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7:30–all day
Free, convenient parking will be available at the Bob Carpenter Center. Shuttles will drop-off guests at Gore Hall.
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Registration
Rotunda, Gore Hall
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Alan Fox, President of the Faculty Senate and Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Delaware
His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America
Mitchell Hall
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Concurrent Panel Session I
The Future of Public Education
Moderator:
Nancy Brickhouse, Professor and Director of the School of Education, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Valerie A. Woodruff, Secretary of Education, State of Delaware
Lillian M. Lowery, Superintendent, Christine School District, Delaware
Michael Gamel-McCormick, Interim Dean, College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, Director of the Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware
Sharon Walpole, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware
Congressman Michael Castle, United States House of Representatives
In the Company of Women: Women Leaders in American Business
Moderator:
Patricia Sloane-White, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Claire M. DeMatteis, Partner-in-Charge and Co-Chair, Government and Public Affairs Practice Group, Stradley Ronon Attorneys at Law
Michele Rollins, Chairman, Rollins Jamaica
Linda J. Myrick, Vice President and General Manager, Air Liquide Healthcare America Corporation-Scott Medical Products
Sue M. Sears, Vice President of Global Market Development, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Challenges and Opportunities in Alternative Energy
Moderator:
Mark Barteau, Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Research, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Willett M. Kempton, Associate Professor, Marine Policy, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware
William D. Provine, Ventures Development Manager, DuPont Biofuels
Christiana Honsberg, Director, High Efficiency Solar Power Program; Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware
Ajay Prasad, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
Building Hope across the Globe: Engineers Without Borders
Moderator:
Michael Chajes, Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Steven K. Dentel, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Sarah L. O’Neill, ’09, President, Engineers without Borders, University of Delaware Chapter
Julie M. Trick, ’08, Project Manager: Cameroon, Engineers without Borders, University of Delaware Chapter
Samantha Sagett, '09, Vice-President, Engineers without Borders, University of Delaware Chapter
Douglas DeVoto, '08, Technology Chair, Engineers without Borders, University of Delaware Chapter
Playing Wall Street: Demonstrating UD’s New Exelon Trading Center(space is limited)
Moderator:
Conrado (Bobby) M. Gempesaw, Dean of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware
Presenter:
Richard Holowczak, Director, Bert W. and Sandra Wasserman Trading Floor and Subotnick Financial Services Center, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, The City University of New York
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12:00 noon to 1:45 pm
International Food Fair
Lunch and Entertainment, South Green
Enjoy a buffet luncheon on the South Green, featuring cuisines from around the world, including Latin American, Asian, Mediterranean and Italian selections. Entertainment will feature performances from some of UD’s outstanding student performing groups, including the UD Steel Band and the Deltones a capella group.
Campus Tours
“With its elegant, elongated Green, the University of Delaware is a stunning landscape of Georgian Colonial red-brick, white-columned architecture to rival anything conceived by Thomas Jefferson.” – The Washington Post, May, 2007
Join UD’s Blue Hen Ambassador tour guides to explore the beautiful Newark campus, including student centers, performing arts venues, and classrooms, and learn more about the exciting history, present, and future of the campus and university! Tours begin at 12:15; last tour leaves at 1:00. The tour will last approximately one hour.
Memorial Hall
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Concurrent Panel Session II
Corporate Governance: Where We Have Been, Where We are Going
Moderator:
Charles Elson, Director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance, University of Delaware
Speakers:
John A. Krol, former CEO, DuPont
William B. Chandler III, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery
Leo E. Strine, Jr., Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery
Climate Change: New Thinking for New Weather
Moderator:
Ralph J. Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence, University of Delaware
Speakers:
John Byrne, Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy; Co-executive Director, Joint Institute for a Sustainable Energy and Environmental Future; Distinguished Professor, Public Policy
Dominic M. Di Toro, Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Russell W. Peterson, former governor, State of Delaware; former president, National Audubon Society
Michael Meloy, Partner, Manko, Gold, Katcher, and Fox
The Honorable Thomas Carper, United States Senator
Beyond Science: The Future of Healthcare, America, and Life Sciences at the University of Delaware
Moderator:
Thomas Apple, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Thomas M. Connelly, Executive Vice President, DuPont
Robert L. Barchi, President, Thomas Jefferson University; Fairhill Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Robert J. Laskowski, President and Chief Executive Officer of Christiana Care Health System
Mary C. Farach-Carson, Director of the Center for Translational Cancer Research and Professor of Biological Science, with secondary appointment as Professor of Materials Science, University of Delaware
Thomas Ferry, Senior Vice-President and CEO, A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children
From Kuala Lumpur to Katrina: Arts and Humanities Education in the 21st Century
Moderator:
Ann Ardis, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Deborah Alvarez, Assistant Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware
Xiang Gao, Associate Professor of Music, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware
Rosalind Johnson, Director of the Arts and Humanities Summer Institute, University of Delaware
Leslie Reidel, Acting and Stage Management faculty, Professional Theatre Training Program
Patricia Sloane-White, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Delaware
Joyce Hill Stoner, Director, Preservation Studies Doctoral Program, University of Delaware and Professor and Paintings Conservator, Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation
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3:15 pm
Transportation to the Bob Carpenter Center
Buses will be located on S. College Avenue in front of Smith Hall.
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Opening Remarks and Introductions
Howard Cosgrove, Chairman, University of Delaware Board of Trustees
Welcome
Ruth Ann Minner, Governor, State of Delaware
Closing Keynote Address
Patrick T. Harker, President, University of Delaware
Performance by the University of Delaware Chorale, directed by Paul Head, Associate Professor of Music, College of Arts and Sciences
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Closing Reception
Bob Carpenter Center
Join us on the concourse of the Bob Carpenter Center to meet President Patrick T. Harker, mingle with friends and classmates, enjoy catered hors d'oeuvres and beverages, and performances by the UD Chorale and student jazz ensemble.
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