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.
For the fourth year in a row, Iota Mu, the UALR chapter of the National Political Science Honor Society Pi Sigma Alpha, has won a national best chapter award for its on-campus and community activities designed to further excellence in political science and public service.
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A paper presented by Dr. Rebecca Glazier, assistant professor of political science at UALR, generated much discussion this month at the American Political Science Association in Toronto. The paper examined the use of simulations in courses.