Charles A. Ray is a retired Foreign Service Officer who served 30 years in the US Foreign Service, and before that, 20 years in the US Army. During his army service, including two tours in Vietnam, he served in Military Intelligence, Special Operations, and Public Affairs, with tours of duty in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, and […]
Dr. Spencer S. Stober is a Professor of Biology at Alvernia University, Reading, PA, where he taught Biology for 30 years. Since earning his doctorate at Temple University, with a specialization in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, he teaches graduate courses in leadership and supervises dissertations. In 2005 he received Alvernia’s Christian R. & Mary […]
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT Pa. state Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz was elected to represent Pennsylvania’s 129th Legislative District on November 8, 2022 Cepeda-Freytiz obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz College where she majored in French and minored in Spanish. She also obtained a Master of Science […]
Doug will be sharing his personal journey of his recent Trek through the Himalayas in Nepal. This photo presentation will recount the journey of his 14-day Trek through the vast and beautiful Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. This “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity took him from Lukla to the Everest Base Camp, then across the […]
James Garrett, a recent graduate of Penn State University, will be joined by Tabea Kuhlmann, a student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, to discuss the German-American relationship through the perspective of the transatlantic program Ambassadors in Sneakers. James and Tabea will use this intercultural exchange to highlight topics related to the two countries […]
Dr. Kirwin Shaffer is Professor of Latin American Studies. He teaches courses on Latin American and Caribbean History, Latin American Studies, Global Terrorism, Tyranny and Freedom, Globalization, and Global Cinema. When not teaching, he continues research on transnational anarchism in the Americas. He has published four books on anarchist politics and culture in Latin America: […]
Attorney Douglas S. Wortman is a ten-year veteran of U.S. Air Force Intelligence and has lived in Berks County for over 32 years since first arriving in 1990 to attend college at Kutztown University. He also studied overseas at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After earning his undergraduate degree, Doug […]
Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, Ph.D. is the Professor of Political Science and Endowed Chair of International Studies at Elizabethtown College. She is also Director of the Honors Program and Director, International Studies Minor at Elizabethtown. Publications: Turkey-West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition and The Nexus Between Security Sector Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16: An Examination […]
Dr. Newnham will discuss the broader trends that precipitated the war in Ukraine, for example, a break down in the globalist world economy, and what appears to be a resultant emerging alliance of Russia and China against the west. Dr. Newnham received his BA from Penn State University and his MA and PhD from UCLA. […]
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