Global Perspective: Why It Matters
Sept. 16-20, 2013
Public Affairs Week is an annual, week-long event held in the fall semester. The event, coordinated by Missouri State students, consists of a series of presentations, panel discussions and special events that relate to the year’s public affairs theme.
As it is an event developed by and for students, Public Affairs Week has come to emphasize and encourage engagement with our public affairs mission in fun and innovative ways. This week of activities has a unique, student perspective, and it adds a facet to our community’s understanding of public affairs.
ALL WEEK
Global Sustainability Campaign
The Missouri State community will be encouraged to participate in sustainable lifestyle practices through information posted around campus. The campaign aims to help students understand the way in which their actions affect the global community.
Voter Registration Drive
Tents throughout campus will offer students the opportunity to register to vote or change their voter registration address to Missouri. In addition, information will be available voting, ballot issues and candidates running for office.
- Outside Siceluff Hall,
- Craig Hall
- Meyer Library
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17
Gideon v. Wainwright: Legal Issues and the Right to Counsel – a Global Perspective
3 p.m., PSU Theater
David R. Mercer is currently the First Assistant Federal Defender for the Western District of Missouri. He graduated from Drury University in 1984 with degrees in Biology and Philosophy.
After living in New Zealand for 4 months in 1986, he earned both a Masters Degree in Education from Drury University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. In law school, David was a published member of the Missouri Law Review and a member of the Order of the Barristers.
In the 1990s, David worked for Food for the Hungry as a journalist reporting on poverty, hunger and development in the Third World, spending time in Bolivia, Rwanda, Goma, Zaire, Uganda and Kenya. *Sponsored by the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association*
Cultural Awareness Table
5 p.m, Blair Shannon Dining Hall
Chartwells is sponsoring a Cultural Awareness table in the dining center that discusses cuisine of other cultures while giving out that cultural region’s food.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18
Beyond Springfield: Global Impact Fair
11 a.m. – 1 p.m., PSU Atrium
The Beyond Springfield: Global Impact Fair will provide students the opportunity to meet and learn about businesses and organizations in Springfield that participate in social entrepreneurship.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
Hunger Banquet
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., PSU Grand Ballroom
The Hunger Banquet will offer students an interactive opportunity to learn about global hunger by engaging in a simulation that divides participants into social classes and provides a meal similar to what people of their social class eat daily around the world.
For more information about Public Affairs week please visit http://www.missouristate.edu/paw/. All events are free and open to the public.
*Information was taken from http://www.missouristate.edu/paw/