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The Lecture Series 2007-08
Explorations: Seeking New Worlds
Presented by Craven Community College and Public Radio East
YOU ARE INVITED ONCE AGAIN-
We hope you will join us for the 2007-08 Explorations: Seeking New Worlds, International Film and Lecture Series. The series is presented by the Craven Community College Lifetime Learning Center in partnership with Public Radio East. Each year we work to bring you a view of the world through films and to hear about the world through lectures. All of us, volunteer committees and staff of the college and PRE, view our work selecting and presenting the films and lectures as a real labor of love. It's such a pleasure to see growing numbers of people attending the films and lectures and to hear your enthusiastic comments.
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James H. Johnson, Jr. Thursday, Feb. 21
DEMOGRAPHICS & CHANGE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Selected by Fast Company magazine (Sept. 2000) as one of the "17 . . . brightest thinkers and doers in the new world of work, " Dr. Johnson's current research and consulting activities focus on the workforce and workplace implications of the recent demographic changes in the U.S. and on how to create highly competitive and sustainable business enterprises and communities in the current era of economic uncertainty and global insecurity. His focus areas include the effects of demographic changes on the workplace, inter-ethnic minority conflict, urban poverty and public policy in urban America and workforce diversity issues. His research on these and related topics has been widely cited in the national media, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek and others. He has appeared on national television shows, including The Today Show and CNN Headline News, and on the major network news programs of CBS, NBC and ABC. Dr. Johnson is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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COREY FLINTOFF Thursday, March 13
REPORTING FROM IRAQ FOR NPR
After 17 years as the afternoon voice of NPR's newscasts, Corey Flintoff is stepping out from the newscaster's booth to be a correspondent with the NPR Foreign Desk. Beginning in August of 2007, Flintoff will be reporting from Iraq. Flintoff began a temporary stint on the Foreign Desk in the summer of 2005, reporting from Iraq, Jerusalem and Haiti. As correspondent, Flintoff reports for NPR's newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered and the world news section of NPR.org. Flintoff joined NPR as a newscaster in 1990. For years, he was a part of NPR listeners' homeward commutes, reporting the latest news at the start of each hour of All Things Considered. Flintoff will conclude our series of lectures soon after his first full rotation on the Foreign Desk in Iraq comes to a close. He'll be speaking about his experiences as a reporter in the region and the challenges of reporting on the war in Iraq.
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ALL EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT ORRINGER AUDITORIUM,
CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NEW BERN CAMPUS - 7:30 pm
FREE -DONATIONS SUPPORT THE SERIES
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We extend our thanks to David Young of Edward Jones for his continuing support of the Craven Community College Lifetime Learning Center and the opportunities all of us are afforded to fill our lives with learning and discovery.
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