George W. Bush daughters to speak at Auburn

The daughters of former president George W. Bush will speak at Auburn University on Oct. 5.

According the school website, http://www.auburn.edu/, Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager will take part in the school’s Critical Conversations Series at 5 p.m. in the Student Center ballroom. It is open to the public and doors will open at 4 p.m. It will be livestreamed on the Critical Conversations website http://aub.ie/CriticalConversations.

The Critical Conversations Speaker Series welcomes distinguished scholars, journalists, and thought leaders to campus to promote diverse ideologies and advance dialogue on topics such as inclusion, intellectual diversity and civil discourse in higher education.

Hager is a contributing correspondent for NBC’s “Today” and is the current chair of UNICEF’s Next Generation, an initiative dedicated to reducing the number of preventable childhood deaths around the world.

She wrote the New York Times best seller “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope.”

Bush is the CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps, a global community of young leaders working to build the movement for health equity.

This story was originally published September 27, 2017 at 1:25 PM with the headline "George W. Bush daughters to speak at Auburn."