2015-2016 Events
Planet of Discontent: Can We Fix It?

Kevin Bales
Leading expert on modern-day slavery
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Campus and community Meetings. Click here to see a write up about his visit.

Amy Hawthorne
Deputy Director of Research, Project on Middle East Democracy
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Sponsors: UCF Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research and Studies
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Campus and community meetings.

Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret.)
U.S. National Security
Chief Executive Officer, American Security Project, Washington. D.C.
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Campus and community meetings.

Shireen Hunter
U.S.-Iran Relations
Research Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (affiliated with the Center For Muslim-Christian Understanding), Washington, D.C.
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Campus and community meetings.

Tak Toyoshima
Secret Asian Man: Diversity in Comics and Education
A special feature of the International Education Week Kickoff Breakfast. Advance registration required.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Pegasus Ballroom, UCF Student Union

Fiona Hill
Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution.
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Garden Key, UCF Student Union
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This event is free and open to the public.

Ambassador Myles Frechette
International Trade and Investment
Former U.S. ambassador to Colombia and Cameroon, and Trade and Business Consultant, Washington, D.C.
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Campus and community meetings.

Inauguration: Kurdish Political Studies Chair
This event serves as the formal inauguration of the Jalal Talabany Kurdish Political Studies Endowed Chair at UCF. The ceremony will be followed by a panel discussion, “Perspectives on Kurdish Political Issues.”
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Location: Cape Florida Ballroom, UCF Student Union
Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Program, UCF College of Sciences
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Click here to view the event flyer and here to see the program booklet.

Interfaith Forum
This event will feature the Three Wise Guys discussing “Free Speech and Religious Tolerance.” Angela Oh, Zen Buddhist Priest, on her topic “East Meets West: Opportunities and Challenges of Diversity.”
Click here to see the event flyer and here to see the program booklet.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Key West Ballroom, UCF Student Union
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The event requires advance registration, which is provided at no cost. Anyone wishing to register should email global@ucf.edu.

Sonia Manzano
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Pegasus Ballroom, UCF Student Union
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A keynote presentation of UCF’s Diversity Breakfast, and a feature of Diversity Week 2015. For more information about the breakfast, Diversity Week or UCF’s Office of Diversity Initiatives, please visit this website.
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