Ambassador Theodore Kattouf, President and CEO of AMIDEAST (America-MidEast Educational and Training Services, Inc.) Weds., Apr. 8, 7 p.m. Marist College, Hancock Rm. 2023. Ambassador Kattouf joined the Foreign Service in 1972 and from 1973 to 1975 served in Kuwait as an economic and commercial officer. Following Kuwait, he attended the Foreign Service Arabic Language […]
The first discussion in our Great Decisions collaboration with Poughkeepsie Library District will be on "Russia and the Near Abroad" facilitated by Martin Charwat on Mon., May 11, 7-8:30 pm, Boardman Road Branch Library, Greene Rm. For more information or to sign up for the discussion group, contact Reference Desk, at 485-3445 x3702, or email […]
The second discussion in our Great Decisions collaboration with Poughkeepsie Library District will be “Privacy in the Digital Age” facilitated by Jane Livingston, Associate CIO for Campus Community Technologies, Yale Univ., on Mon., June 8, 7-8:30 pm, Boardman Road Branch Library, Greene Rm. For more information or to sign up for the discussion group, contact […]
Weds., June 24, 6 p.m. M. Glen Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College and former WACMHV President. Caterina De Medici Restaurant, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park.
Members Only Dinner, Weds., June 24, 6 p.m. “Narendra Modi: Transforming India?”, M. Glen Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College and former WACMHV President. Caterina De Medici restaurant, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park.
Wed. Sept. 9, 7 p.m. Thomas M. Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I. Henry Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park.
Mon. Sept. 21, 7 p.m. Discussion Facilitator: James Ketterer, Director of International Academic Initiatives and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Liberal Education, Bard College. Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with the Poughkeepsie Public Library District and are held at the Boardman Road Branch Library.
Mon. Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Discussion Facilitator: M. Glen Johnson, India expert and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College. Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with the Poughkeepsie Public Library District and are held at the Boardman Road Branch Library.
Mon. Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Discussion Facilitator: M. Glen Johnson, India expert and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College. Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with the Poughkeepsie Public Library District and are held at the Boardman Road Branch Library.
Thurs. Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Faith Okpotor, Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace. Hancock Hall, Rm. 2023, Marist College.
Mon. Nov. 2, 7 p.m. Carlos Eire, T. Lawrence Riggs Professor of History & Religious Studies, Yale University and prize-winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana and Learning to Die in Miami. The Honors Center at College Hall, SUNY New Paltz. Parking in the Main Lot on Rte. 32, Lot 28.
Mon., Nov. 16, 7-8:30. Facilitator: Dr. Andrew Reiser, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Dutchess and President of the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with the Poughkeepsie Public Library District and are held at the Boardman Road Branch Library.