2008 Woodie Awards
Lisa Ling to address class of '08
Alyson McDermott
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: Campus News
Students and staff at Quinnipiac are hoping for inspirational words from TV personality Lisa Ling when she speaks in May at the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony.
"Our time on Earth is so random. Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts, " Ling said to Psychology Today magazine.
Some students are excited for her appearance.
"I think it's pretty cool that Quinnipiac got someone so famous to come speak," senior public relations major Dana Bizzaro said. "I used to watch her on 'The View' all the time and it's great to have someone with such strong views come and share them with us,"
Senior media studies major Jared Zeidman does not share the same enthusiasm.
"Lisa Ling is an interesting pick for a speaker to just come talk, but a commencement speaker is supposed to motivate me for my future," Zeidman said. "The people that do commencements are supposed to be legends, and I don't view her as a legend."
Ling has a rather impressive background. According to the National Geographic Web site the 34-year-old Ling is a special correspondent for the National Geographic Channel and the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
For Oprah, Ling has been sent to cover the Lord's Resistance Army and the crisis of AIDS orphans in Uganda, bride burning in India and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ling was the first woman host of National Geographic's Emmy award-winning flagship series "Explorer," where she investigated the increasingly deadly drug war in Colombia, examined the complex issues surrounding China's one-child policy and explored the phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Chechnya and Israel's occupied territories. She also examined the hidden and dangerous culture inside American prisons and the street gang MS-13.
Early on, Ling was known for revealing her "view" of the world to millions of Americans as co-host of Barbara Walters' hit daytime talk show show, "The View". While she was a member of the cast, "The View" won its first Daytime Emmy.
"Our time on Earth is so random. Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts, " Ling said to Psychology Today magazine.
Some students are excited for her appearance.
"I think it's pretty cool that Quinnipiac got someone so famous to come speak," senior public relations major Dana Bizzaro said. "I used to watch her on 'The View' all the time and it's great to have someone with such strong views come and share them with us,"
Senior media studies major Jared Zeidman does not share the same enthusiasm.
"Lisa Ling is an interesting pick for a speaker to just come talk, but a commencement speaker is supposed to motivate me for my future," Zeidman said. "The people that do commencements are supposed to be legends, and I don't view her as a legend."
Ling has a rather impressive background. According to the National Geographic Web site the 34-year-old Ling is a special correspondent for the National Geographic Channel and the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
For Oprah, Ling has been sent to cover the Lord's Resistance Army and the crisis of AIDS orphans in Uganda, bride burning in India and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ling was the first woman host of National Geographic's Emmy award-winning flagship series "Explorer," where she investigated the increasingly deadly drug war in Colombia, examined the complex issues surrounding China's one-child policy and explored the phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Chechnya and Israel's occupied territories. She also examined the hidden and dangerous culture inside American prisons and the street gang MS-13.
Early on, Ling was known for revealing her "view" of the world to millions of Americans as co-host of Barbara Walters' hit daytime talk show show, "The View". While she was a member of the cast, "The View" won its first Daytime Emmy.
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