Global Issues Colloquium Kicks Off Fall Semester

This fall the Global Issues Colloquium will feature four main events to help raise world awareness on campus.

The first event in the series “A New Ukraine” will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 in Magruder Hall 2001. David Robison will discuss Ukraine’s troubled past and his positive outlook for the country’s future. Robison has made regular visits to Ukraine since 2000, including a recent two-week visit.  

Next, the series will present “Learning from Latin American Social Movements” at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 in Magruder Hall 2001. Co-sponsored by the Multicultural Affairs Center, the event will explore how independent Latin American social movements over the last decade have been a driving force for change.

Co-sponsored by the President’s Sustainability Action Committee, the third event, “Creating Life-Sized LEGOs for a Global Village” will take place at 4 p.m. Oct. 22 in Baldwin Hall 176. Founder of Open Source Ecology, Marcin Jakubowski, will describe the development of the Global Village Construction Set, a set of 50 machines crucial to modern life.

The series will finish with “Twitter as a Communication Tool in Crisis Situations” at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 in Magruder Hall 2001. Associate professors of communication Don Krause and Mark Smith will examine the use of tweets surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing versus Twitter use during the recent civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo.

Sponsored by The Global Issues Committee, the series is presented for educational or civic purposes and does not reflect the opinions of Truman State University. For more information, visit globalissues.truman.edu.