Andrea Mitchell, NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent, will speak at UNLV on May 20 as part of the Barrick Lecture Series.

Her talk, "A View from Washington and the World," is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available at the Performing Arts Center box office at Ham Concert Hall beginning May 9. For more information, call 895-3801.

A former chief White House correspondent for NBC, Mitchell moved to the newly created post of chief foreign affairs correspondent following the midterm elections in 1994. As such, she is the only woman in network television covering foreign policy. She covers the State Department, presidential trips, summits, and international crises.

She served as chief White House correspondent for NBC following the election of President Bill Clinton. Mitchell covered the Clinton campaign in 1992 and earlier reported on the campaigns of all the major democratic candidates as chief congressional correspondent.

Some of the top stories she covered during her time on Capitol Hill included the budget, the savings and loan bailout, the Keating Five, and the Clarence Thomas hearings.

Mitchell had previously covered the White House for NBC News from 1981 to 1988, reporting on a variety of noteworthy developments, including arms control, the budget, tax reform, and the Iran-Contra scandal. She traveled extensively with President Reagan and filed reports from many international locations.

Over the years, she has appeared on "Meet the Press" as a panelist and as an occasional host, and she has served as a regular political analyst on "Today."

She joined NBC News in 1978 as a correspondent based in Washington, D.C. In 1979, she was named NBC News' energy correspondent and covered the Energy Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and energy legislation on Capitol Hill.

From 1976 to 1978, Mitchell was a correspondent for the CBS television affiliate in Washington, D.C., covering Maryland politics.

The Barrick Lecture Series, funded through a grant from philanthropist Marjorie Barrick, presents nationally and internationally known speakers from a variety of fields each year at UNLV. Presentations are free and open to the public.

For additional information, call 895-3801.