Spring 2010: Educating for Global Citizenship

This year’s Saul O Sidore Lecture Series at Plymouth State University features diverse perspectives on our increasingly interconnected world to promote peace, prosperity, and a viable planet.

This is a time of global mobility and communication, and Americans’ awareness of diverse cultures, people, world events, and institutions must keep pace. Students and citizens need to understand the issues in which international cooperation is vital: ensuring opportunity and sustainability in the global economy, resolving enduring conflicts, preventing genocide, and managing the tension between sovereignty and human rights. With this understanding comes the potential to facilitate problem solving at the local, national, and international levels.

2009-2010 Lectures

“In Over Our Heads?: The Hidden Curriculum of Adult Life”

January 19th, 2010 by Bridget

September 29: Robert Kegan

“U.S. Foreign Policy and Israel: Which Way to Go?”

January 19th, 2010 by Bridget

October 27: Stephen Zunes

“The United Nations and Human Rights”

January 19th, 2010 by Bridget

November 17: Julie Mertus

“How Green Economics Can Revive the Economy”

January 19th, 2010 by Bridget

February 16: Robert Pollin

“The Global Water Crisis and the Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water”

January 19th, 2010 by Bridget

March 2: Maude Barlow

“The Future of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity”

January 19th, 2010 by Bridget

April 13: Adam Jones

Featured Magazine Story

Big Impact on Small Businesses

December 21st, 2009 by Bridget

Big Impact on Small BusinessesSBI students learn while helping local businesses grow.

Location Feature

PSU Among Great Colleges To Work For

July 6th, 2009 by Casey

The Chronical of Higher Education 2009 Great Colleges to Work For

The Chronicle of Higher Education named Plymouth State University among its 2009 Great Colleges to Work For, earning a place in the top 10 in eight categories.