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LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Fifty-one college students, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, are in Lexington this week to attend the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship\u2019s fourth annual Student Congress at Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, June 18-25. The rising seniors are recommended by the senior U.S. senator from their state and colleges and universities throughout the country and, while at the Student Congress, are exposed to a curriculum in diplomacy, dialogue, listening skills, negotiation and mediation. Earlier today, Transylvania president and historian R. Owen Williams shared with the Student Congress details of the close relationship statesman Henry Clay had with the 231-year-old university. The \u201cGreat Compromiser\u201d served as a professor in Transylvania\u2019s law school beginning in 1805 and oversaw the construction of Old Morrison (1833), which is now home to the university\u2019s administrative offices, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is featured on the city seal of Lexington. Clay remained a trustee and friend of the university until his death in 1852. In recognition of the 200th anniversary of Clay becoming Speaker of the House, a special program will be held at Transylvania\u2019s Haggin Auditorium on Friday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. The sold-out event, \u201cA Tribute to Henry Clay,\u201d will feature a moderated discussion on how Henry Clay influenced the role of the Speaker of the House by current Speaker John Boehner, former Speaker and current House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and<\/p>\n
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LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Fifty-one college students, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, are in Lexington this week to attend the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship\u2019s fourth annual Student Congress at Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, June 18-25. <\/p>\n