Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Global Perspectives
The mission of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Global Perspectives is to sharpen UCF's international focus. The office helps advance UCF's goal of providing international emphasis to curricula and research. In addition, it works to expand the university's efforts to enlarge Central Florida's awareness and understanding of the interconnectedness of the global community.UCF's Goals
Goal 1: Offer the best undergraduate education available in Florida.Goal 2: Achieve international prominence in key programs of graduate study and research.
Goal 3: Provide international focus to our curricula and research programs.
Goal 4: Become more inclusive and diverse.
Goal 5: Be America's leading partnership university.
Next Event
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
Access Open Forum
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
More Information 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”



