Video: President Rowe Delivers Speech at President's Convocation

On August 25, 2009, Dr. David Rowe, the new president of Centenary College, addressed a packed house in Brown Chapel to deliver his first campus-wide address. The speech was part of Centenary's annual President's Convocation.

Rowe called upon students and faculty to work to the develop the methods of "disciplined, ethical reason" necessary to address the challenging economic, social, and environmental problems of twenty-first century. The entire speech is available below, in two parts:

Additional Coverage

The Shreveport Times also covered the event, which also included an address from S. Truett Cathy, founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A Inc.

Finally, we took lots of photographs.