World iView is a Speaker Series sponsored by the NDSU Office
of International Programs. Topics with an international focus ar
epresented to the NDSU and Fargo-Moorhead community. Speakers
include students, faculty and staff who will share their
experiences on a broad range of global themes. Presentations are
held once a month throughout the academic year in the Memorial
Union from 12 noon - 1pm.
**Please note: The November 19 World iView has been
cancelled.
Thursday, September 24
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Union, Century
African Soul, American Heart - a
documentary
Kevin Brooks, writer and producer,
and Joseph Akol Makeer
African Soul, American Heart is a documentary film that follows Joseph Akol Makeer, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, as he returns home for the first time in 20 years. The film retraces some of Joseph's journey and includes interviews with United Nations officials, clergy, and orphans. Through conversations with these people, Joseph tries to raise awareness of the challenges facing Sudanese villagers as they reclaim their way of life. The film ends with Joseph's plan to build a boarding facility where orphans will be fed, clothed, and nurtured, while encouraging their active participation in village life. His dream is that these children are raised "to the level of the rest of the world." This screening will be preceded by a short overview of Sudan's history and Joseph's life. A question and answer period will follow the film.
Thursday, October 22
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Union, Century
"Consequences of a Shrinking World"
Corey
Kiefer, chairman, China Global Media Group
Historically distant and disconnected countries and cultures around the globe are now more interconnected - and interdependent - than ever before. While this creates myriad opportunities within the areas of business and trade, it also creates challenges for businesspeople as we are increasingly more exposed to radically different cultural customs and psychologies. Corey Kiefer has had a diverse business career as an entrepreneur and executive manager in strategic business and content development with companies in the product marketing, entertainment, new media and Internet industries in both the USA and Asia.
CANCELLED - Thursday, November 19
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Union, Century
"A Visit to a Sister Land-Grant Institution in
Bolivia"
James J. Garrett, Ph.D., Candeska
Cikana Community College, Fort Totten, ND
Maintaining a strong sense of community and connectedness to the earth are two values often associated with Indigenous cultures. In a developing region of Bolivia, Carmen Pampas University was built upon a type of U.S. land-grant university model. Though a world apart, Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten, N.D., and Carmen Pampas University share many of these values and other similarities. Garrett will compare these two developing land-grant institutions and the experiences they share.
Dr. James Garrett is vice president of the Land Grant
Program, at Candeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten,
ND.