Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Teresa Crane
561-297-2328, tcrane@fau.edu
FAU to Host Global Education
Symposium
Dr. James A. Banks to Present Keynote Speech
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education will
host
the “Global Education Symposium 2010: Learning and
Leadership
in a Diverse World,” featuring a keynote
address by Dr. James A. Banks.
WHEN:
Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Renaissance Hotel
2000 NW 19th St.
Boca Raton
COST:
Cost is $25 and includes lunch. Deadline to register
is Friday, April 9. To register, visit
https://fauf.fau.edu/GlobalEd.
CONTACT:
For more
information, contact Dawn Davis
at
ddavis3@fau.edu or
561-297-6598.
The Global Education Symposium will bring together educators and students from Pre-K through grade 12, along with higher education institutions, for a day of discussion and learning about the links between multicultural education and global education. Dr. James Banks, a world-renowned scholar and author about issues of diversity, will give the luncheon keynote speech, titled “Multicultural and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives.” In his presentation, Banks will focus on diverse educational approaches from various parts of the world, and discuss best practices and successes that can be adapted in any classroom.
Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies, as well as the founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. His speech will be followed by a response from Dr. Margarita Pinkos, director of multicultural education for the Palm Beach County Public School District. There also will be informative presentations and conversations related to internationalizing Pre-K through grade 12 education,internationalizing higher education, as well as global projects and issues.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the
fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves
more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven
campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching
university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10
colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs,
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E.
Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the
College of Education, the College of Engineering &
Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the
Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and
the
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information,
visit
www.fau.edu
.
