The Office of Campus Life and the University Program Council present “An Evening with T.J. Holmes” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the Engineering and Information Technology auditorium.

The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in Lot 13 west.

Holmes, who earlier in his career worked at Little Rock’s CBS affiliate KTHV, anchors the weekend morning edition of CNN Newsroom. Based in CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta, Holmes joined the network in October 2006.

Since joining CNN, Holmes has anchored numerous major breaking news stories, including the network’s coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India and the conflict between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in 2008; the Virginia Tech shooting from location in Blacksburg, Va. and the terrorist attacks at the Glasgow Airport in Scotland in 2007; and Saddam Hussein’s execution in 2006.

Holmes came to CNN from NBC11 in the San Francisco Bay Area. While with NBC, he traveled to Athens, Greece to cover the 2004 Olympics, the first Summer Games held since the September 11th terrorist attacks. He covered numerous other stories that garnered national attention, including the historic recall election of the California Governor in 2003 and the double murder trial of Scott Peterson.

Before joining NBC11, Holmes served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Ark. He began his career at KSNF-TV in Joplin, Mo.

Holmes graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.

For more information, contact the Office of Campus Life at 501-569-3308.