Arkansas News Bureau

LITTLE ROCK — Former President George W. Bush will headline the 2009-2010 Distinguished Lecture Series at Harding University in Searcy, the university announced today.

Bush is scheduled to speak April 22, 2010 at a ticketed event that will be free and open to the public.

Other speakers in this school year’s series include Nonie Darwish, Cynthia Cooper and Laura Ingraham.

The series is sponsored by Harding’s American Studies Institute.