Events

Manatt-Phelps Lecture

Lloyd Axworthy, president of The University of Winnipeg, will give the Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science Thursday, October 30, at 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Axworthy, a prominent Canadian politician and statesmen from Manitoba, will speak on "A Canadian Conversation with the New U.S. President." He is best known for having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. He is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically on the link between exclusion, poverty and law.

Alumnus honored

Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University and a 1977 political science and environmental studies graduate of Iowa State, spoke on "Building the New American University" in the Department of Political Science Friday, May 9. Dr. Crow was on campus as the speaker for the spring ISU all-University Undergraduate Commencement where he received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

 

Elections 2008:
A Dialogue with James Campbell and James Lindsay

Thursday, October 9
Sun Room, Memorial Union
7:30 p.m.
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Brown Bag presentations

Brown Bag presentations are given by the Department of Political Science faculty, students and guest speakers on subjects that are relevant to current political events and public policies in the world today.

All presentations are open to the public and lunch is provided in 510 Ross Hall beginning at noon.

2008 Spring Semester Schedule