[qkslvrsrfrboy]

please, dont let them ever consider Pat Robertson

[Hold My Own]

I had Clint Eastwood typed out...then I saw his last movie...pretty sure we'd take a pretty bad PR hit for that one

[ATrain]

please, dont let them ever consider Pat Robertson

If its Pat Robertson, I'm skipping. I'd rather listen to Barack Obama .

I'd like to see Mark Warner, Jeb, GW, GHW, Laura or one of the Bush twins...actually, I think the Bush twins would be easiest on the eyes. But thats if its going to be someone political.

Entertainer wise, maybe Kristen Chenowith (Christian Broadway actress, made famous by the musical Wicked).

Are there any LU alums that are CEOs or on the Board of Directors at any Fortune 500 companies?

[Ed Dantes]

please, dont let them ever consider Pat Robertson

If its Pat Robertson, I'm skipping. I'd rather listen to Barack Obama .

I'd like to see Mark Warner, Jeb, GW, GHW, Laura or one of the Bush twins...actually, I think the Bush twins would be easiest on the eyes. But thats if its going to be someone political.

Entertainer wise, maybe Kristen Chenowith (Christian Broadway actress, made famous by the musical Wicked).

Are there any LU alums that are CEOs or on the Board of Directors at any Fortune 500 companies?

No way on Kristen Chenowith; she took a PR hit for appearing on 'The 700 Club'.

Now Mr. T or Gary Busey, on the other hand... I'd have to make the trek to Lynchburg.

[Ed Dantes]

please, dont let them ever consider Pat Robertson

I just wanted to see how the Christian Community views him, there is no way he'd be invited...

[LUconn]

please, dont let them ever consider Pat Robertson

If its Pat Robertson, I'm skipping. I'd rather listen to Barack Obama .

I'd like to see Mark Warner, Jeb, GW, GHW, Laura or one of the Bush twins...actually, I think the Bush twins would be easiest on the eyes. But thats if its going to be someone political.

Entertainer wise, maybe Kristen Chenowith (Christian Broadway actress, made famous by the musical Wicked).

Are there any LU alums that are CEOs or on the Board of Directors at any Fortune 500 companies?

You've really got a thing for Mark Warner don't you

[scuzdriver]

How about Kurt Warner? I'd listen to him.

[flameshaw]

KW is the man. Great Christian too. Would like to see him on the mountain some day in some capacity.

[TDDance234]

JC Watts would be a dream candidate in '12. Someone needs to get his ear and push him back in to politics. He would be a great choice for a graduation speaker.

[Hold My Own]

JC Watts would be a dream candidate in '12. Someone needs to get his ear and push him back in to politics. He would be a great choice for a graduation speaker.

The Heritage Foundation said he'd be perfect if he'd stop talking about JC Watts but rather the things he believes in...but they were speaking as if what he should do if he runs

[ALUmnus]

You need to enlighten us more about your Heritage Foundation buddies, or at least me, I'm curious.

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

Whoever mentioned glenn beck earlier, if we invite him, the only view we should have of him on the cameras is that crazy eye thing he did last week.

[Ed Dantes]

JC Watts would be a dream candidate in '12. Someone needs to get his ear and push him back in to politics. He would be a great choice for a graduation speaker.

He supported Obama, you know...

[Hold My Own]

That's debatable...he said he would not come out and say he's voting for him, but does support some of his ideas and is touched by the historical factor.

[ALUmnus]

He was completely wishy-washy on the whole thing. He pretty much lacked a spine when it came to Obama, it was really sad.

[prototype]

I would love to be entertained, but this is supposed to be a charge to all students to make something with their lives...To make a difference. These speakers legitimize the academic reputation of a school and reflect the direction of education. I don't want to say I graduated from a college that is know as a summer camp with a ski slop, paint ball course, gun range, motor-cross course, concerts every weekend, etc... BUT a University that is an institution of Higher Learning at the same time. I took so much professional crap over Chuck Norris. When all the current students graduate and get in to a professional career, you will know what I mean. One of the bright spots in Liberty's short history is that we have been able to have some of the best Commencement speakers in the country - I would hate to see that trend stop. If you start going in the entertainment value, alone - Liberty will lose the ability to attract the serious speakers.

Let's look at some other Universities choices -

Notre Dame -
2008 - Theodore McCarrick - President of ND (weak)
2007 - Jeffrey Immelt - GE CEO
2006 - Mary McAleese - president of Ireland
2005 - Vartan Gregorian - president of Carnegie
2004 - Alan Page - NFL and Minn. Supreme Court Justice

James Madison -
2008 - Sen. George Allen
2007 - John Snow - 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
2006 - Barbara Hall - American writer and producer of television series
2005 - George Mitchell
2004 - William Safire - syndicated political columnist for The New York Times

William and Mary -
2008 - Sandra Day O'Conner
2007 - Mike Tomlin
2006 - Robert Gates - 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
2005 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu - awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
2004 - Jon Stewart

Old Dominion -
2008 - Marian Edelman - president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
2007 - R. Brooks Hanson - top editor for Science, the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Wolf Blitzer - American journalist who has been a CNN reporter
2005 - Michael D'Orso - Author
2004 - Cathryn Cranston - Big time publisher

Virginia -
2008 - Don Tosi (weak)
2007 - Ray Suaraz - senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,
2006 - Gov. Tim Kaine
2005 - Thomas Morris - Secretary of Education
2004 - Gary McCollum - Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cox Communications

Virginia Tech -
2008 - Hoda Kotb - Co-host of the new 4th hour of Today with Ann Curry and Natalie Morales. Since 2008, she hosts with Kathie Lee Gifford.
2007 - Gen. John Abizaid - retired General in the United States Army and former Commander of the United States Central Command
2006 - Gov. Tim Kaine
2005 - David Calhoun - Executive Board Chief Executive Officer The Nielsen Company
2004 - Pierre Thomas - covers the Justice Department for ABC News

Regent University -
2008 - Mitt Romney
2007 - Sen. George Allen
2006 - William H. Pryor, Jr. - federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
2005 - Elaine Chao - 24th United States Secretary of Labor
2004 - Rep. Richard Armey

Liberty -
2010 - Steven Segal
2009 - Bear Grylls
2008 - Chuck Norris
2007 - Newt Gingrich
2006 - Sen. McCain
2005 - Sean Hannity
2004 - Karl Rove

[Fumblerooskies]

2004...Karl Rove

[LUconn]

I'm gonna start campaigning for Carrot Top in 2011.


Besides, Bear could make a difference. How many of our graduates go on to be missionaries? I think you can see where I'm going with this.

[BJWilliams]

Is Bear Grylls confirmed for this year proto?

[LUconn]

did you know gullible isn't even in the dictionary?

[thepostman]

BJ....

it

was

a

joke

[BJWilliams]

Hey he didnt indicate as such...I was asking a legit ?...I mean Bear Grylls is one of the names that I have heard as someone people want to speak for graduation

did you know gullible isn't even in the dictionary?

Oh and LUconn can go jump in a vat of boiling hot metal...Im not THAT stupid

[ToTheLeft]

OUCH! Boiling hot metal?

Interesting choice, but personally, I would have gone with...

Hot magma...

[LUconn]

BJ, he has Steven Segal listed for 2010. You may want to take a look at dictionary.com

[BJWilliams]

I swear by Merriam Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary...and there is a reason we have some of the emoticons that we do on this board.

As for the topic at hand I do still think that Tony Dungy would be an amazing speaker...you dont even have to be a Colts or Bucs fan to appreciate the kind of man that he is.