Jan Egeland
“A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity”
The video conference will take place on Thursday, September 30 at 1 p.m.
Expose your students to international experts in exciting areas that shape the world in which we live. Your students will be able to ask Jan Egeland questions through a live video and audio feed.
To allow your students to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience, please contact Jim Vincent, Stark/Portage Area Computer Consortium at 330-492-8136 or Jim.vincent@email.sparcc.org with your site name, site IP address, and name and contact information of the teacher involved in the session.
Humanitarian Jan Egeland began his extensive service to the United Nations in 1990 with his appointment as state secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His initiation of the emergency preparedness system provided more than 2,000 humanitarian workers to international organizations. He later served as the secretary-general's special advisor on Colombia, prior to becoming under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. In 2006, he was appointed as special advisor to the secretary-general for conflict prevention and resolution. Currently, Egeland is director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and a professor at the University of Stavanger. Author of A Billion Lives – An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity, he has received numerous awards for his humanitarian efforts and work with peace processes and conflict resolution.
For more information about the Kent State University Stark Campus Featured Speakers Series, call 330-244-3223 or visit www.stark.kent.edu <http://www.stark.kent.edu/> .
Jim Vincent
SPARCC
2100 38th St. N.W.
Canton, Ohio 44709
V. 330 445 2267
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