Tuesday, 24 Jan 2006
Outrage, Passion, and Uncommon Sense: U.S. History Through the Editorial Pages - Michael Gartner
Michael Gartner has been a journalist for nearly 50 years. He has been Page One editor of The Wall Street Journal, editor and president of The Des Moines Register, editor of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, general news executive of Gannett Co. and USA TODAY, and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for the Ames (Iowa) Tribune, of which he was editor and co-owner. He also is a lawyer, owner of...
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2006
Affirmative Action and Other Strategies to End Discrimination and Racism
Iowa Civil Rights Commission Director Ralph Rosenberg; ISU Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Carla Espinoza; and Distinguished Professor of Sociology Cornelia Flora, also Director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, will discuss the controversial research of Roland Fryer. Mary Sawyer, ISU Religious Studies, will moderate. This is part of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., University Celebration Series.
Thursday, 26 Jan 2006
Multicultural Leadership Summit Participant Applications Due
Now in its seventh year, the Multicultural Leadership Summit provides students with the opportunity to increase their awareness of issues of inclusion and to develop action plans that will assist them in being agents of change on campus. Participants must apply, as a limited number of spaces are available.
Friday, 27 Jan 2006
Finding Relevance in Entrepreneurship: Applications and Aspirations - Michael Morris
Michael Morris is Professor, Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship, and Head, Department of Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. Dr. Michael Morris is internationally recognized for his writing and teaching on the topic of entrepreneurship. His most recent books include: Corporate Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Development Inside Organizations (with D. Kuratko) and Entrepreneurial Intensity: Sustainable Advantage for Individuals, Organizations, and Societies. His entrepreneurship program at Syracuse University has received several national awards and recognitions including the USASBE 2005 National Model Program in Entrepreneurship Award and the NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in 2004. Also, the program was ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as among the top 12 programs in the United States in 2005 and by the Princeton Review and Forbes Magazine as the 7th most highly ranked program.