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10 Realities of Doing Business Globally, Iowa City, Iowa, October 17, 2012 |
International business enterprises, Churchill, Greg, Winkleblack, Thais, Rockwell Collins (Firm), United States, 2010-2020 |
Gregory S. Churchill is the Executive Vice President of Rockwell Collins International and Service Solutions, an organization that combines all of Rockwell Collins' International and Service operations into one entity. He shares a high level overview of some basic, but very real, truths about doing business in the international marketplace based on experiences that he has developed over many years of serving a broad range of customers. Churchill is responsible for approximately $2B in orders capture, $900M in sales, and 3,000 people in approximately 30 countries. |
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13,000 ways to die: the risk of nuclear war today, Iowa City, Iowa, December 9, 2020 |
Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear warfare, Countryman, Thomas M., Phillips, Megan, Arms Control Association (Washington, D.C.), Russia, United States, 2020-2030 |
Thomas Countryman is the chair of the Arms Control Association board of directors, a position he has held since October 2017., Thomas Countryman was the acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. He served for 35 years as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service until January 2017, achieving the rank of minister-counselor, and was appointed in October 2016 to the position of acting undersecretary of state. He simultaneously served as assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, a position he had held since September 2011. |
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2015-2016 Fulbright Scholars Discuss Their Plans, Iowa City, Iowa, July 21, 2015 |
Fulbright scholars, Julstrom-Agoyo, Julia, Hejlik, Quinn, Goering, Daniel, Russia, Japan -- Tokyo, Malaysia, 2010-2020 |
The Fulbright award is one of the most prestigious academic award in the world. Established to increase global perspective between the US and other countries via exchange of students, through an exclusive application process those awarded represent the best international scholars. This year the University of Iowa had record-setting thirteen Fulbright Recipients, three of these recipients discuss their exciting research and future plans. |
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35 Years on the Ground in Cuba, Iowa City, Iowa, October 6, 2021 |
International relations, Presbyterian Church, Economic sanctions, Social conditions, Seiber, Marilyn J., 1945-, Morrow, Sandra (Bank employee), Cuba, United States, 2000-2010, 2010-2020, 2020-2030 |
Dr. Marilyn Seiber will discuss what is happening today in Cuba, reviewing the “perfect storm” of the U.S. embargo, Cuban Government policies, and Covid 19. She will describe U.S. policies toward Cuba through recent Administrations, as well as the actions of The Presbyterian Church (USA) and its ecumenical partners in Cuba to address the humanitarian crisis that Cubans are now suffering., The Presbyterian Church (USA) has been a partner with the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba since issuing a joint Mission Statement in 1986. Since then, over 90 U.S. Presbyterian churches have joined with counterparts in Cuba forming strong, active bonds, working together in mission, sharing each other’s stories, becoming friends and family, participating in celebrations and holidays, learning of each other’s challenges and joys. These U.S. church partners have been the eyes on the ground for 35 years, observing the impact of the U.S. embargo on Cuba and the results of Cuban Government policies that have affected how Cubans live and struggle daily—for food, medicines, toiletries, and equipment of everyday life., Marilyn J. Seiber has been involved with Cuba since 2004, traveling there 21 times. She chairs the Cuba Partners Committee for The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. that has a partnership with First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana. Dr. Seiber has served on the Steering Committee of the Cuba Partners Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and currently is a member of the Network’s Advocacy Committee. She has organized a similar Cuba network for National Capital Presbytery., Dr. Seiber is an international economist retired from federal service on Capitol Hill and the Executive Branch. Her expertise on international trade, finance, and monetary policy has enabled her to serve at the highest levels of government. She was Senior Economist on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Financial Services and Chief Economist on the Committee on Small Business working for the Ranking Member and Chairman, respectively. In the Executive Branch, she served as Director of International Economics at the National Security Council, Special Assistant and Economic Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs and to the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, advisor to the General Counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and Deputy Director of the Rent Advisory Board for the Cost of Living Council during federal wage and price controls. She has served as an economic consultant to the World Environment Center, and has been an Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Government and the University of Maryland University College. She has written and published two books on developing-country debt. She received her Ph.D. in International Relations and International Economics from The American University in Washington, D.C. |
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40th Anniversary: The 1973 Oil Embargo and its Aftermath, Iowa City, Iowa, November 20, 2013 |
Embargo, Petroleum industry and trade, Priest, Tyler, Squier, Christopher A., Middle East, United States, 2010-2020 |
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1973 oil crisis or “shock.” The shock is mainly remembered for the Arab oil embargo imposed in the fall of 1973, but there were underlying structural problems within the oil industry that turned the embargo into a full-blown crisis. The inability of U.S. production to compensate for supply shortages, combined with the loss of the major oil companies’ control over Middle East production and prices, created a shock that reshaped the international petroleum industry and world affairs in ways that still reverberate today. |
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"Above the Din of War": Afghans Speak About Their Lives, Iowa City, Iowa, April 9, 2013 |
Afghans, Afghan War, 2001-, Soviet occupation, 1979-1989, Eichstaedt, Peter H., 1947-, Hansen, Peter, Afghanistan, United States, 2010-2020 |
Once international forces finally vacate Afghanistan in 2014, the hope for the country will lie solely with its people. Peter Eichstaedt's new book, "Above the Din of War", Afghans Speak about Their Lives, Their Country, and Their Future -- and Why America Should Listen, illuminates the people of Afghanistan and how they have lived, and will continue to live, in a country that has been at war for 30 years. After spending 2004 in Afghanistan working for the non-profit Institute for War and Peace Reporting and helping build Afghanistan's first independent news agency, Peter Eichstaedt returned to Kabul in 2010. As he worked with Afghan journalists to document their history and collective struggles, he realized that although Kabul itself appeared cleaned up, the optimism of the freshly liberated capital had faded under the rise of insurgency. The war in Afghanistan is often examined from the perspective of a foreign correspondent, political analyst or US soldier. In "Above the Din of War", Eichstaedt provides a forum for the everyday people of Afghanistan to be heard. |
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Access to knowledge makes a world of difference, Iowa City, Iowa, March 6, 2007 |
Digital communications, Regional economic disparities, Missen, Cliff, Paul, Dorothy M., Africa, 2000-2010 |
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Addressing Educational Disparities in Nicaragua, Iowa City, Iowa, August 30, 2011 |
Educational equalization, Education, Higher, Regional economic disparities, Harrison, Carroll, Lloyd-Jones, Jean, 1929-, Nicaragua, United States, 2010-2020 |
The Iowa City Foreign Relations Council is excited to welcome back Professor Carroll Harrison to the Iowa City and Cedar Rapids areas since his first visit during the International Visitor Leadership Program in 1998. In 2001, Professor Harrison launched a sustainable community college project--the first of its kind in a historically neglected region along the Atlantic coastline--which provides accessible higher education opportunities and empowers disadvantaged communities. Professor Carroll Harrison is one of the co-founders of the first university of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Professor Harrison will share with us how his experience with the US educational system influenced his initiative to bring education and economic development into under-served populations. He attended the National Council for International Visitors Regional Meeting and it is a proponent of citizen diplomacy -- the concept that the individual has the right, even the responsibility, to help shape U.S. foreign relations "one handshake at a time." Following his visit to Iowa City, Professor Harrison concludes his program by traveling to a previously unvisited community in the United States for continued professional development. Professor Harrison's work has allowed countless individuals the opportunity to obtain higher education despite social and economic disadvantages. |
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Afghanistan from the inside, Iowa City, Iowa, November 16, 2010 |
Hoh, Matthew, Baldridge, Tom, Afghanistan, 2010-2020 |
Matthew Hoh is an American former Marine Corps captain and former State Department appointee. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2009 Hoh resigned from his appointment in Afghanistan in protest of the strategy being used in the war in Afghanistan and became an outspoken opponent of large U.S. troop deployment in the conflict. In his four page resignation letter, Hoh questioned why the war was being fought and "to what end". He stated that the US presence was fueling the resistance movement in Afghanistan and providing a convenient villain for the 35 year old cottage industry of warfare. |
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Afghanistan: The Forgotten War, Iowa City, Iowa, September 24, 2008 |
Afghan War, 2001-, Schneider, Mark L., 1941-, Benzoni, Sharon, Iraq, Afghanistan, 2000-2010 |
The American public and policy makers have often focused greater attention on Iraq than on the war in Afghanistan. That may be changing as the Taliban makes gains, Al-Qaeda reorganizes, and the Karzai government in Afghanistan remains weak and vulnerable. The next President will of necessity devote greater attention and more military and counterterrorism resources to the war in Afghanistan than during the second term of the Bush administration. What are the U.S. and NATO missions in Afghanistan, and how close are we to achieving their goals? Have the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan become stronger in recent years? Do they pose a significant threat to the long-term security and stability of a representative government there? What should the United States (either alone or with its NATO allies) do to ensure that the missions in Afghanistan succeed? What role should other international bodies like the United Nations play? What role should non-military efforts play, including development aid and civil society / institution-building assistance? What is similar and what is different about the plans for Afghanistan articulated by the two major candidates for U.S. President? |
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African Art, Iowa City, Iowa, December 2, 2010 |
Art, African, Roy, Christopher D., Martin, Dave, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Africa, 2010-2020 |
In the last seven years Professor Roy has made ten research trips to Burkina Faso and Ghana to gather material for seventeen DVDs of African art in social context marketed for classroom use. Professor Roy is founder and director of the Program for Advanced Study of Art and Life in Africa (PASALA), which provides scholarships for graduate course work and research in Africa, as well as for conferences and publications on African art. PASALA has hosted twelve international conferences on African art at The University of Iowa since 1979. |
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African elections as a testing ground: Cambridge Analytica in Nigeria and Kenya, Iowa City, Iowa, February 18, 2020 |
Elections, Social media, Ekdale, Brian, Lyness, Janet, Cambridge Analytica Ltd., Nigeria, Kenya, 2020-2030 |
ICFRC hosts the Associate Professor of Social Media and Global Digital Cultures at the University of Iowa, Brian Ekdale, for a lecture on the activities of Cambridge Analytica in Nigeria and Kenya. Associate Professor Brian Ekdale studies media work within global digital cultures. His research looks at how and why people create media content in the digital era. He has a particular interest in media produced within and about Africa. Brian has professional experience as a software trainer, instructional technologist, and video producer. His documentary “10 Days in Malawi” was screened at 11 film festivals and won 8 awards. Since joining the UI faculty, Brian now teaches several courses that prepare students to be better consumers and producers of digital and social media. Brian is the faculty advisor for SJMC's Graduate Student Association. |
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African immigration and postcolonial France, Iowa City, Iowa, April 26, 2006 |
Emigration and immigration, Postcolonialism, Laronde, Michel, 1947-, Barkan, Sandra, Africa, France, 2000-2010 |
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African traditional governance and the western liberal democratic system, Iowa City, Iowa, September 10, 2004 |
Political culture, Barkan, Joel D., Africa, 2000-2010, Awoonor, Kofi, 1935-2013 |
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Africa's future opportunities: Mandela Washington Fellows, Iowa City, Iowa, July 23, 2019 |
Businesspeople, Public health, Africa, International business enterprises, Lefu Atem, Ernest, Adzo Adzatia, Valeria, Mushonga, Tendayi, Kyomuhendo, Phyllis, Doresca, Dimy, Winkleblack, Thais, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Young African Leaders Initiative, Cameroon, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 2010-2020 |
Ernest Lefu Atem, from Cameroon, is an award-winning agri-tech entrepreneur born into a family of growers who co-founded an agro-hub to assist farmer access to the marketplace. He has worked in over 300 communities and made an impact with over 61,000 farmers across West and Central Africa. Ernest champions the construction of 40t per day Cassava industry, which he hopes will reach an additional 5,000 farmers in Cameroon. Atem is a 2018 Obama Leader, a 2017 AfDB Youth Agripreneur finalist, the winner of the 2016 Nestle Creating Shared Value Price Award, and a UN Special Accredited Member for Youth Migration., Valeria Adzo Adzatia, from Ghana, holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and has over three years of experience in the agriculture sector, specifically in agro-processing. Valeria is the founder and CEO of Gifted Hands Agro Processing, which focuses on production, processing, and packaging of cassava and cereal products. Valeria is committed to reducing post-harvest losses through value addition technologies, poverty reduction, and making food available all year round. She has also been promoting the education of persons with disabilities through awareness-raising to ensure a barrier-free society. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Valeria intends to consolidate her work in the agriculture sector by setting up a modernized processing factory, encouraging more young people to turn to farming as a source of income and to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities., Zimbabwe’s Tendayi Mushonga has over eight years of experience in the corporate world and is passionate about life-changing innovative technologies. He is the founder of Road Watch Zimbabwe, a tech-driven initiative with a mandate to reduce road carnage in Zimbabwe. Currently, Tendayi is an account manager at Cassava Smartech, where he focuses on prospecting and establishing new trade channels for Fintech and On-Demand Services. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Tendayi intends to continue his work using innovative digital solutions to build a better Zimbabwe and Africa., Phyllis Kyomuhendo, from Uganda, is a passionate social entrepreneur and innovator with two years of experience in the social-innovations sector. Phyllis is a master's degree in Public Health candidate, a medical radiographer by profession, and the director and co-founder at the startup, M-SCAN Uganda. Through M-SCAN Uganda, she and her team develop low-cost mobile ultrasound devices to combat maternal and neonatal mortality in low resource settings. Phyllis hopes to return to Uganda after the Mandela Washington Fellowship to empower her peers in the entrepreneurship space to take their businesses to the next level through strong leadership. She also hopes to pass on the entrepreneurship and leadership skills she learns to the young girls she mentors under the STEM Queens program. |
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After Arafat: challenges and prospects, Iowa City, Iowa, January 27, 2005 |
Blecher, Robert, Barkan, Sandra, Arafat, Yassir, 1929-2004, Israel, Palestine, 2000-2010 |
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Al Qaeda 10 Years after 9-11, Iowa City, Iowa, October 11, 2011 |
Fishman, Brian, Merrill, Christopher, Qaida (Organization), Afghanistan, Iraq, United States, 2010-2020 |
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Anne Frank's Story in Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 25, 2022 |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Study and teaching -- Higher, Curricula, Frank, Anne, 1929-1945, Kumpf Baele, Kirsten E., Maierhofer, Waltraud, 1959-, Lyness, Janet, University of Iowa, United States -- Iowa, 2020-2030 |
This session will provide an overview of the upcoming UI Provost’s Global Forum on “Teaching Anne Frank,” the Anne Frank tree planting ceremony, and the exhibit. This forum brings together a multi-disciplinary panel of experts from Iowa and across Europe between February 28 - March 2, 2022, to highlight the educational value and continuing relevance of Anne Frank's story. UNESCO'S 2014 publication, Holocaust Education in a Global Context, outlines the role Holocaust education can play in tackling difficult issues of the past in diverse national and cultural contexts. In particular, this program will address: How did Anne’s story surface in Iowa in the first place and what are its larger goals and implications? How do we envision the Anne Frank tree to “grow” and “branch out” on our campus and in our community? What is the purpose of the Provost’s Global Forum? What events lead up to the planting ceremony on April 29 and how can you participate?, Kirsten E. Kumpf Baele, Ph.D. is Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator of German in the Division of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures at the University of Iowa. In addition to teaching courses on German literature, language, and culture, she created and annually teaches the popular seminar Anne Frank & Her Story. It is her proposal that successfully brings the 13th Anne Frank house chestnut tree to the University of Iowa and by extension larger Iowa City community. For this reason, she is collaborating with numerous campus and city organizations to put forward programming that connect with the anticipated sapling including her role as co-awardee of the Anne Frank Initiative 2022 (with the upcoming Provost’s Global Forum). In the classroom, Dr. Kumpf Baele combines learning goals and community service projects in ways that enrich student growth and the common good. Specifically, in Anne Frank & Her Story, she makes more accessible difficult (hi)stories and the impact these have on post-secondary students. With the support of an Iowa Center for Undergraduate (ICRU) full-year fellow, the Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA), and the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio, she is spearheading a project that will implement an interactive digital map and coinciding app to shed light on Jewish history in the Iowa City and larger Corridor area. A similar civic initiative has been her work with the Oakdale Community Choir which takes place inside the Oakdale prison, a medium-security prison in Coralville, Iowa. Dr. Kumpf Baele continuously pushes her students and herself as educator to personalize the past by localizing it with stories from the respective local communities. She has recently published in Amsterdam University Press, McFarland, and LIT Verlag. In the summer of 2022, supported with a fellowship from the Stanley-UI Foundation and International Programs, Dr. Kumpf Baele will serve as a Visiting Fellow to conduct scholarly work with a focus on embodied pedagogy at Ghent University together with an Associate Professor in the Department of Translation, Interpreting, and Communication which builds on her public humanities work on Anne Frank., Waltraud Maierhofer (Dr. phil., equivalent to Ph. D. Regensburg, Germany 1988) is professor of German and also in the Global Health Studies Program at the University of Iowa. She loves to get students excited about another culture, learn what we have in common and what differentiates us, and explore human nature through narratives of human striving and accomplishments in its diverse forms. Her research and teaching interests include German literature and culture from the eighteenth century to the present. She is especially interested in representations of health and Human Rights issues (contraception, abortion, disabilities), in intersections of historiography and fiction, ego-documents and biography, but also book illustrations and text–image relations, and she has edited several historical documents and translations including nineteenth-century illustrations of the Reynard-the-Fox epic and Lion Feuchtwanger’s 1948 play The Devil in Boston about the Salem witchcraft trials. A translation of the novel The Child Witches of Lucerne and Buchau by Swiss author Eveline Hasler is forthcoming with Lehigh University Press. |
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Antibiotic Resistance: A Global Perspective, Iowa City, Iowa, February 7, 2012 |
Drug resistance in microorganisms, Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Communicable diseases, Transmission, Smith, Tara C., 1976-, Squier, Christopher A., 2010-2020 |
Antibiotic resistance is on the rise around the world. Life-threatening bacterial diseases have become, in some cases, all but untreatable. These bacteria are able to spread worldwide easily due to movement of both humans and animals. Meanwhile, the development of new antibiotics has decreased precipitously, leaving few new drugs in the pipeline. Dr. Smith addresses these problems, including the emergence of 'totally drug resistant tuberculosis' (TDR-TB) and a novel superbug enzyme, NDM-1. |
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Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon Free World, Iowa City, Iowa, September 17, 2010 |
Nuclear weapons, Nuclear-weapon-free zones, Daley, Tad, McCue, Maureen, 2010-2020 |
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Après Paris: COP21 as the Climate Action Runway, Iowa City, Iowa, October 20, 2015 |
Climatic changes, International cooperation, Edwards, Todd, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Organization), 2010-2020 |
Climate change is one of the most complex challenges of our time and there is no answer yet in sight for solving the global commons dilemma before it is too late, now with the critique that the formal international negotiation process reached a grid lock, a new approach is sought at the next Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in December 2015. This approach allows states to submit their intended Nationally Determined Contributions rather than negotiating targets and timelines. Unfortunately, it is already foreseen that the agreement will not produce a safe climate world from the intended Nationally Determined Contributions made by state-actors. As time is running out, the presentation shows that progress and a chance to reform states' positions for finding a cooperative path to safe climate world is feasible through introducing alternative pathways -- the groundswell of climate actions, clubs, and coalitions. This presentation proscribes that a secretariat function could usher the alternative pathways into a formal process as a mechanism to unlock global cooperation and what is currently being done. |
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The Arab Spring: Syria and Bahrain, Iowa City, Iowa, March 25, 2013 |
Arab Spring, 2010-, Souaiaia, Ahmed E., Reisinger, William M. (William Mark), 1957-, Syria, Bahrain, Tunisia, United States, 2010-2020 |
The protests and demonstrations which began in Tunisia in December 2010 have swept across the Arab world, causing the overthrow of numerous governments and the transformation of societies. Professor Souaiaia provides an overview of the transformative events of the Arab Spring, discussing the difference between the uprisings that ended the rules of Ben Ali and Mubarak, the armed rebellions in Libya and Syria, and the potential for an new order in the Gulf States. He further addresses the current situations in Syria and Bahrain. |
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Arab Voices: What They are Saying and Why it Matters, Iowa City, Iowa, March 8, 2011 |
International relations, Intercultural communication, Zogby, James J., Kjaer, Joan, Arab countries, United States, 2010-2020 |
Dr. James Zogby has been instrumental in helping Arabs better understand America and encouraging Americans to better understand the Arab world. Arab Voices brings into stark relief the myths, assumptions, and biases that hold us back from understanding the people of the Arab world. Here, Jim debuts a brand new, comprehensive poll, bringing numbers to life so that we can base policy and perception on the real world, rather than on a conjured reality. |
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Area Refugees and Immigrants in Pursuit of Higher Education, Iowa City, Iowa, March 23, 2022 |
Refugees, Immigrants, Barriers to entry (Postsecondary education), Education, Higher, Nguyen, Vinh (Educator), Kiche, Anne, Petsche, Mallory, Lopez Riveros, Rocio, Gerlach, Peter A., United States -- Iowa, 2020-2030 |
Across the globe and here in Iowa, education is seen as a ticket to a better future. The knowledge one acquires and the credentials a degree confers have the power to open previously closed doors and lead to opportunities previously not possible. For refugees and immigrants, navigating the complex systems of higher education in the US are overwhelming and promising. In some ways, the realities are akin to most first-generation families. There may be a steep learning curve about school types and the similarities and differences between them, about the FAFSA, applications, and costs for each school, about existing scholarships and other funding sources, and about the resources available to students new to the tertiary landscape. In other ways, there are realities which are unique to first-generation families newer to the US. For example, comparisons are made to higher education systems in home countries, mostly English-only information makes reading about and understanding the many college options and their requirements challenging, and once enrolled, lines might be blurred between home and school life. Attending all first-gen students are aspirations and pressures both intrinsic and those from the hopes and expectations of not just their parents but of the larger communities from which they hail. In this session, the panel will discuss the lived experiences of refugee and immigrant students and their families as they pursue admission to and persist through Iowa’s colleges and universities. They will explain some of the support programs and resources available in the state. And they will share how increasingly diversifying campuses of all types are more vibrant for everyone, particularly in learning spaces, with the inclusion of the voices, ideas, and contributions of students from all cultural and national backgrounds., Rocio Lopez is currently a sophomore at Kirkwood Community College studying sociology. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she is now living in Coralville, Iowa. As a work study student for TRIO, Rocio works closely alongside other TRIO students with the goal of making connections and spreading information about how great the program is and what resources are available. For her future, she plans to transfer to the University of Iowa and pursue a career involving student support services., Mallory Petsche has served alongside refugee and immigrant communities in Iowa for nearly a decade. Her work centers around building innovative, cross-sector partnerships that eliminate barriers for newcomer communities and create space for strategic, community-based solutions in education from pre-k to higher ed. Mallory currently serves as the Director of Kirkwood Community College TRIO Student Support Services - ESL Program. The program provides culturally-specific academic support, social engagement, and career planning for first and second-generation immigrant students who are the first in their families to attend college, low income, or have a documented disability., Dr. Anne Kiche is adjunct assistant professor in the Global Health Studies Program at The University of Iowa and an adjunct instructor in English Language Acquisition (ELA) at Kirkwood Community College. Her teaching interests include education, immigrant and refugee health, and the connection between migration, diversity, and pandemics on both the physical and mental health of populations. Life experiences such as living in Kenya and the US have invaluably informed her teaching. She teaches courses such as: Health Experiences of Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees, Pandemics and Mental Health, and Mental Health in Diverse Societies. She is the chair of the African Communities Network of Iowa and will be the diversity co-chair of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Linn and Johnson counties starting July 1st, 2022., Vinh Nguyen recently retired from Des Moines Public Schools after thirty-four years of service. He is now Refugee Education Coordinator at Lutheran Services in Iowa. Nguyen earned a secondary math teaching certification from Drake University in 1993, an ELL certification from William Penn University in 2006, and a master's degree in school leadership and supervision from Viterbo University in 2015. As a former refugee, one of the Boat People from Vietnam, he found many difficulties and challenges in adjusting to his new life in 1980s America. With no English language skills, he struggled to communicate and often relied on others to interpret and to help find jobs. He was the recipient of the Passport to Prosperity Award from the Iowa Council for International Understanding in 2004. He was given the Dan Chavez, Beyond the Horizon Award in 2005, a prestigious award given to an individual who demonstrates extraordinary effort on behalf of immigrant, refugee, and non-English speaking populations in Iowa. DMACC honored with the Alumni Award in 2009. In addition, he was presented the Governor's Volunteer Award in 2010, the Special Recognition from Governor Chet Culver in 2010, a Bankers Trust Award for Excellent Volunteers in 2020, and the Impact Award in 2022 from the Iowa Asian Alliance. He is very active in Des Moines's language minority communities and currently serves as the president of the Vietnamese American Community in Iowa. He serves as a storyteller, speaker, and consultant for topics related to Vietnam, Southeast Asia, refugee and immigrant issues, the refugee resettlement process, and second language acquisition. |
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Articles of incorporation of the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, September 2, 1983 |
Citizenship, Politics & government, Foreign relations, International relations, Nonprofit organizations, Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 1980-1990 |
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The Artists and the Haitian Art Relief Fund, Iowa City, Iowa, March 2, 2012 |
Earthquake relief, Art, Caribbean, Art, Haitian, Duval-Carrié, Edouard, 1954-, Arthur, Loyce, Haiti, Caribbean Area, 2010-2020 |
Edouard Duval Carrie' presents a selection of his recent productions and also talks about the different aspects of his activities in the general relief efforts made after Haiti's devastating earthquake in 2010 as well as his role as curator of several major Caribbean exhibits. |
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An Australian's perspective on U.S. politics, Iowa City, Iowa, November 12, 2019 |
International relations, Politics, Visitors, Foreign, Angyal, Chloe, Lyness, Janet, Australia, 2010-2020 |
Chloe Angyal is a journalist from Sydney, Australia, living in the Iowa City Area. She is currently a Contributing Editor at MarieClaire.com. Prior to January 2019, Angyal was the founding Deputy Opinion Editor at HuffPost.com. Before launching the Opinion section, she spent two years as HuffPosts's Senior Front-Page Editor. During her time working at HuffPost, Angyal covered a variety of topics, from politics to popular opinion to classical ballet, as well as working on the 2016 Olympic gymnastics coverage. Angyal has had her pieces published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, New York magazine, Reuters, and The New Republic. Until 2014, Angyal was a Senior Columnist at Feministing, the world’s most-read feminist publication. Currently, Angyal is a Facilitator and Senior Fellowship Leader at TheOpEd Project, a social venture founded to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world. Through TheOpEd Project, she has taught at Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Emory universities. Angyal has a PhD in Arts and Media from the University of New South Wales and a BA in Sociology from Princeton University. |
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The Authorization for Use of Military Force and U.S. Forever Wars, Iowa City, Iowa, April 26, 2022 |
War and emergency powers, War and emergency legislation, Brandon-Smith, Heather, Martin, David (Librarian), United States, Afghanistan, 2000-2010, 2010-2020, 2020-2030 |
Following the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), permitting the president to use force against those responsible for the 9/11 attacks and those who harbored them. Since then, four presidents have utilized this AUMF to justify using force against an array of groups – many of whom did not exist on 9/11 – in over half a dozen countries around the world. These post-9/11 wars have resulted in over 929,000 people killed, including over 387,000 civilians, and have cost over $8.9 trillion. While President Biden declared to the United Nations in September 2021 that “the United States is not at war,” the Biden administration continues to rely on the outdated 2001 AUMF to conduct lethal strikes and other operations that continue our forever wars. This presentation will discuss the 2001 AUMF, its origins, and how it has been stretched by successive administrations, as well as efforts being made to repeal it and bring an end to U.S. forever wars., Heather Brandon-Smith is Legislative Director for Militarism and Human Rights at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) in Washington, DC. She leads FCNL’s work to repeal outdated war authorization, promote respect for human rights and international law, and reduce U.S. armed interventions around the world. Prior to joining FCNL, she served as the Advocacy Counsel for National Security at Human Rights First, where she worked to advance U.S. national security policies that are consistent with human rights and the rule of law. Ms. Brandon-Smith is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Her writing has appeared in The Hill, Lawfare, Just Security, and Intercross (the blog of the International Committee of the Red Cross). She holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Politics and International Relations, an LL.B., and an LL.M. from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. |
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Avian flu H7N9 and the risk of the next great pandemic, Iowa City, Iowa, August 31, 2017 |
Communicable diseases, Influenza, Epidemics, House, Hans, Lyness, Janet, Squier, Christopher A., 2010-2020 |
Avian Flu was first identified in Hong Kong in 1997. Despite fears that this virus might mutate and spread rapidly around the world, it has smoldered and persisted in nature, eventually causing a few hundred deaths. More recently, a new strain, H7N9, has become established in China and has led to five seasonal waves of illness. How do new strains develop? What factors lead to their severity or spread? Why do they always seem to start in East Asia? Hans House explores the nature of the influenza virus and examine the latest epidemiological evidence, trying to determine the risk of H9N9 developing into the next great pandemic. |
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Balancing security and immigration: lessons from the United Kingdom, Iowa City, Iowa, September 13, 2005 |
Emigration and immigration, National security, Varcoe, Jeremy, McCue, James F., Colloredo-Mansfeld, Rudolf Josef, 1965-, United Kingdom, 2000-2010 |
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The Baltic States, NATO, and Russia, Iowa City, Iowa, August 22, 2018 |
Diplomacy, McMullen, Ronald K. (Ronald Keith), Reisinger, William M. (William Mark), 1957-, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Russia, Georgia (Republic), 2010-2020 |
Ron McMullen, currently the University of Iowa's Ambassador-in-Residence, served as U.S. Ambassador to Eritrea. Ron has over 30 years of diplomatic experience and has lived, worked, or traveled in over 100 countries. In Burma he worked closely with Aung San Suu Kyi and pro-democracy groups. He helped prevent civil conflict in Fiji. He was shot at in Sri Lanka and helped train mongooses to detect heroin. He took Hillary Clinton on a tour of South Africa's Robben Island with Nelson Mandela. Amidst his foreign assignments, Ron served for three years as Visiting Professor at the Military Academy at West Point, where he taught International Relations and Comparative Politics. He was Diplomat-In-Residence at the University of Texas at Austin from 2010 to 2012. He has authored many scholarly works and is a three-time recipient of the State Department's Superior Honor Award. A native of Northwood, Iowa, he earned his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Iowa., The Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, each contain large ethnic Russian minorities, share a border with Russia, and are highly susceptible to Russian influence through media and money. These factors transform the Baltics into today's front-line against Russian aggression. The presence of NATO forces within the Baltic states is both misunderstood by the public and contested by regional politics, yet NATO is essential to the security of the Western border against Russian expansionism. |
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The Basque country -- language, culture, and politics: a view from the inside, Iowa City, Iowa, April 25, 2018 |
Basque language, National characteristics, Basque, Frank, Roslyn M., Chappell, Karen, Spain, 2010-2020 |
Roslyn Frank shares her experiences in the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) where for the past forty years she has carried out fieldwork and related investigations. The talk begins with a brief overview of how the Basque Country is seen from the outside, for example, by visitors as well as how she originally saw it when she first went there and before she learned Euskara, the Basque language. The outside perspective often casts the Basque people, their language, culture and political beliefs--as if they represented the ultimate “outsiders” vis-à-vis the rest of Europe. Her research, facilitated by having learned Euskara, led to a truly remarkable discovery, namely, that the Basques used to believe they descended from bears, an indigenous belief system that appears to have been shared by other Europeans. In short, this revised perspective provides a lens through which an indigenous ecocentric worldview starts to come into focus. |
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Being a Muslim writer in Sri Lanka, Iowa City, Iowa, October 25, 2005 |
Ameena Hussein, Paul, Dorothy M., Ferrer, Hugh, Sri Lanka, 2000-2010 |
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Bhopal (1984 - ?): The 30th Anniversary and the Ongoing Disaster, Iowa City, Iowa, March 5, 2015 |
Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Pesticides, Pariyadath, Renu, India -- Bhopal, 2010-2020 |
Thirty years after Methyl IsoCyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company) pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, the disaster has claimed over 25,000 lives and over 150,000 people are chronically ill. Water and soil contamination from the abandoned factory have multiplied the impact of the disaster and have left women and children particularly vulnerable. The Bhopali survivors have waged a 30-year struggle for justice on a transnational scale, seeking adequate compensation, medical care, clean water and a comprehensive cleanup of the abandoned factory and its surroundings. Renu Pariyadath discusses the disaster's continuing health impacts in Bhopal today and the status of the transnational campaign produced in its wake. |
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Blue Birds from the Dreamland, Iceland's Modern Economy, Iowa City, Iowa, March 6, 2012 |
Economic conditions, Rúnar Helgi Vignisson, 1959-, Pilek, Jeanette, Iceland, 2010-2020 |
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark," Shakespeare had one of his characters say in Hamlet. Coming from a former Danish colony, Vignisson addresses the conditions and characteristics of the Icelandic nation that may have contributed to the world scale failures of the banks in his small Nordic dreamland. He looks in the rear view mirror for a while, ruminates on his Norse heritage, and draws a picture of the current situation in this miniature world. |
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The Bomb & Terrorists: The Importance of Global Nuclear Security, Iowa City, Iowa, April 11, 2012 |
Nuclear terrorism, Nuclear arms control, Smyser, Jennifer M., Winkleblack, Thais, 2010-2020 |
The world's leaders say nuclear terrorism is the greatest threat we face-with good reason. Even if there's little chance of it, the explosion of one crude nuclear bomb in one major city would change the world forever. Not only could it cause death on a mass scale, but it could also trigger global economic disruption, environmental degradation, and a wider conflict requiring a military response. There has been a serious effort to scoop up and lock down the world's nuclear materials since the end of the Cold War. Yet nearly 20 years later, we are far from having all of these radioactive materials secure, and we are at risk of them falling into the wrong hands. |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Small Country with a Big Government, Iowa City, Iowa, October 24, 2012 |
Politics and government, Political science, Jovanovic, Nina, Okic, Anel, Lyness, Janet, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States, 2010-2020 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and its capital city of Sarajevo, often called the European Jerusalem, has the most diverse demographic and political structure in Europe, and perhaps of any other country in the world. Placed in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe, it has always been a place of numerous conflicts and wars. During the aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the years of 1992-1995, both Dr. Jovanovic and Dr. Okic remained in the country, but Dr. Okic experienced the difficulty of being a refugee apart from his family. As a result of recent historical events, the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, was formally signed in Paris on December 14, 1995. This agreement divided the county into two distinct entities, thirteen regions, three languages, three presidents of the country, and the biggest political administration in the world, all in an area of just 20,000 square miles and four million inhabitants. |
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Bread and circuses: the female patrons of ancient Pompeii, Iowa City, Iowa, October 30, 2019 |
Women, Artists and patrons, Longfellow, Brenda, 1973-, Winkleblack, Thais, Pompeii (Extinct city), 2010-2020 |
Brenda Longfellow is an associate professor and Head of the Art History division at the University of Iowa. She received her Ph.D. in classical art and archaeology from the University of Michigan, and her research is focused on the art and architecture of the ancient Roman Empire. She is the author of the book Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage: Form, Meaning and Ideology in Monumental Fountain Complexes (Cambridge 2011) and co-editor of the book Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption: Familiar Works Reconsidered (Ann Arbor 2018). She is a 2019 recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend and was the 2013 Andrew Heiskell Post-Doctoral Rome Prize winner at the American Academy in Rome. |
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Bringing international sports competitions to our community: diplomacy, logistics, and challenges, Iowa City, Iowa, October 24, 2018 |
Sports and tourism, Schamberger, Josh, Dulek, Sue, United States -- Iowa -- Coralville, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 2010-2020 |
Within the past 5 years, the Iowa City/Coralville area has become a hub of international sporting events. Wrestling has been one of the biggest draws. In 2012, the U.S. Wrestling Olympic Team Trials held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena smashed the attendance record with 57,766 people in attendance. The 2016 Olympic Team Trials saw similar success setting the 2nd place attendance record. The success of the Olympic Team Trials enabled Iowa City to host the 2018 Wrestling World Cup this past April, drawing competitors and spectators from around the world. Outside of wrestling, Iowa City/Coralville put on the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup every year. This international cycling competition is put on in collaboration with the same organization that puts on the Tour de France. Josh Schamberger has been at the center of it all. Josh has served as President/CEO of the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau for the past 17 years. In this capacity he oversees the destination marketing & community betterment efforts for the greater Iowa City/Coralville area. He has been recognized twice by the Upper Midwest CVB Association for Bureau Innovation, recognized every year since 2004 by the Corridor Business Journal as one of the 20 most influential corridor leaders, and by the Iowa City Press Citizen as the 2001-2010 Person of the Decade. Josh grew up in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Florida, and San Diego. He has lived in Iowa since October of 1996. |
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Brody opening remarks, May 11, 2010 |
Citizenship, Politics & government, Foreign relations, International relations, Nonprofit organizations, Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 2010-2020 |
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Buenos Aires and its literature, Iowa City, Iowa, November 3, 2004 |
Literature, Ferrer, Hugh, Argentina -- Buenos Aires, 2000-2010, Caceres, Victoria, Bedell, George N. |
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Building Community Through the Caribbean Carnival Arts, Iowa City, Iowa, April 22, 2013 |
Carnival, Art, Caribbean, Cultural relations, Salandy, Clary, Winkleblack, Thais, Caribbean, United States, 2010-2020 |
Carnival parades have always been vibrant, exciting displays of the visual arts and music in dynamic motion. New carnival traditions have been created as people have emigrated to other countries, including Canada, Great Britain, the US, Germany, and the Netherlands, to name just a few. Migrating carnival artists, like Clary Salandy, have taken the traditions and celebrations with them, celebrating the culture of their countries of origin as well as that of the new communities that they now call home. In an increasingly technological and impersonal world, carnival arts can bridge differences and celebrate human resilience and creativity. |
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Bullets and Bombs: The Background Music for an Average Day in Damascus, Syria, Iowa City, Iowa, December 1, 2016 |
Civil war, Shakally, Monzer, Syria -- Damascus, 2010-2020 |
As the Syrian civil war continues, the average Syrian person is dehumanized to a number, a casualty, or a cost on a neighboring state. While the media has mainly been focused on the outflow of refugees, little is known about what daily lives look like in the capital Damascus; a place where contradictions occur at every corner. |
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Bushido (Samurai Spirit) In Modern Japanese Culture, Sports and Military, Iowa City, Iowa, March 23, 2017 |
Bushido, Yamamoto, Masamichi “Masa”, Japan, 2010-2020 |
Bushido is a code of moral principles that the knights (Samurai or Bushi) were required or instructed to observe. It is not a written code, but an organic growth of decades and centuries of military career. Although there are no more Samurai in Japan today, Bushido is deep-rooted in modern Japanese people in both positive and negative ways. Masa describes how Bushido was born and developed and explain how Bushido has influenced modern Japan by illustrating recent issues in culture, sports, and military. |
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Bylaws of Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, 1980s |
Citizenship, Politics & government, Foreign relations, International relations, Nonprofit organizations, Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 1980-1990 |
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CAFTA: the political economy of free trade, Iowa City, Iowa, December 15, 2005 |
Loebsack, David, Honey, Rex, United States, Central America, Dominican Republic, 2000-2010 |
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Can Social Science Solve Corruption?, Iowa City, Iowa, April 1, 2022 |
Corruption, Bribery, Social sciences and ethics, Prasad, Monica, Reisinger, William M. (William Mark), 1957-, 2020-2030 |
Corruption lowers economic growth, increases poverty and inequality, and is one of the biggest complaints of ordinary people around the world. The international development community has tried for twenty years to fight corruption, but there is a general consensus that these efforts have not been successful. This talk aims to give a better understanding of corruption and examines a new strategy to control it., Monica Prasad's areas of interest are political sociology, economic sociology, and comparative historical sociology. She has written three award-winning books using comparative and historical methods to examine the political economy of the United States and Europe, including the history and divergent trajectories of welfare states, the rise of “neoliberalism,” and the origins of distinct patterns of economic growth in different countries and their consequences for redistribution. Dr. Prasad is currently conducting research on the economic consequences of market-oriented welfare policies in Europe. She is also examining state-building and the development of meritocratic bureaucracies in contemporary developing countries. Dr. Prasad has received the Fulbright award, the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and several other grants and awards. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 2000. Her new book, Problem-Solving Sociology, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. |
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Can We Wade Out of the Big Muddy and Get Back to Some Moral High Ground, Iowa City, Iowa, September 29, 2015 |
Integrity, Intelligence service, McGovern, Ray, Rowley, Coleen, United States, 2010-2020 |
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