Members of Iota Mu, UALR’s political science honor society, have invited a number of candidates for election to attend an informal candidate forum at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the first floor auditorium in the new Engineering and Information Technology building.
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The UALR William H. Bowen School of Law and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site will hold a special program on immigration in Arkansas, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, in the Friday Courtroom.
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American and international students are invited to the UALR International Mixer at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, to meet and greet each other in a social venue.
“We will be signing up students interested in joining a new UALR International Student Association, which is open to all UALR students,” said Dr. Jacek Lubecki, associate professor of political science and sponsor of the student association. “We will also be holding elections for student officers. All UALR students and faculty are welcome to attend.”
Refreshments and Middle Eastern food will be served free of charge. Students should RSVP by Wednesday, Oct. 13, to help with estimates of food needs.
“But if folks don’t reserve in time, that doesn’t mean they cannot attend,” Lubecki said.
The event is hosted by the Office of International Services, the International Studies Program, and the Middle Eastern Studies Program.
Students from five area high schools will participate in UALR’s International Simulations Association’s United Nations Day Conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at the Donaghey Student Center, offering seminars on topics that include “Model Arab League,” “Model United Nations,” and “International Peacekeeping.”
Historians and activists who lived through the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s will discuss their personal stories of the era from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Ledbetter Hall B at UALR’s Donaghey Student Center.
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UALR’s Department of Political Science will host a talk by Professor Hubert Isak of the University of Graz from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, in Room 123 of Ross Hall. Professor Isak will be speaking on recent developments in European Union law and Foreign Policy post-Lisbon Treaty.
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Professor Hubert Isak of Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria, will visit with faculty and students at the UALR Bowen School of Law Sept. 9-12 as an extension of the UALR exchange program with the European university.
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C-SPAN, the public affairs network that in 2003 televised 15 weeks of UALR’s class on President Bill Clinton, plans to air Dr. Margaret Scranton’s fall semester class on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in November.
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Justin Meeks of Salem, Ark., has another year before he earns a degree in political science from UALR. But he is already practicing what he’s learning. Meeks, 19, won the Republican primary for justice of the peace in his district in Saline County.
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Friends and colleagues salute Dr. Neil Snortland for his 33-year career at UALR, teaching, advising, and chairing the Department of Political Science, at a reception from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at the Donaghey Student Center’s Upper Concourse.