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Fellowship and Scholarship Advising

Preparing for Fall: Fulbright Scholarship Program
· March 23rd  6:00-6:50 p.m. in MAK BLL 126

Discovering the Right Fit: An Introduction to Fellowships & Your Future

· March 30th 4:00-4:45 p.m. in 116 HRY
OR
· March 30th 6:00-6:45 p.m. in HON 114 (Niemeyer Hall Computer Lab)

Writing Personal Statements for Nationally Competitive Awards
· Saturday, April 2nd 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in 114 HON (Niemeyer Hall
Computer Lab)

For special accommodations and/or to RSVP, please e-mail
fellowships@gvsu.edu.

Additionally, we will be holding walk-in fellowship advising hours in
NMH 120 from 1-4 p.m.:

March                   April
March 17             April 7
March 24             April 14
March 31             April 21

International Business Career Night

The International Business Career Night  will be held March 17, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in room 202E DeVos.

 

What Happened to the Future?

 

What Happened to the Future?
Lessons from ancient Athens about leadership and its limits

W. Robert Connor

Whether it is the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989 or the more recent global economic crisis and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, all too often we find ourselves blindsided by events that defy rational calculation and socio-economic modeling. How can we formulate policy, educate political and business leaders, and hope to survive in a world of radical and essentially unpredictable change?

The shrewd and levelheaded thinkers who reflected upon both the glories and the disasters that culminated in the classical age of ancient Greece were under no illusions about living in a world of radical indeterminacy. They prized the kind of practical intelligence, informed by an awareness of complexity and a respect for limits, that elevates adaptability and preparedness over pat solutions and over-confident projections.

An expert on Thucydides and the democratic politics of classical Athens and a leader in the field of academic assessment and accountability, W. Robert Connor considers what we can learn from ancient Athens about leadership and its limits.

Dr. Connor was Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton University until 1989, when he became president and director of the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. From 2003 until his retirement in 2009 he was president of the New York-based Teagle Foundation, where he focused upon improving student learning in liberal arts and sciences. He holds honorary degrees from several colleges and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 7 PM

What Happened to the Future? Lessons from Ancient Athens about Leadership and Its Limits.

7:00 PM, 215 Eberhard Center, 301 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids, MI

Wednesday, March 23rd, 1 PM

Respondents Panel and Debate

1:00 PM, Grand River Room, Kirkhof Center, Allendale

Respondents:

Polly J. Diven, Professor of Political Science, Program Coordinator for International Relations, GVSU

Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. M.A.L.D., International Relations, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. B.A., Political Science, Hamilton College.

Prof. Diven's research focuses on the intersection of U.S. domestic politics and U.S. foreign policy, and she is particularly interested in how domestic interest groups influence foreign policy.


Paul Isely, Associate Professor and Chair, Economics, GVSU Seidman College of Business.

Ph.D., Economics, Purdue University. B.S., Physics and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Prof. Isely's research and teaching interests are in macroeconomic policy, technological change, and international economics.


Jonathan R. White, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Executive Director, Homeland Defense Initiative, GVSU.

Ph.D., Multi-disciplinary Social Science (Criminal Justice and Criminology, Political Science, and Sociology), Michigan State University. M.Div., Western Theological Seminary. M.A., History, Western Michigan University. B.A., History, Western Michigan University.

Prof. White's interests are in group criminality and social deviancy, theology and mystic religious traditions, religious violence and terrorism, history of ideas, history of conflict, history of science, music. Today, Professor White consults widely on terrorism.