April 16, 2008
For Immediate Release
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UVSC’s Center for the Study of Ethics is holding their annual Faculty Summer Seminar April 28-May 2 in room 213c in the Sorensen Center. The topic of this year’s Summer Seminar is, “International Peace and the Necessity of Negotiation.” Omar Kader, an expert in counterterrorism policy, will be the key speaker for the first four days of the conference. J. Bonner Ritchie, UVSC scholar in residence, will present the final day.
"For the past 22 years UVSC has sponsored Summer Seminars in ethics for our faculty,” said Elaine Englehardt, distinguished professor of ethics and philosophy at UVSC. “The faculty has enjoyed learning diverse issues together. I believe this is one of the most important topics we have scheduled. We will study the problems of peace and war. Through discussion and readings, we may find some strong ideas in how enemies can reconcile."
Topics that will be discussed during the seminar include how America’s actions have impacted its status as a global leader, peacemaking in the Middle East over the past three presidencies and the new administration that will take office in 2009.
Omar Kader holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Southern California. He has served as the executive director of the United Palestinian Appeal and executive director of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, a civil rights organization. He is currently a board member of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and the Middle East Policy Council.
J. Bonner Ritchie is professor emeritus at the BYU Marriott School of Business and the former interim dean of UVSC’s Woodbury School of Business. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and is an international consultant in the areas of leadership, conflict resolution and peacemaking, organizational change and organizational ethics.
The seminar is only open to UVSC faculty members. Faculty who participates will be paid a stipend and receive books and materials for the seminar. To enroll, contact Don Lavange at lavangdo@uvsc.edu or (801) 863-6455.
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