Thursday, 19 Jan 2006
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration
Musical groups and speakers celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Members of Shy of a Dozen and the Gospel Soul Innovators will perform. Speakers include Government of the Student Body President Angela Groh, Black Student Alliance President Jonnell Marion, and Historian Katherine Charron. President Geoffroy will present the first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing One Community Awards. Birthday cake graciously donated by the Campus Dining Services.Students are welcome to join a facilitated discussion in the Col. Pride Lounge following this event.
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.
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.
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2006
Pursuing Growth at John Deere Agricultural Division - Adel A. Zakaria
Adel A. Zakaria, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Engineering and Manufacturing, Global Agricultural Tractor and Implement Sourcing, Deere & Company. Since 1995, Adel A. Zakaria has been responsible for leading and directing the Worldwide Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment Division for John Deere's agricultural equipment. A native of Cairo, Egypt, Zakaria joined Deere & Company as a staff engineer in 1976. Within Deere, Zakaria has held the positions of Vice President of Agricultural Equipment Division and Director of Engineering Diesel Engines and has developed a worldwide engineering group that adopted a common engine design across North America and Europe. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Grace, Peace, and Hope in Northern Ireland: Stories of Catholics and Protestants Behind the Peace - Ronald A. Wells
Ronald A. Wells is Professor of History at Calvin College, and author of the forthcoming Peace and Reconciliation in Belfast: The Friendship of Ken Newell and Gerry Reynolds.
Toward a Unified Theory of Black America - Roland Fryer
Harvard economist Roland Fryer, the 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. keynote speaker, uses economic theory to study race relations in America. His groundbreaking work in using intricate economic theory in the field of African American studies has garnered the attention beyond academic departments. He is a Junior Fellow and assistant professor of economics at Harvard who received his doctorate in 2002 from Pennsylvania State University. His...