Previous Events
10/12/09
New Generation. New Economy. New Opportunities?
(a national symposium sponsored by The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at UCF, in a partnership with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.; the UCF Global Perspectives Office; the UCF Department of Political Science; the Global Connections Foundation; and others)
Date October 12, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic "New Generation. New Economy. New Opportunities?"
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Invited Speakers - Anya Kamenetz, author Generation Debt and Yahoo! Finance Expert; Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, Florida 24th District; Morley Winograd, Fellow, New Policy Institute, and others.
10/06/09
Bernard Finel
Senior Fellow and Director of Research on Counter-Terrorism and Defense Policy, The American Security Project (Washington, D.C.)
Date October 6, 2009Topic Global Terrorism: Current Trends
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
10/06/09
Sebastian Gorka
Assistant Professor of Irregular Warfare, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Date October 6, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
10/06/09
Jena Baker McNeill
Homeland Security Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
Date October 6, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
10/06/09
Global Terrorism in 2009: Assessing the Changing Threat
(an international forum, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners)
Date October 6, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Global Terrorism in 2009: Assessing the Changing Threat
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Invited speakers – Sebastian Gorka, National Defense University, and Founding Director, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security, Budapest, Hungary; Jena Baker McNeill, Homeland Security Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation; Stephen Sloan, Terrorism Studies Program, UCF; John Schindler, Professor, U.S. Naval War College, author of Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad and former NSA Balkans expert; and others. A feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
10/06/09
John Schindler
Professor, U.S. Naval War College, author of Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad and former NSA Balkans expert
Date October 6, 2009Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security in Budapest, Hungary, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
9/29/09 Danny M. Orlando
Regional Program Manager (Southeastern U.S.), Energy Star Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Date September 29, 2009, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Storms and Opportunities: A Planetary Energy and Climate Discussion
Sponsors UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information 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"
9/24/09
Asra Nomani
Journalist and author of Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam
Date September 24, 2009, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic The Paradox of Women in Islam
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, The India Program at UCF, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF International Services Center, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide themes of "Covering the World: Journalists Speak" and "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
9/21/09 Somaly Mam
Cambodian human rights activist, former slave and author of The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
Date September 21, 2009, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic The Road of Lost Innocence
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Slavery's Resurgence."
9/15/09 Gillian Sorensen
Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation, and former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations
Date September 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Seeing Beyond Borders: Developing a World View
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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