Three former presidents, two Hollywood stars and a retired general are among the choices for UW-Platteville’s 2010 Distinguished Lecturer announced Monday.

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 28 until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 30. Voters can vote for up to six choices out of a list of 15 possible lecturers.

Of the 15, 10 are within the distinguished lecturer budget, according to an e-mail from Dean of Students Rich Egley on behalf of Valerie Wetzel, assistant director for the Pioneer Student Center and Pioneer Involvement. According to the e-mail, the other five are just above, but may be brought in if more money can be raised.

Voters can choose four candidates from the list of in-budget candidates and two from the list of out-of-budget candidates. According the voting Web page, the list of candidates follows:

In-budget candidates

Ishmael Beah―Former child soldier who fought in Sierra Leone

Gen. Wesley Clark―Retired four-star general

Richard Dreyfuss―Oscar winning actor, “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” “Jaws”

Michael Eric Dyson―Author, “Is Bill Cosby Right?”

Nancy Grace―CNN anchor

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.―Environmental activist

The Rev. Bernice King―Daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.

Chandrika Kumaratunga―Former president of Sri Lanka

Andrea Mitchell―Chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News

Mariane Pearl―Author, “A Mighty Heart;” wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl

Out-of-budget candidates

Former President Jimmy Carter―In office from 1977-1981

Anderson Cooper―CNN anchor, “Anderson Cooper 360″

Michael J. Fox―Actor, “Back to the Future;” has Parkinson’s disease

Toni Morrison―Nobel Prize-winning author, “Beloved”

Mary Robinson―Former president of Ireland

The Improvement of Learning Committee, a group of faculty, academic staff and students who discuss educational ideas and issues, according to their purpose and duties page, will start reviewing the results next week, according to Egley’s e-mail.

This year’s distinguished lecturer was Richard Picciotto, a firefighter at the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks. Picciotto spoke about the experience of being a rescue worker during the attacks.

Picciotto was the third choice in last year’s polls, behind Hank Aaron and Deanna Favre, Toia Mannery, director of Current Issues for Campus Programming and Relations, said.

Mannery said that this year’s top two choices, Aaron and Favre, were unavailable due to scheduling conflicts and cost issues.

More information can be found at www.uwplatt.edu/vote.