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UPCOMING EVENTS

Global Forum on the Future of Nuclear Weapons
Events include A-bomb poster exhibit
Feb. & March, Emerson Library

Darryl Burton
7 p.m. Mon., March 22
Library Conference Room
Darryl Burton shares the story of his 24-year imprisonment for a murder he didn’t commit.

God & Human Rights Forum
7:30 p.m. Tues., March 23
Sunnen Lounge
Speaker: Foreign Service Officer Jessica Patterson
What role does God play in our concept of human rights and dignity? Bring your thoughts and questions.
Co-sponsors: ONE Webster, Year of International Human Rights, RCF, & Webster CRU

The Use of ‘Smart Power’ in Southeast Asia
2:30 p.m. Fri., March 26
Moore Auditorium
Missouri Senator Kit Bond speaks on “smart power,” a concept he has refined over years of studying Southeast Asia.

Slingshot Hip Hop
7 p.m. Sun., March 28
101 Sverdrup
A free public screening of this award-winning film and a Q&A by Anna Baltzer, author of Witness in Palestine

Soil Not Oil
7:30 p.m. Mon., March 29
Community Music School Concert Hall
World-renowned scientist, environmentalist, and activist Vandana Shiva speaks.
Co-sponsors: Campus Activities, Multicultural Center/International Student Association, Year of International Human Rights 2009-10: The Right to Food & Water

Walter Bargen Reads from His Poetry
1:30 p.m. Thurs., April 1
Pearson House, Rm. 2
Walter Bargen, Missouri’s former poet laureate, reads from his poetry.
Information: Prof. David Clewell, cleweldw@webster.edu

Mexico City: Taming ‘El Monstruo’
Noon Wed., April 7
Sunnen Lounge
Activist and journalist John Ross discusses Mexico City, the largest metropolitan area (population 21 million) in the Americas.
Co-sponsors: Center for International Education, Latin American Studies, and Dept. of History, Politics, & International Relations

WELCOME to Webster University College of Arts & Sciences
The Webster University College of Arts and Sciences is the academic foundation of the University. With undergraduate and graduate programs in areas as diverse as nursing, international languages, and philosophy - to name a few - the College is building a nationally and internationally recognized center of excellence in the arts and sciences.

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NEWS

Announcing the Year of International Human Rights 2009-10: The Right to Food and Water
The College of Arts & Sciences is dedicating the 2009-10 academic year to human rights issues associated with food and water. Visit the YIHR website to learn more about this special year and to stay abreast of upcoming events and activities.

For more information on international human rights, see the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration’s Article 25.1 states that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…”

HR Panel Draws Audience from Webster, Community
See photos from our March 16 panel, Human Rights: Using New Tools to Grow Food & Protect Resources.

YIHR2 Continues with Two Major Events in March
Don’t miss a regional panel of experts on March 16 and activist Vandana Shiva on March 29.

Globalized Legal Studies Program, July 5-30, the Netherlands
Take one or all of the four one-week classes being offered this summer in cool Leiden (average July temperature 66 degrees). Note that online study starts May 28 and must be completed before the study trip. To learn more, attend the info session, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, 123 Sverdrup.

R.N. to B.S.N.
The B.S. in Nursing, a degree-completion program for registered nurses, is now available online in Missouri and Florida. The program is also offered in a classroom setting in St. Louis and Kansas City.

15th Annual Humanitarian Conference Wrap-Up
The 2010 Webster Geneva conference was titled “Access to Resources and the International Community.”

Prof. David Clewell Named Missouri Poet Laureate
David Clewell, Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program, has been named Missouri’s new poet laureate. His duties will include making appearances at public libraries and schools across the state and composing an original poem about Missouri. (See Clewell reading from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself. The occasion was Webster’s 2008 Global Ecology Conference.)

Global Thinking, Volume 6: Issue 2
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