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Welcome to the
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Towards Global Excellence in the 21st Century:
Development, Environment, and Pathways of Cooperation

Conference
 
April 10-12, 2008

 Frank G. Pogue Student Center

Proposals for papers and panels are invited for an innovative conference that will examine the creative and cooperative roles that national governments, international organizations, and NGO’s can play in addressing the crucial economic, environmental, and social problems in an age of globalization.

Co-sponsored by the Regional Science Consortium at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.
Held in conjunction with the Beta Beta Beta District Convention

Proposals are especially welcome in the following areas:

  • Prospects for international cooperation and the future of the United Nations

  • A call for creative interaction: governments and NGOs in the 21st century

  • Human rights: national perspectives, international alliances

  • Women and development: breaking the barriers

  • Freedom of information in the digital era

  • Health care and the medical profession: a national and global crisis?

  • Energy options in an age of global industrialization

  • Our threatened ecosphere: conservation as self-defense

 

Proposals in related areas of interest are also encouraged. Selected papers will be published.


Deadline for submission of proposals: February 15, 2008

To Submit a Proposal

Conference Sponsors

 Office of the President
Office of the Provost
Office of Development and Marketing
School of Education
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs
School of Liberal Arts
School of Science, Management and Technologies
Department of History and Anthropology
Global Conference Planning Committee
Labor Education Institute
Multicultural Programs
Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honor Society
Diversity Funding Board
History Club
Iota Iota Iota, Women’s Studies Honor Society
Latino Student Organization
Regional Science Consortium at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center
Student Government Association
Women’s Studies Committee

Special Appreciation to:
Susan Wilkosz
Stacey Turner
Kelly Williams
Lynn Hamilton
Patti Loomis
Cheryl Harney
Jeff Pinski
Dave Tucker, Professor of Computer Science, Conference Webmaster
Dr. Jerry Covert, Regional Science Consortium at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center
Dr. Nina Thumser, Coordinator, Beta Beta Beta