BRATTLEBORO — April brings another opportunity for Brattleboro-area community members to “go to college” for two Wednesday evenings and find out what students at Marlboro College are learning.
On April 3 and 10, the partnership between Marlboro College and Windham World Affairs Council, which brought two distinguished speakers in February to participate in the seminar course designed by Marlboro College President Kevin F.F. Quigley, will resume with two new talks.
Given the critical and turbulent times in which we live, Quigley has designed a seminar course for the college entitled “Engaging the World.”
According to a news release, the course draws on the skills of leading experts and explores various strategies that individuals and organizations - public, private, and governmental - can use to engage in the world in response to a particular issue or to promote a specific interest.
The college is coordinating a matching speaker series for the community, giving local residents the opportunity to hear the same expert speakers as the students. Windham World Affairs Council is hosting the informal Wednesday evening lectures.
Two more of Quigley's seminar participants will be speaking to the community next month in lectures that explore the HIV/AIDS pandemic and ethics in international affairs. The lectures will be held at Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St., Brattleboro. They will be free and open to the public. Each evening starts at 7 p.m., with light snacks and coffee/tea, followed by the talk at 7:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 3, Sharon Stash of Georgetown University will speak on “Changing Course in the U.S. Response to the HIV/AIDs Pandemic.”
An epidemiologist and global health expert, Stash serves on the faculty of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and teaches courses on global health policy and practice. She has extensive experience in health monitoring and evaluation in over 60 countries.
On Wednesday, April 10, Joel Rosenthal of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs will speak on “Ethics For A Connectd World.” He has served as president of Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs since 1995.
As a scholar and teacher, Rosenthal has focused on ethics in U.S. foreign policy, with special emphasis on issues of war and peace, human rights, and pluralism.