Last updated on
Apr. 17, 2008

NIEA:

Northwest International Education Association

Annual Workshop

“Global Citizenship:
People, Goods, and Ideas on the Move”

Friday, May 9, 2008

8:00am to 3:30pm

Highline Community College

2400 South 240th Street, Des Moines WA 98198

Registration Deadline: April 18, 2008

Registration Form

Cost: $30 incl. lunch. Students free.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAM

8:00-9:00         Registration, refreshments, welcome

9:00-10:15       Opening Keynote Address, Dr David Balaam, UPS, “Agricultural Trade Policy and the WTO Stalemate: Is the WTO History?”

10:30-11:30     2 Morning Breakout Sessions

1. Dr Leon Grunberg, UPS, “Globalization, Outsourcing and Employee Well Being.”

2. Highline Community College Panel on International Workforce
   Development in Africa: Global Concerns & Local Impacts

   --Dr James Peyton, Director Center for Community Research & Devel.

   --Raegan Copeland, Director Center of Excellence for International Trade, Transportation & Logistics

   --Judy Perry, Executive Director Community & Employment Services

11:30-1:00       Lunch  and Poster Sessions

1:00-2:00         3 Afternoon Breakout Sessions

1. Ricardo Sanchez, Higher Education Coordinating Board, “Immigration, Policy versus Practice, and its Effects on Washington State.”

2. Dr Nader Nazemi, Cascadia Community College, "Do Countries in the Middle East Exhibit Greater Resistance To Globalization?"

3. Sherrie Buendel, SPSCC, Facilitator, Student, Faculty and Staff
   Panel on the Study Abroad Experience.

2:30-3:30         Closing Plenary
Dr Lynn Thomas, UW, “Five things every student should know about HIV/AIDS in Africa.”

Questions?

Please contact:

Kathleen Hasselblad at (206) 878-3710 x3019, khasselb@highline.edu

OR

Pat Cavendish at (253) 964-7327  pcavendi@pierce.ctc.edu