Students gain wider world views
Citizens of Milledgeville and members of the GCSU community can exchange ideas about world issues in the “Across the Spectrum” Series hosted by Eta Sigma Alpha, Georgia College’s Honors Student Association.
The “Across the Spectrum” Series will take a total of seven issues throughout the semester that are often viewed as very binary-very “black or white”-and use scholarly, expert views to enlarge the audience’s mindset.
“‘The Across the Spectrum’ Series is responding to our call as a community of learning to become ‘global citizens,’” said Harold Mock, senior student and president of Eta Sigma Alpha. “It is critical now more than ever that we examine international challenges collectively and with a strong appreciation for diverse cultures and perspectives.”
The series received an award from Georgia College’s Coverdell Institute in order to help fund the program.
“Gender Equality in Society” will took place on Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Museum Education Room. Dr. Greg Jarvie, professor in the Department of Psychology, will facilitate a discussion about how distinguished roles for mean and women are portrayed in politics, the workplace, families, religious customs and many other aspects of society.
The last event of the semester, “Perceptions of the United States: An International Perspective” will be held on Wednesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. in the Museum Education Room. A panel of GCSU international students will share their perceptions of the United States.
“These discussions address issues of global importance in which the citizens of the United States play a strategic role,” said Mock. “Topics such as these are fiercely debated in the American culture and should be studied and discussed by the nation’s college-age students.”
Past topics have included nuclear proliferation, the Global War on Terror, global warming, fragmentation within Islam, and multinational corporations.
“I made a short presentation and then we had several really good questions that got students talking about what they had been learning and how they felt,” said Dr. Doug Oetter, assistant professor in the Department of History, Geography and Philosophy. Oetter gave his presentation on global warming. “By the end of the hour, I was not so much a presenter as I was a participant in a healthy discussion.”
For more information about “Across the Spectrum,” e-mail eta.sigma.alpha@gcsu.edu. Eta Sigma Alpha, founded in 1973, is GCSU’s Honors Student Association and an interdependent unit of the Honors & Scholars Program.
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