October 20, 2004
Omar
Tyree, a Journalist, Author, Lecturer and Songwriter,
will Speak at Lincoln University on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004
WHO:
Omar Tyree
WHAT:
All University Convocation. The program is free and open to
the public.
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 TIME: 4 p.m.
WHERE:
Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel
On
the campus of Lincoln University
Southern Chester County, PA
DETAILS:
Omar Tyree is a successful journalist, author, lecturer, poet,
screenwriter, songwriter, and publisher. His stated goals are
to create timeless African American reading material and feature
films while continuing community entrepreneurship.
Tyree is
a graduate of Philadelphia's Central High School, and Howard University's
School of Communications in Washington, D.C. At Howard, he established
himself with the Black press before starting his own publishing
company, MARS Productions. As a rising novelist, his books include
Flyy Girl, A Do Right Man, Capital City, Battle Zone, Single
Mom, Sweet St. Louis, and For The Love Of Money.
His new book
Cold Blooded is a thrilling novel about a jaded college
girl who falls in love with a man she learns is a serial killer.
She loses focus on school and her "commitment to excellence."
After being scorned she becomes more lethal than the hardened
criminal with whom she falls in love.
Located
in southern Chester County, PA, Lincoln University combines the
best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate
core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs
of students living in a highly technological and global society.