Constitution Day
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is an American federal observance recognizing the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become United States citizens by birth or naturalization. It is normally observed on September 17th, the day the United States Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in 1787 in Philadelphia.
During any year that September 17th falls on a weekend, colleges and universities may present educational programs on the week preceding or following September 17th.
This year, Texas State University is hosting Dr. David Williams of DePaul University.
Dr. Williams is the author of several books including Rousseau’s Social Contract (Penn State University Press) and Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment (Cambridge University Press). His book, “The Greatest of All Plaques”: Economic Inequality in Western Political Thought will be published in 2024 by Princeton University Press.
Dr. Williams' Constitution Day lecture is entitled"The Forgotten Role of Republican Virtue in the American Constitution” and will take place on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. in the Alkek Teaching Theater.
The lecture is sponsored by Discourse in Democracy, the Department of Political Science and made possible by a grant from the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History.
For more information, you may contact the Department of Political Science via email at politicalscience@txstate.edu.
Student Government will be at the Quad on September 14, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., distributing pocket-sized United States Constitutions to students.
The main goal during this activity is to make their fellow students understand the importance of the U.S. constitution and in particular, the right to vote which is one of the greatest privileges in a democracy.
Because of this, Student Government will have students who are deputized and who can assist students to register to vote in Hays County.