UVa-Wise to mark Constitution Day with Sept. 16 lecture

Garrett Sheldon, the John Morton Beaty Professor of Political Science

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise will mark Constitution Day with a free public lecture on Friday, Sept. 16. The event begins at 1 p.m. in Smiddy Hall.

Garrett Sheldon, the John Morton Beaty Professor of Political Science at UVa-Wise, will discuss the "Foundations of the Constitution: Jefferson and Madison."

A member of the UVa-Wise faculty since 1983, Sheldon is the author of several books on political theory and early American political thought including The Political Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and The Political Philosophy of James Madison. He is the 1992 recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award presented by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Commonwealth's highest honor for faculty at Virginia's public and private colleges and universities.

Sheldon has served as a guest lecturer at Oxford University, Moscow University, Princeton University, and the University of Vienna, Austria.

Under the terms of federal legislation passed in 2004, all federally funded colleges and universities must plan events to commemorate the signing of the Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.

The public is invited to attend Constitution Day activities. A reception will follow.

For more information, contact the Office of College Relations at 276-328-0130.