The Arkansas Consumer Confidence Report
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Roby Brock of Talk Business, French Hill, CEO of Delta Trust and Bank and Hendrix College political science professor Jay Barth will conduct a panel discussion about the third quarter Arkansas Consumer Confidence Report, a Talk Business survey that measures consumer confidence in the state.
Markus Kostner, economist, World Bank
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Kostner currently serves as social development sector leader in the East Asia and Pacific Region where he has worked extensively on fragility and conflict. Previously, he worked as country program coordinator for the West Bank and Gaza and adviser in the Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries Group.
Catherine Bertini, former World Food Prize Laureate
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– A professor of public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Bertini is the former executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme. She was the World Food Prize Laureate in 2003 and, in 2007, was awarded the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition.
“Straight Talk,” A Community Conversation
Thursday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Just Communities of Arkansas will present a panel discussion, “Straight Talk,” focusing on LGBT issues in Arkansas. This is part of a series of “Community Conversations” that have included discussions on immigration, race relations and hate crimes.
Congressman Tim Murphy (R, Penn.)
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– In January 2010, Murphy began serving his fifth term in Congress representing the 18th District of Pennsylvania, encompassing the South Hills of Pittsburgh and portions of Washington and Westmoreland counties.
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