Newsroom Archive for 09/13, 2010
Sep 13 2010 - 10:12am
A Delicious (and Bipartisan!) Entry from the 2009
Sorensen Family Reunion Dessert Auction
The Sorensen Institute's second annual Sorensen Family Reunion will again be held at Bundoran Farm in North Garden, just south of Charlottesville, on Saturday October 9, 2010 from 11am-4pm. We'll have a full day of food, music, and fun for all (including the kids)!
Click here to see the full invitation with all the details!
To get your discount advance tickets to the big event, please contact Rachel Casebolt by phone at (434) 982-5234.
Sep 13 2010 - 4:52pm
The 2008 public television documentary "Across the Aisle" will be broadcast on Thursday, Sept. 16th at 9:00pm on WCVE and WHTJ public television stations in Richmond and Charlottesville and again on Tuesday, Sept. 21st at 9:00pm on WCVE Richmond. The documentary follows the Sorensen Institute's Political Leaders Program Class of 2007 during its 10-month program across Virginia. The broadcast comes as the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership is recruiting applicants for the 2011 Political Leaders Program Class as well as the 2011 Candidate Training Program. Applications for both programs are being accepted at the Sorensen Institute's website until 5:00pm on Nov. 8th. For more information, visit www.sorenseninstitute.org.
The documentary was produced courtesy of a $100,000 gift from Albemarle County resident Fred Scott. Asked about the upcoming broadcast, Scott said, "Combine the best of Public Television leadership and producer/directorship skills with great academic leadership and a documentary is born. John Casteen, former President of UVA, took only a few minutes to understand and approve our Charlottesville PBS station manager's idea to produce "Across The Aisle," the story of a year-long Sorensen class. Editorial restrictions? None. We have been impressed by producer Paul Roberts' work and we trust our University's reputation to him." Scott added, "For me, watching a gem of an idea...one that began in a quiet conversation on my front porch...develop into a full blown documentary that 'gets it right' about Sorensen, has been a joyous journey."
