The University of Central Florida Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Global Perspectives Saturday, Feb 4th 2012

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2/02/12

Tina Rosenberg

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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
Access Open Forum
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

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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
Access Open Forum
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

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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
Access Open Forum
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

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Brigadier General, USMC (Ret.) and Chief Executive Officer, American Security Project

Date December 7, 2011
Topic 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

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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
Access Advance Registration Required
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

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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
Access Open Forum
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

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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
Access Open Forum
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

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Founder, Ethos Water

Date November 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
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.

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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
Access Open Forum
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

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(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"


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