Student Government-Candidate Forum Meeting-Thursday Sept. 15th

The UHMC Student Government will be holding their first meeting to discuss the details about the upcoming UHMC Candidate Forum. They asked me to extend an invitation to any students interested in getting involved.  The meeting will take place at the Student Government Office located in the Pilina Building downstairs across from the TLC at 3:00pm to 4:00pm Thursday, September 15, 2016. 

15 Years of Terror

I wanted to post a link to this interesting documentary that aired last night on PBS’s NOVA.  It provides a detailed account of how terrorism has affected, not only America, but the world since the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/15-years-terror.html 

Here is a brief description from the NOVA website:

On September 11, 2001, an unimaginable horror unfolded that devastated a nation and the world. Fifteen years later, we are still gripped by terror, but it has transformed. The attacks have been coming fast and furious—to Boston, Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino, Orlando, Nice—but they are no longer commanded by a central entity. This is terrorism in the age of the Internet: crowd-sourced violence.

In this special report, NOVA traces the evolution of terror strategies from the World Trade Center to today. How have radical organizations grown to make use of modern propaganda and social media tools in order to cultivate an army of self-radicalized killers? What is going on inside the minds of this new breed of terrorist? What new techniques and technologies can help law enforcement cope with this elusive threat? And how can psychology and technology be leveraged to end this dreadful cycle of terror?

Summer Study Tour in Japan

The following is information on a summer study tour of Japan that is being organized by our new history instructor Liana Horovitz.  

Liana will be holding an informational meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7th in Noii 204 at 3:00 pm for students who might be interested and would like more information about EF and the program. It is an 11-day trip to Japan, and we will visit 5 cities. The tentative departure date is May 29, 2017. I have attached to this email a description of this all-inclusive trip, a link to the website, possible scholarship and trip-funder options. If students register with EF College Tours during the month of September, they give a $200 discount. They also have monthly payment-plan options. Feel free to pass on my contact information to prospective students.