VEISHEA Opening Ceremony with Gary Stahl and Sean McLaughlin
Date/Time: | Friday, 21 Apr 2006 at 12:00 pm |
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Location: | Central Campus |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Lectures |
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He joined UNICEF in October 1994 as Coordinator of the Emergency Operation in Southwest Rwanda where he oversaw program activities for over 400,000 internally displaced people, and then moved to Kigali in 1995 as Chief of Field Operations. Previously, he served as Programme Officer in Lima, Peru in a programme targeting areas of extreme poverty in the Andes, the Amazon and marginal urban zones. He was also second to the NetAid Foundation as Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Programmes and Foundation Treasurer, and served as UNICEF Representative in Managua, Nicaragua. He graduated from The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1994 as a John F. Kennedy Fellow and from Iowa State University in 1983. He worked worked on Social and Economic Project Appraisal at the Harvard Institute for International Development before joining UNICEF.
Sean McLaughlin
A five-time Emmy Award winner, Sean McLaughlin is the main meteorologist for cable giant MSNBC. He is the weather anchor for NBC News' "Sunday Weekend Today Show," and fills in regularly for Al Roker on the weekday "Today Show." With MSNBC, McLaughlin has been featured on the segment "Sean Across America" reporting from the Super Bowl, baseball spring training, the Kentucky Derby and a "Star Wars" convention. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1988.
Prior to working for MSNBC, McLaughlin was the long-time chief meteorologist and journalist at KNPX-TV, Phoenix's NBC affiliate, where his charming and genuine on-air personality made him a celebrity and ratings hit in the Arizona capital. During his stay in Phoenix, McLaughlin covered three Olympic Games, the Emmy Awards, the Golden Globes and Christmas Eve forecasts from the North Pole, Alaska. He has the National Weather Association Broadcast Seal of Approval.