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Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education and former U.S. under secretary of education, and former Michigan governors John Engler (1991–2002) and James Blanchard (1983–1990) laugh during the first Presidential Speaker Series at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts on Michigan State University’s campus in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education and former U.S. under secretary of education, and former Michigan governors John Engler (1991–2002) and James Blanchard (1983–1990) laugh during the first Presidential Speaker Series at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts on Michigan State University’s campus in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.