sPEAKERS
Oct 5, 2026
Julie Strauss,
Independent Lecturer, American Politics; Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Nov 2, 2026
Carol Summerfield,
Transformation of the American Home in the Mid-Century
Dec 7, 2026
Chris Jones, Theater Critic and Editorial Page Editor, Chicago Tribune.
Jan 11, 2027 ** 2nd Monday of the Month**
Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., Northwestern University;
specializing in U.S. History and American Studies.
Feb 1, 2027
Kevin Leonard,
University Historian, Northwestern University Archives
Mar 1, 2027 and other dates are still
in the planning stage.
Previous speakers have included:
Bill Savage, Professor of Instructions; WCAS Advisor. Ph.D., NU.
Henry Binford, Professor Emeritus of History, NU; Ph.D.,
-Harvard University.
Rachel Cole, NU Transportation Library.
Corbin Smyth, NU Executive Director.
Madeline Crispell, University Guild Curator; George Washington University;
-Bard Graduate Center, Chicago.
Robert Coen, Professor Emeritus, Economics.
Julie Strauss, Independent Lecturer, American Politics; Ph.D., NU.
Charla Wilson, NU Libraries; Curator for the Black Experience.
Joy Yu Hoffman, Masters Degree in Music, NU.
Blair Kamin, Architect Critic, Chicago Tribune.
Ken Sutherland, Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Kimberly Muir, Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Melissa Isaacson, Professor at Northwestern University,
Medill School of Journalism.
Kay Burlingham, University Guild Board, Art Collection Manager
Madeline Crispell, University Guild Curator
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***NEW FEATURE, VIEW VIDEO***
SCHEDULE
Oct 5, 2026
Julie Strauss,
Independent Lecturer, American Politics; Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Major Supreme Court Decisions of the 2025/2026 Term.
Nov 2, 2026
Carol Summerfield,
Executive Director, Lake Forest-Lake Bluff History Center
Transformation of the American Home in the Mid-Century.
A new speaker to the Guild!
Dec 7, 2026
Chris Jones,
Theater Critic and Editorial Page Editor, Chicago Tribune.
Jan 11, 2027
Leslie Goddard, Ph.D.,
Northwestern University;
specializing in U.S. History and American Studies.
Feb 1, 2027
Kevin Leonard,
University Historian, Northwestern University Archives
Mar 1, 2027 --
Apr 5, 2027 --
May 3, 2027 --
The University Guild’s Annual Membership Dues are $65;
After September 15, 2025, the membership fee is: $70;
Guest Fee: $10.00
Membership is open to all in the community.
Monthly PROGRAMS
Besides our monthly scheduled speakers, on the first Monday of the month, there are University Guild Art Tours provided throughout the year. Dates and times will be presented at the monthly meetings.
Scholarship PROGRAm fund
SCHOLARSHIP DONATION FUND INFORMATION
A tax-deductible contribution to the University Guild Scholarship Fund will financially help out one or more Northwestern Students.
Please write a check payable to the University Guild indicating on the check memo line, that it is for the Scholarship Fund.
Scholarship aid to Northwestern women started in 1907.
In the 2024-25 school year The University Guild presented six $1,000 scholarships.
Please click on this link for the Scholarship Form.
art PROGRAM fund
ART DONATION FUND INFORMATION
The original charter for "University Guild" was written in 1906.
The Art Collection originated with purchases from the Columbia Exhibition in Chicago, 1893. Today, University Guild rotates its collection from secure storage to publicly viewable Display Cases.
The University Guild was formed:
to provide courses of lectures for artistic culture;
to work especially for the collection an exhibition of objects of art,
and have a suitable building for these collections, and
to promote in every way the development of art in the said University
and in the City of Evanston, Illinois.
The new Art Fund is designed to financially support the maintenance, storage, and upkeep of the Art Collection and also help fund the Guild's Art Curator for her professional assessments, evaluations, and work.
Please consider donating to the University Guild's new Art Fund and keep this mission alive.
Please click on this link for the Art Fund Form.
