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Ahmed Rashid To Speak At UM This Week
Journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid of
Pakistan will give the next installment of the 2008-09
President's Lecture Series at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 9, in the University Center Ballroom.
Rashid, a leading authority on the Taliban, will
present "Descent into Chaos: The United States and
the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan
and Central Asia." His newest book of the same title is
a critique of both America's and Europe's failure to
invest in rebuilding Afghanistan, and Pakistan's role in
allowing Taliban and al Qaeda elements to regroup.
He will explain why the American-dominated status
quo in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia has
been helpless in stemming the resurgence of the
Taliban and al Qaeda.
Earlier Thursday from 3:40 to 5 p.m., Rashid will give
a seminar titled "The Strength, Appeal and Prospects
of al Qaeda Today" in the University Center Theater.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Rashid's campus events are presented in conjunction
with UM's First-Year Reading Experience program.
The author's book "Taliban: Militant Islam,
Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia" is the
program's fall semester reading selection.
President's Lecture Series
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UM Launches International Degree Programs
The Department of Geosciences, with partner
institutions in Germany and Ireland, has established
the University's first transnational dual and joint
degree programs, creating new models for
undergraduate study at UM.
UM's first dual degree program is a Bachelor of
Science in international field geosciences, offered
collaboratively with the University of Potsdam in
Germany. Students graduating from the program will
receive two separate bachelor's degrees, one from
UM and one from the University of Potsdam.
The University's first joint degree program is a
Bachelor of Science degree, also in international field
geosciences, offered in cooperation with University
College Cork in Ireland. Students graduating from the
UM-University College Cork program will receive a
single degree that is jointly administered and
awarded by the two universities.
"Although dual and joint degrees involving institutional
partnerships are relatively commonplace in Europe,
these shared degree models have not been widely
implemented in the United States," said geosciences
Professor Marc Hendrix, UM's principal architect of the
new international programs. "The greatest advantage
for students in these programs is that they benefit
directly from the unique educational resources
available at each of the partner institutions."
UM News Release
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Mathematical sciences Associate Professor
Bharath
Sriraman gave an invited keynote
lecture, "Interdisciplinarity and Giftedness: Trends and
Challenges for the NET Generation," at
the New Brunswick Mini Symposium on Mathematics
and its Connections to the Arts and Sciences Sept.
27-28 at the
Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Condon, Ellen and Michael Callahan.
2008. "Individualized Career Planning for Students
with Significant Support Needs Utilizing the Discovery
and Vocational Profile Process, Cross-Agency
Collaborative Funding and Social Security Work
Incentives." Journal of Vocational
Rehabilitation,
28(2):85-96.
UM
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