Previous Events
1/21/10
James Hill
Managing Editor, The Washington Post Writers Group
Date January 21, 2010Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Covering the World: Journalists Speak"
1/21/10
News Media in Transition: Trends and Future Prospects
Date January 21, 2010, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic News Media in Transition: Trends and Future Prospects
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Political Science Department UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Invited Speakers - Sara R. Brady, Sara Brady Public Relations (formerly with Bright House Networks); Ruben Funes, Editor-in-Chief, La Prensa; Charlotte Hall, Editor, the Orlando Sentinel; James Hill, Managing Editor, The Washington Post Writers Group; Jamie McIntyre, former CNN Senior Pentagon Correspondent, blogger and consultant; Amitabh Pal, Co-Editor, The Progressive Media Project.
Keynote address by Suzanne Seggerman, President and Co-Founder, Games for Change and former documentary film producer for PBS.
1/21/10 Suzanne Seggerman
President and Co-founder, Games for Change and former documentary film producer for PBS
Date January 21, 2010Topic Exploring the Emerging Role of Electronic Media as Meaningful Culture
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Covering the World: Journalists Speak"
1/14/10
Peter Pritchard
Director, Chelonian Research Institute and a Time magazine designated "Hero of the Planet"
Date January 14, 2010, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Lonesome George and the Battle for Galapagos
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE, UCF Focus the Nation and the Global Connections Foundation
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Lonesome George is the last remaining Pinta Island Giant Tortoise. When he dies, his species will be extinct. He is an icon of his native Galapagos Islands and a symbol of the battle to preserve their unique wildlife which is under threat from illegal fishing, the demands of a booming population and an ever-expanding tourism industry.
Pritchard, one of the world’s foremost turtle and tortoise experts and a Time magazine-designated “Hero of the Planet,” is best known for his work in the Galapagos and Guyana. Guyana’s beaches serve as nesting grounds for four of the world’s seven known sea turtle species. Those turtles were being overhunted by residents until Pritchard developed measures to save the creatures by recruiting the hunters to become their protectors.
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 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "The Environment, Energy and National/Global Security"
12/02/09 Jack Mendelsohn
Arms-control Specialist, formerly with Center for Defense Information, Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Arms Control Association and U.S. Department of State
Date December 2-3, 2009Topic Prospects for Arms Control in the Middle East and North Africa
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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11/18/09
John Brandt
CEO, PMI Group and former Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of IndustryWeek
Date November 18, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE, and the Global Connections Foundation
11/16/09 Ron Soodalter
Abolitionist, co-author (with Kevin Bales) of The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today and Board Member, Abraham Lincoln Institute
Date November 16, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Advance Registration Required
Sponsors UCF International Services Center, UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, 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 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Slavery's Resurgence"
11/05/09
Climate Change and National/Global Security
(an international global issues conference, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., LarsonAllen L.L.P., OCI Associates Inc., UCF Student Government Association, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners)
Date November 5, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Advance Registration Required
Topic "Climate Change and National/Global Security"
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Invited Speakers – James Jay Carafano, Assistant Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Joan Johnson-Freese, Chair, National Security Decision Making Department, U.S. Naval War College; Janet Larsen, Director of Research, Earth Policy Institute; William Powers, World Policy Institute. A co-curricular component of the UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme: "The Environment and Global Climate Change"; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "The Environment, Energy and National/Global Security"
11/05/09
James Jay Carafano
Assistant Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation, and author of Private Sector, Public Wars: Contractors in Combat - Afghanistan, Iraq, and Future Conflicts
Date November 5, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., LarsonAllen L.L.P., OCI Associates Inc., UCF Student Government Association, UCF College of Business Administration, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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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 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "The Environment, Energy and National/Global Security"
11/05/09
William Powers
Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute and author of The Soft World
Date November 5, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., LarsonAllen L.L.P., OCI Associates Inc., UCF Student Government Association, UCF College of Business Administration, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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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 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "The Environment, Energy and National/Global Security"
