at no cost to the audience and are designed to attract students, faculty, and staff as well as the greater San Antonio Community.
The Three Doctors: "The Pact"
September 19, 2019
11 a.m., Watson Fine Arts Center
Drs. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins, fondly known as “The Three Doctors,” are extraordinary role models for anyone who has been through any kind of life challenge or major hardship. As teenage boys growing up on the tough inner-city streets of Newark, New Jersey, these three kindred spirits made a pact: they would stick together, go to college, graduate, and become doctors. Surrounded by negative influences and having few positive role models made this a difficult feat. Now, years later, these three men have overcome countless obstacles and proudly bear the subtitle of doctor, serving as the face of health and education for youth and families across our country.
Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures
September 20, 2018
11:30 a.m., Watson Fine Arts Center
"Mexico is my adopted country, and St. Philip's College is a great representative of Latino and Black heritage and academics. I've done Black History Month celebrations; this is my first Hispanic Heritage Month! Muchas gracias!”
Thus began the Hispanic Heritage Month speaking debut of Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly for the 2018 St. Philip's College President’s Lecture Series project, which includes seminars and lectures on September 20, 2018, in labs, auditoriums, and e-viewing rooms during a mix of physical and virtual presentations on the college’s campus at 1801 Martin Luther King Drive.
May 3, 2018
5 p.m., Watson Fine Arts Center
Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, celebrated San Antonio’s Tricentennial at St. Philip’s College. Simmons recounted her own challenges on her path to higher education, having been the 12th child born to sharecroppers in Grapeland, Texas, and implored her audience to remember how education changes communities and families. She was the keynote of a celebration that included San Antonio Symphony, Sam Houston High School Band, actress Antoinette Winstead and 22 local African American artists.
For more of our previous President's Lecture Series guests, click on the link below.