One of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's own creative talents will be the focus of the year's last University Honors lecture. An open reception in the Old Main Lounge will follow.
Admission is free.
Haruf is one of this year's Charles D. Tenney Distinguished Lecturers. Tenney was the University's provost and vice president from 1952 to 1971. Media Advisory Kent Haruf will speak with reporters at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the Ohio Room at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Student Center. Colo. Its characters include a pregnant teen, who is taken in by a pair of bachelor brothers, and a high school teacher trying to raise his two boys.