Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Globalization: Its Effect on Global Culturalism
International Student Panel
11am, Champ Auditorium
Monday, November 17, 2008
Hunger Banquet
5pm, Marsh/Jones Suite, Mueller Leadership Hall
Kathleen O’Neil – Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Topic: The Global Marketplace
7pm, Coulter Science Center Lecutre Hall
sponsored by Student Government Association
The Best of Both Worlds:
An American’s experience in Latin America and
A Latin American’s experience in America
8:30pm, Marsh/Jones Suite, Mueller Leadership Hall
Citizenship in the
Age of Globalization
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Age of Globalization
Plenary Lecture
Dr. Alexandre Melnik
Topic: The Globalization of the XXI Century
9am, Champ Auditorium
Breakout Sessions*
10:15am
- A Lifetime of Service in a Globalized World
- The Connected World
- From Impunity to Individual Accountability for Human Rights
Violations: The Development of International Human Rights Law since World War II
- Governing in a Wired World
- World Citizenship and Global Economic Development
- Fat in a Flat World: A Buddha’s Perspective
- International News Forum
Lunch
11:30am, Mueller Leadership Hall
Non Meal Plan Cost $5.82
Critical Issues of Globalization and Global Citizenship
Plenary Lecture
John Nagl
Topic: Responsibilities of Citizens and Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and the Long War
1pm, Champ Auditorium
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Breakout Sessions*
2:15pm
- The International Criminal Court: Concerns, Cases and the Quest for Justice
- We’re Not All Using the Same Internet
- The Cuban Diaspora and Operation Peter Pan
- Economic Education and Financial Literacy: Key Requirements for Successful Functioning in the Global Community
- College Action Project Against Tobacco: The Globalization of the Tobacco Industry
- U.S. Immigration Law Reform
- Evangelism and Mission in the 21st Century
Breakout Sessions*
3:30pm
- Russia as Global Stakeholder in the Context of the Globalization of the XXI Century
- Managing World Industrial Development Projects at the crossroads of politics, education, science, technology, religion, economics, history, and culture
- Green Chemistry: A Global Movement in Sustainability
- A Bailout Plan for the United States Education System: Staying Competitive in the Global Market
- Globalization, Politics and the 2008 Election
- Globalizing Middle East?
Keynote Lecture
Eugene Robinson
Today’s News: Who’s Up, Who’s Down and What’s Really Going On
7pm, Champ Auditorium
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Conversations with the Community
9pm, Beks on Court Street
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Ways of Living as Citizens of the Global World
Plenary Lecture
Paul '81 & Debbie Kavanaugh
Topic: It's a Small World After All
9am, Champ Auditorium
Breakout Sessions*
10:15am
- The Rwanda Community Partnership Project
- Westminster Travel Courses (and Other Related Programs) that Promote Global Understanding—a Panel Discussion on Past Models and Future Opportunities
- How Writing Promotes Global Citizenship
- Educating for a Global Perspective
- Affecting Destiny: Classrooms that Promote World Citizenship
- Islam 101
A World Café of Thought
Lunch with Roundtable Discussions
11:30am, Mueller Leadership Hall
Non Meal Plan Cost $5.82 Breakout Sessions*
1:30pm - Education; the Master Negotiator for Peace
- Creative Readings by Glaydah Namukasa, Iowa International Writer and Missouri Poet Laureate Walter Bargen
- Global Politics and Cultural Tolerance in Children’s Literature
- One World, Many Languages
- The Modern Olympics – A Platform for Global Citizenship'
- The world is moving forward with or without us: Opportunities on the International Scene
- The Global Problem of Sex Trafficking and Why You Are the Answer
A Celebration of Our Global Community Spotlight on the Rwanda Community Partnership Project
3pm, Backer Dining Room, Mueller Leadership Hall
*See Full Schedule for breakout abstracts and locations.