Past Events
One Billion Rising: The New Face of South Asia
Featuring Persis Khambatta and Jamie McIntyre
A forum featuring Persis Khambatta, a fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Jamie McIntyre, a newscaster for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and adjunct professor at the Philip Merrill College at the University of Maryland
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Click here to see the event flyer.
Jamie McIntyre
The New Age of Journalism in Sri Lanka
NPR Newscaster and Journalism Professor, Philip Merrill College, University of Maryland
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, The India Center at UCF, UCF Diplomacy Studies Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The India Group, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, Chastang Charitable Foundation, CliftonLarsonAllen, UCF Burnett Honors College, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.
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A featured speaker in the public forum, “One Billion Rising: The New Face of South Asia,” and visitor for other community meetings. Click here to see a press release about the event.
Persis Khambatta
India Today: Big Changes on the Horizon
Fellow, Wadhwani Chair in India-U.S. Policy Studies, Center for Strategic International Studies
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, The India Center at UCF, UCF Diplomacy Studies Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The India Group, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, Chastang Charitable Foundation, CliftonLarsonAllen, UCF Burnett Honors College, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.
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A featured speaker in the public forum, “One Billion Rising: The New Face of South Asia,” and visitor for other community meetings. Click here to see a press release about the event.
Allan Goodman
The Importance of Cross-Cultural Educational Exchanges
President and CEO, Institute of International Education
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Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Diplomacy Studies Program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, Chastang Charitable Foundation, CliftonLarsonAllen and the Global Connections Foundation
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Community meetings
Community Outreach Forum
Featuring Gabriela Othon Lothrop
Local-food entrepreneur and Director of the new East End Market in Orlando, Florida.
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: SGA Boardroom, UCF Fairwinds Alumni Center
Sponsors: UCF Student Government Association and UCF Global Perspectives Office
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Advance registration is required to attend this luncheon. Registration is provided at no cost thanks to the event’s sponsors. Space is limited. RSVP to: SGA_Outreach@ucf.edu.
Rafe Esquith
Education and Democracy
A special presentation for the International Breakfast. This event serves as the grand opening to the International Education Week and is highlighted by the Internationalization Awards, cultural performances and guest speaker Rafe Esquith, a once-in-a-lifetime educator and author of “Real Talk for Real Teachers.”
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Advance registration is required. Please contact the International Services Center at 407-823-2337 for full details on breakfast ticket purchases.
Global Issues Conference
What Is Global Is Local
A global issues conference featuring experts on local and global aspects of pressing issues, such as food security, use of unmanned aerial vehicles, and implementation of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Speakers include John C. Bersia, Special Assistant to the President for Global Perspectives, UCF; Bernard Finel, Associate Professor of National Security Strategy, National War College; Jonathan Foley, Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota; Lt. Chris Francisco, Emergency Management/Homeland Security Section, High Risk Incident Command Division, Orange County Sheriff’s Office; Ambassador Garry Grappo, the former Head of Mission of the Office of the Quartet Representative, the Honorable Tony Blair, in Jerusalem; Gabriela Othon Lothrop, Market Director for East End Market in Orlando, Florida; Ricardo Salvador, Director, Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists; and Tamara Wittes, Senior Fellow and Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research and Studies, The India Center at UCF, UCF Diplomacy Studies, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Al Ghazali Islamic Studies Program, UCF Human Trafficking Awareness Program, UCF Isle of Man Small Countries Program, Chastang Charitable Foundation, The India Group, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.
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Advance registration is required to attend this event. Registration is provided at no cost, thanks to our sponsors. To register, or for more information, please email global@ucf.edu.
Click here for an overview of Amb. Grappo’s morning keynote. Click here for an overview of the Food Security Panel presentation. Click here for an overview of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Panel presentation. Click here for an overview of the luncheon keynote from Dr. Wittes or here to watch her full presentation.
Jehane Noujaim
The Square: Egypt's Ongoing Struggles for Democracy
International Documentary Filmmaker
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, Chastang Charitable Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, ICF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.
Interfaith Forum
Featuring introductory remarks by UCF world religions professor Doug Evans, panel presentation by Central Florida’s own “Three Wise Guys” and keynote presentation by Executive Director of the American Islamic Congress Zainab Al-Suwaij.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Ambassador Myles Frechette
Senior Associate, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Diplomacy program, UCF Burnett Honors College and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom and community meetings