Some of the many Principal Center for Global Citizenship events and those of related community partners are linked below.
Panelists Jim McCaughan, Bob Baur, and Rachel Paine Caufield discuss "The Future of Trade in an Era of Anti-Globalism"
China Town Hall
Panelists Jim McCaughan, John Merante, and David Skidmore discuss "Globalization, Technological Change and the Rise of Populist Politics"
David Skidmore's Ray Society lecture series on "Can China Rise Peacefully?"
December 6, 2016
Vandana Shiva talk "Who Really Feeds the World?"
Panel Discussion "Iowa and Africa: Expanding Engagement"
Panelists Jim McCaughan (Principal Financial Group), Madelyn Antoncic (Principal Financial Group), and Eric Shimp (Alston & Bird LLP) discuss "Evaluating the IMF and the World Bank: Are International Financial Institutions Still Relevant?"
Jeffrey Ashe's talk "Getting Ahead with Almost Nothing: What Immigrant Communities Can Teach Us About Achieving the American Dream"
Robert Wallace's talk "Big Farms Make Big Flu (and Ebola and Zika and Yellow Fever and MERS and Q Fever)"
IPR story on Mandela Washington Fellowship Program hosted by Drake University
Bill Stowe's talk "For our Health: Protecting Surface Waters in Agricultural Watersheds"
Michael Renner's talk "Kleptomaniacal Chimpanzees, Unripe Figs, and Lousy Knees: Drake Goes To Rwanda"
Brett Bruen's talk "From ISIS to Russia: How America Can Win the Battle of Ideas"
Noripah Kamso's talk "How Islamic Investing is Transforming Global Capital Markets"
Panel Discussion “The Changing Role of Central Banks”
Panelists: Jim McCaughan, Bob Baur, and Madelyn Antoncic (Principal Financial Group) and Sean Severe (Drake CBPA)
Careers in International Relations Panel Discussion
Panelists: Ambassador Ronald McMullen, Zachary Nunn, Samantha Thomas, Amir Busnov, and Jill Morehead
Guoguang Wu's talk "China's Rise and Its Global Implications in Human Security"
Panel "Doing Business Across Cultures"
Panel on Regional Trade Negotiations (TPP and TTIP)
James Hansen's talk "Tenant Farming to White House Arrests: A Scientist’s Perspective on the Unfolding Climate Crisis and Opportunity”
Promotional video for Center for Citizen Diplomacy Workshop
Islamic finance roundtable
Johnie Carson's talk "Africa; the Changing Face of the Continent"
Theme: The Social Determinants of Health
For the Principal Center for Global Citizenship's tenth anniversary celebration in 2012, three Drake alumni offered their thoughts on what "life as a global citizen" means to them via video. Click on the links below to explore three perspectives on global citizenship.
Daniela Bermeo-Torres graduated in 2008 with majors in politics, sociology and international relations. She also earned the Global Ambassador certificate through the Center. After graduation, she interned for the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. and then worked on hurricane relief in Haiti with an NGO called TECHO.
Amit Sharma graduated in 2006 with a major in international relations and international business. He earned a Global Ambassador certificate through the Center. After graduation he worked for Drake’s World Languages and Cultures program, then spent a year on Drake’s Teach in China program. He worked in business consulting in India and is now pursuing a Master’s degree in international relations at the University of California at San Diego.
Zachary Nunn graduated in 2002 with a major in international relations and went on to receive a master’s degree in the same field from Cambridge University in England. He is currently working on the staff of the National Security Council in Washington D.C. Note that two Drake students, Amelia Piecuch and Alex Shaner, are featured in Zach’s video.
Also see podcast by Peter Stearns of George Mason University on educating global citizens.
"Traveling While Cultural Incompetent"
Professor John Rovers
"Washington and Tehran: Locked in CyberWarfare?"
Drake Alumnus Zachary Nunn
For the Iowa International Center
"Are We Up to the Challenge?"
Jerry Gallucci
For the Iowa International Center
"Scotland. NO but Never the Same"
Derek Wilson
For the Iowa International Center
"Social Entrepreneurship and the Arab Spring"
Kavilash Chawla
For the Iowa International Center
"Thirst: China's Water Crisis"
David Skidmore
For the Iowa International Center
"The Global Situation of the 21st Century"
Jerry Gallucci
For the Iowa International Center
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