Upcoming Events
2/14/12
Jed Horne
Author of Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, former editor and reporter with The Times-Picayune
Date February 14, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Envisioning recovery after a major catastrophe: From Katrina to Fukushima
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 Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF LIFE, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, 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 “Covering Global Crises from the Frontlines” and “Environment and Global Climate Change”
2/23/12
Amitabh Pal
Managing Editor, The Progressive and author, Islam Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today
Date February 23, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Garden Key Room
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Topic Islam Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Al Ghazali Islamic Studies Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Department of Psychology, UCF Department of History, UCF Department of Philosophy, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, 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,” “Covering Crises from the Frontlines” and "India Speaker Series"
3/20/12
Jeremy Scahill
Author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, award-winning investigative journalist
Date March 20, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, 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 Global Crises from the Frontlines”
3/27/12
UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change 2012
(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, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, Global Connections Foundation and other partners)
Date March 27, 2012Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change 2012
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Featured speaker: Alexandra Cousteau, Environmental advocate, co-founder of Blue Legacy International and granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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 of “Environment and Global Climate Change”
3/27/12
Alexandra Cousteau
Environmental advocate, co-founder of Blue Legacy International and granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Date March 27, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Saving the Planet
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, the UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, the Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, the UCF Political Science Department, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Focus the Nation, the 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 2011-2012 university-wide theme of “Environment and Global Climate Change”
4/12/12
Florida International Summit 2012
(a statewide conference focusing on technology, entrepreneurship and the evolving global marketplace, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, Florida Network for Global Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, 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, LarsonAllen LLP, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation)
Date April 12, 2012, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Florida International Summit 2012
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Invited speakers: Sarah Lacy, Senior Editor of TechCrunch and author of Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos; Ayesha Khanna, Director, Hybrid Reality Institute; James Bacchus, Chair, Global Practice Group of Greenburg Traurig, LLP, and former Chief Judge, Dispute Settlements Body, World Trade Organization; Ernest Jones, Director, Worldwide Sales, Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group; and others.
A feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme "People Power, Politics and Global Change"
4/12/12
Sarah Lacy
Senior Editor of TechCrunch and author of Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos
Date April 12, 2012Topic Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Florida Network for Global Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, 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, LarsonAllen LLP, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF International Services Center, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, 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"
4/12/12
James Bacchus
Chair, Global Practice Group of Greenburg Traurig, LLP, former Chief Judge, Dispute Settlements Body, World Trade Organization
Date April 12, 2012Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Florida Network for Global Studies, 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, LarsonAllen LLP, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., 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"
4/12/12
Ayesha Khanna
Director, Hybrid Reality Institute
Date April 12, 2012Topic The Hybrid Age: Our Transition to the Post-Information Era
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Florida Network for Global Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, 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, LarsonAllen LLP, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., 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 themes "People Power, Politics and Global Change"
4/12/12
Ernest Jones
Director, Worldwide Sales, Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group
Date April 12, 2012Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Florida Network for Global Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, 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, LarsonAllen LLP, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF International Services Center, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, 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"
