The lecture will be held at Noon in Kreider Hall.
Admission is free and open to the public.
The new guest speaker series, scheduled to take place annually, was established in honor of Dr. Veloris Lang, the recently retired Dean of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She will introduce Saroyan at the event. Saroyan is an internationally known poet, novelist, biographer, playwright and lecturer. He is a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at USC and is a recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards. His reviews, articles and poetry have appeared in publications such as The New York Times , The Nation , The Paris Review , Rolling Stone , The Village Voice , The Los Angeles Times and Mother Jones .