Pearl S. Buck Award Ceremony: Kim Phuc Phan Thi

Known around the world as "Napalm Girl," Kim Phuc Phan Ti was immortalized in a Pulitzer-winning photograph in 1972 during the Vietnam War.

She will accept Randolph's Pearl S. Buck Award—given to women who exemplify the ideals, values, and commitments of Buck, a member of the Class of 1914, and the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Once a living symbol of the atrocities of war, for nearly 30 years Phuc has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Culture of Peace and is the founder and president of The KIM Foundation International, a nonprofit dedicated to helping child-victims of war, violence, and poverty.

She will be joined by Nick Ut, who took the iconic photograph, during the event, which includes a book signing.

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• Next month, 6th September, 03:00 pm, Guest Artist/Faculty Recital: Monica Fosnaugh, oboe, and Scott Strong, horn, with Emily Yap Chua in Lynchburg

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