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9/20/11
Rose Mapendo
Humanitarian, activist and survivor of the Congolese genocide
Date September 20, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Surviving Political Violence in the Congo: A Personal Story
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace, Fellowship program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang, Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Human Trafficking Awareness Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading 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 theme “People Power, Politics and Global Change”
9/06/11
Ramesh Ponnuru
Senior Editor, The National Review
Date September 6, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic An Agenda for the Next President in the United States and Abroad
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 India Speaker Series
9/01/11
Anthony Shadid
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times
Date September 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Dispatches from the Middle East: Covering the "Arab Spring"
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 Al Ghazali Islamic Studies Program, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, 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”
7/15/11
Ambassador John F. Maisto
Former Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and Chairman of the Board of Advisors, American Committee on Foreign Relations
Date July 15, 2011Sponsors UCF 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
5/18/11
Ambassador John Limbert
Former Ambassador to Mauritania and Distinguished Professor, U.S. Naval Academy
Date May 18-19, 2011Topic America's Image Abroad: The Effectiveness of U.S. Diplomacy
Sponsors UCF 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 Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
4/28/11
Ambassador Gary Grappo
Head of Mission, Office of the Quartet Representative in Jerusalem
Date April 28, 2011Topic The Quartet and the Middle East Peace Process
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
4/21/11
UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change 2011
(a regional forum and co-curricular component of the “UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme: The Environment and Global Climate Change,” with the cooperation of UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Focus the Nation, Global Connections Foundation and other partners)
Date April 21, 2011, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union
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A feature of the 2010-2011 university-wide theme of "Environment and Global Climate Change"
4/21/11
William Powers
Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute and author of Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid & Beyond the American Dream
Date April 21, 2011, 4:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union
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Topic Developing Policies for Global Environmental Challenges that Know No Borders
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Focus the Nation, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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A co-curricular component of the “UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme: The Environment and Global Climate Change”
4/12/11
Alex Counts
President and CEO, Grameen Foundation
Date April 12, 2011Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission and the Global Connections Foundation, in partnership with UCF College of Business Administration, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, LarsonAllen LLP, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF International Services Center and UCF LIFE
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
4/12/11
Parag Khanna
Geo-Strategist, Global Political Economist and author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
Date April 12, 2011Location UCF Student Union, Key West Ballroom
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Topic The Second World: How Emerging Powers are Redefining Global Competition in the 21st Century
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office and the Global Connections Foundation, in partnership with UCF College of Business Administration, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, LarsonAllen LLP, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF International Services Center and UCF LIFE
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2010-2011 "India Speaker Series"
