Previous Events
2/02/12
Tina Rosenberg
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and author of Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World and The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
Date February 2, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Key West Ballroom
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Topic How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF LIFE, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and “Covering Global Crises from the Frontlines”
1/19/12
Rachel Louise Snyder
Author of Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade, radio commentator
Date January 19, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Globalization: Manufacturing, Sweatshops, Development/aid Work, & Ethical Consumerism
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF LIFE, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and “Covering Global Crises from the Frontlines”
1/10/12
Scott Kastner
Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Date January 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Between Conflict and Peace: Contemporary Relations Across the Taiwan Strait
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, C.T. Hsu and Associates, UCF LIFE, UCF Political Science Department, The Chinese American Scholars & Professionals Association of Florida and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme “People Power, Politics and Global Change.”
A program organized with UCF LIFE.
12/07/11
Gen. (Ret.) Stephen A. Cheney
Brigadier General, USMC (Ret.) and Chief Executive Officer, American Security Project
Date December 7, 2011Topic Global Climate Change and National Security
Sponsors Global Perspectives Office, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and “Environment and Global Climate Change”
11/14/11
Mariane Pearl
Author of In Search of Hope and A Mighty Heart, journalist and widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
Date November 14, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Fighting Violence: Open Up a Dialogue
Sponsors UCF International Services Center, UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Office of Internationalization, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE, the Global Connections Foundation and others
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A special presentation for the International Week Breakfast Kickoff Event; classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and “Covering Crises from the Frontlines”
11/10/11
Arun Gandhi
Peace activist, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi
Date November 10, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Lessons Learned from My Grandfather: Non-Violence in a Violent World
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Student Government Association, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes/series “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and the India Speaker Series
11/08/11
Bing West
Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and author of The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan
Date November 8, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Lessons From Iraq: Flawed Execution or is America Unwilling to Fight?
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, the Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and “Covering Crises from the Frontlines”
11/01/11
Peter Thum
Founder, Ethos Water
Date November 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Ethos Water: Realizing My Dream to Help Millions & Address the World Water Crisis
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE, UCF Focus the Nation and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a co-curricular component of the UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme: “The Environment and Global Climate Change;” a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme “Environment and Global Climate Change”
10/25/11
Samantha Nutt, M.D.
Author of Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, medical doctor and humanitarian
Date October 25, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner, UCF Student Government Association, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Diplomacy Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF LIFE, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Women's Research Center, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme "People Power, Politics and Global Change"
10/25/11
Women and Leadership: A Global Perspective
(an international forum sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner, UCF Student Government Association, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Diplomacy Program, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF LIFE, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Women's Research Center, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation)
Date October 25, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Featured Speaker - Samantha Nutt, author of Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, medical doctor and humanitarian
A feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme "People Power, Politics and Global Change"
