Event Schedule
Monday, October 29
Art Exhibition - Dr. Margaret Burroughs
GSU Art Gallery
(Continues through November 5)
Global Solutions: Demanding Total Accountability for Climate Change
Distinguished Lecture - Tom S. Mullikin
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Engbretson Hall
Artist Reception - Dr. Margaret Burroughs
6 to 8 p.m.
GSU Art Gallery
Tuesday, October 30
Discussion and Exploration of the Creation of a Doctoral Program in Leadership at GSU
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Hall of Honors
Wednesday, October 31
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility - Panel Discussion
5 to 7 p.m.
Hall of Honors
Panelists: Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite - President, Chicago Theological Seminary; Dr. Christopher Anne Easley - Associate Professor, GSU College of Business and Public Administration; Reverend Dr. Leon Finney - Woodlawn Organization & Woodlawn Community Development Corporation; Patrick Ormsby - President, Bimba Manufacturing
Thursday, November 1
Correlations Between Education, Health, and Employment Among Latinos in the U.S.
Roundtable Discussion
3 to 5 p.m.
Sherman Music Hall
Panelists: Jose Arrom - Grant Development Investigator, UIC Midwest Latino Health Research, Training, and Policy Center; Phyllis Johnson - Director, GSU Center for the Research on Vulnerable Populations; Virginia Martinez - Legislative Staff Attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF); Alicia McCray - Director, GSU Metropolitan Institute for Leadership in Education; Jorge Mujica - Mexico del Nortefacturing
Scholars or Citizens, Workers or Poets? The Fertile Mess of Teaching and Learning Writing
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Sherman Music Hall
Panelists: Dr. Elaine P. Maimon - President, Governors State University (Moderator); Dr. Douglas Hesse - Professor and Founding Director of the Marisco Writing Program, University of Denver; Jason Evans - Professor of English, Prairie State College; Bette Conkin - Kankakee Community College
The Globalization of Higher Education
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Hall of Honors
Panelists: Dr. Mary Clark - Assistant Professor, GSU College of Business and Public Administration; Dashan Cui - CenterPoint Global Trade Center; Dr. Marsha Katz - Professor, GSU College of Business and Public Administration; Dr. Gary Lyon - Associate Professor, GSU College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Nancy MacMullen - Nursing Department Chair, GSU College of Health Professions; Vreni Mendoza - Director, GSU Office of International Services
Friday, November 2
Community Appreciation Breakfast (Invitation Only)
8 to 9:30 a.m.
Hall of Honors
Presented by The CenterPoint for Entrepreneurs at GSU
Seeds of Greatness - A Salute to Student Achievements
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Engbretson Hall
Presented by the GSU Student Senate
Presidential Reception
5 to 7 p.m.
Center for Performing Arts Lobby
Saturday, November 3
Pre-Program Breakfast (Invitation Only)
9 to 10 a.m.
E-Lounge
Installation Ceremony
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Center for Performing Arts
Installation Reception
12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Hall of Governors
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park Tours
1:15 to 2 p.m. (Inner-loop tour)
1:30 to 2:45 p.m. (Outer-loop tour)
Originating in Hall of Governors - North Entrance
Display - Juried Works of GSU Faculty
1 to 2:30 p.m.
Cafeteria Annex
