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Looking Through the Wall: Exploring Immigration on the Border with Students

Looking Through the Wall: Exploring Immigration on the Border with Students   

Date: September 29, 2011 

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 
Location: Cook-DeWitt Center - Allendale Campus 
More Information: http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/asset...

Presentation by Professor Bob Neustadt

Bob Neustadt  is Professor of Spanish and Director of Latin American Studies at Northern Arizona University.  He has published two books focusing on performance and experimental art - CADA día: La creación de un arte social. Santiago: Editorial Cuarto Propio, 2001 and (Con) Fusing Signs and Postmodern Positions: Spanish American Performance, Experimental Writing and the Critique of Political Confusion. New York:  Garland Publishing, 1999).  He has published articles in professional journals and/or given presentations in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain and the U.S.  Currently, his research focuses on the political and cultural dimensions of music across different traditions, genres and literatures. He is working on a new book entitled, Reading Music, Listening to Culture and Identity in Spanish America.  As a teacher he strives to facilitate experiential opportunities for students.  Recently, he has started taking classes on field trips to the U.S. / Mexico border where students experience, first hand, the human, environmental and political dimensions of immigration.

 

Moderator: Prof. Medar Serrata [Modern Languages & Literatures]

Sponsors: Latin American Studies, Brooks College, GVSU Art Gallery, Joseph Stevens Freedom Fund - Political Science, International Relations, School of Communications,

Modern Languages & Literatures, Anthropology

If you have questions or need to request special accommodations, please contact Area Studies at: 331-8110 or areastudies@gvsu.edu.

International Law and American Foreign Policy

International Law and American Foreign Policy
Friday, September 30
3:00-4:30
Lake Ontario Hall 174

Jeffrey Morton
Professor of International Law and Diplomacy
Director of Florida Atlantic University's Jack Miller Forum for Civics Education
Florida Atlantic University

U.S. Senator Carl Levin to Speak at GVSU on Tuesday, Sept. 27

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin will visit Grand Valley State University to speak to students on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. in room 132 of Lake Huron Hall on the Allendale Campus. The event is open to GVSU faculty, staff and students.

For more information, contact GVSU News and Information Services at (616) 331-2221, or the GVSU Political Science department at (616) 331-2320 or plsdept@gvsu.edu.

 

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

Attention Graduating Seniors

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

I am pleased to send you information about the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, a competitive national program that provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with one of twenty-seven participating public-interest organizations focusing on international security issues.  The program has awarded 134 fellowships since its inception in 1987 and is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall.  It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington.  The Scoville Fellowship does not award grant or scholarship money to students.

Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, education, and advocacy in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.  Fellows have written articles, blogs, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds and reports, organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as experts by the media.  Former Scoville Fellows work for U.S. and international NGOs, the Departments of State and Defense, members of Congress and academia, and attend graduate school in political science or international relations, following their fellowships.

Please encourage those interested in peace and security issues to visit our website at www.scoville.org<http://www.scoville.org/>.  The Scoville Fellowship is a small organization and we lack the resources to send staff to college career fairs and to post jobs on individual university websites.  Although the majority of Scoville Fellows have received college degrees in political science, government, international relations, history, or peace studies, we do not require any specific major.  There is no application form; application requirements are listed on our website, as are links to the websites of each of the participating groups and information on the work of current and former Scoville Fellows.  A flier about the program can be printed fromhttp://www.scoville.org/flier.html

Application deadlines:

Spring (a.k.a. GVSU Winter) 2012 Fellowship-October 3, 2011
Fall 2012 Fellowship-January 13, 2012

All U.S. citizens, as well as non-U.S. citizens living in the U.S. who have an appropriate work permit, are eligible to apply; foreign nationals living outside the United States are not.

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Amanda Cuevas, M.A.
Director, Office of Fellowships
Frederik Meijer Honors College
Grand Valley State University
126 Niemeyer
4046 Calder Drive
Allendale, MI 49401
(Office) (616) 331-2543
(Dept) (616) 331-3219
(Fax) (616) 331-3413
cuevasam@gvsu.edu
www.gvsu.edu/fellowships

U of M Law Day and MSU Law School Fair

Two upcoming free events give students the opportunity to meet with law school admission representatives.

1. The James Madison College/Michigan State University Law School Fair is scheduled for Tuesday, September 20th, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in the beautiful Spartan Football Stadium Office Tower (west side of stadium) 4th Floor, The Spartan Club (take the elevator!).  We welcome you and your students to attend.  This free event is open to the public; please feel free to share information with your networks--no pre-registration required.

We are booked to capacity and we expect 105 law schools to attend.  

See more details about the event. 

2. The University of Michigan Law Day is scheduled for Wednesday, September 21, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in the Michigan Union. At this point, we expect 127 law schools and organizations to attend. 

See more details about the event.

Representative Amash to Speak

United States Representative Justin Amash, who represents Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, will visit the Allendale campus for a public event on Monday, September 26th at 4:30 p.m. in Kirkhof 2266. Representative Amash has agreed to talk for 20-30 minutes about federal budgetary policy and the debt ceiling increase, and to take questions from students and community members.

The Kappa Phi Chapter of The Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society will sponsor the event. For information, contact Paul J. Cornish, Faculty Advisor at 331-3502 or cornishp@gvsu.edu.

Michael Sandel Lecture and Related Panel Discussion

 

Michael Sandel of Harvard will be giving a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:00 pm (2nd floor Eberhard Center) as part of the CLAS Fall Arts Celebration. His talk is "Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do?" 

http://www.gvsu.edu/fallarts/single_event.htm?eventId=97E72FF7-F0E8-CD5C-9DB681FDC14EA74D

 

In anticipation of his visit, GVSU will host a panel discussion this Thursday. Here are the details:

 

The Lost Art of Democratic Debate?
A Panel Discussion
Charles Pazdernik, Classics
John Uglietta, Philosophy
Kathleen Underwood, History/WGS
Darren Walhof, Political Science

moderated by Paul Cornish, Political Science

In a recent TED talk, Harvard political theorist Michael Sandel argued that our political discourse will be improved only if we learn to argue publicly about our moral convictions and principles of justice. In preparation for Sandel's visit on September 22, this panel will address the terms of political discourse today. Is democratic debate a lost art? Is our current political discourse adequate to the task of governing a diverse and complex society? Is there hope for improving the terms of political debate? What steps might we take in this direction?

 

Thursday, Sept. 15, 4:00-5:15 pm

KC 2215/2216