Kickoff Symposium

November 12-13, 1998

Kenan-Flagler Business School
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

		Thursday, November 12
	8:00	Registration and continental breakfast (Koury Auditorium Foyer)
		Teams meet their faculty member
	9:00	Welcome
		Chancellor Michael Hooker Robert Phay, Director, World View
	9:15	Challenge of a Global World to American Schools and Colleges
		John Kasarda, Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Robert Sullivan, Dean, Kenan-Flagler School of Business
	10:15	Challenge of a Global World to North Carolina Schools and Colleges
		Prezell Robinson, Vice Chairman, N.C. State Board of Education
	10:45	Break
	11:10	International Organizations at UNC-CH That Help Schools and Colleges
		Moderator: Jim Peacock, Director, University Center for International Studies Julius Nyang'oro, African and Afro-American Studies Ruth Mitchell-Pitts, Center for European Studies Laura Janda, Center for Slavic and Eurasian Studies Sharon Mujica, Institute for Latin American Studies Suzanne Gulledge, International Social Studies Project Warren Nord, Program in Humanities and Human Values
	12:30	Lunch (Bowles Room, Smith Center)
		The Globalization of Sports Phil Ford, UNC Assistant Basketball Coach Douglas Dibbert, Director, UNC Alumni Association
	1:45	Teaching About World Religions (Koury Auditorium)
		Ray Williams, Curator of Education, Ackland Museum
	3:00	Break
	3:15	Opportunities for Visiting and Studying in a Foreign Country
		Moderator: Anne Barnes, Former legislator Carlotta Armstrong, Principal, Chapel Hill High School Madge Hubbard, Director, Study Abroad (UNC-CH) Millie Ravenel, Director, NC Center for International Understanding Ron McCarter, President, Alamance Community College Jim McRae, Principal, Mt. Pleasant Elementary (Wilkes Co.)
	4:25	Transition to seminar rooms
		(Kenan Building and McColl Building)
	4:30	Seminar on Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
	5:30	Teams discuss action plans
		Faculty members meet with teams
	6:00	Reception at Phay's house
		(123 Morgan Bend Court - see map in folder)
		Friday, November 13
	7:00	Continental breakfast
		(Koury Auditorium Foyer)
	8:00	Best Practices in Schools and Colleges Emphasizing Global Issues
		Moderator: Gordon Smith, Exploris and Children's Museum Anne Bryan, Exploris Middle School Kathy Fuerst, Principal, Burton GEO-World Magnet School, Durham Esther Dunnegan, Social Studies Consultant, Department of Public Instruction Katherine Meads, Second Language Specialist, Mecklenburg Steve Scott, President, Southeastern Community College Anna Wilbanks, International Studies Curriculum, Mecklenburg Fara Zimmerman, Coordinator, International Baccalaureate Program
	9:30	Break
	9:50	Teams to work on global action plan
		Faculty members meet with teams
	10:30	What Can American Educators Learn from Foreign Schools?
		(Koury Auditorium) Moderator: Madeleine Grumet, Dean, UNC-CH School of Education Tony Moyer, Director, NC Japan Center Richard Haynes, WCU School of Education Angelika Von Wahl, UNC-CH Sociology Department
	11:30	Concluding Session: Pulling It Together and Actions to Take
		Teams Report on Action Plans Moderator: Robert Phay
	12:30	Adjourn