Michelle Obama, LeBron James to Visit University of Akron This Week

By Alaina Nutile on Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:13 am

[
      {
        "name": "Ad - NativeInline - Injected",
        "component": "38482495",
        "insertPoint": "3",
        "requiredCountToDisplay": "5"
      },{
        "name": "Real 1 Player (r2) - Inline",
        "component": "38482494",
        "insertPoint": "2/3",
        "requiredCountToDisplay": "9"
      }
    ]

click to enlarge

Michelle Obama, LeBron James to Visit University of Akron This Week

Wikimedia

First Lady Michelle Obama will join LeBron James this week to chat about the importance of post-secondary education at the University of Akron, an ironic but perhaps deliberate location choice given the institution's colossal budget cuts earlier this year.

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, thousands of students and parents (or at least those not drawn to Cleveland for the GLBC Christmas Ale First Pour) from James' Wheels for Education organization and the I Promise Network will descend upon the university to hear remarks from Obama and James, Cleveland.com reports. Times and locations have not yet been released, but "will be made available in the coming days."

No word yet on whether the First Lady or James will address the Paper Bag Puppets which rose to fame this summer following the school's funds-slashing rampage.

Tags:

About The Author

Alaina Nutile

Alaina Nutile on Twitter

Email Alaina Nutile

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College...

Scroll to read more Cleveland News articles