<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">This week at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life we're joining the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition for the launch of their new report,<span><span><span><i> Every
Student, Every Degree: College Civic Learning for Today’s Students and
Tomorrow’s Democracy.</i> This is a virtual forum on Wednesday, Sep. 4, from 3:30-5:30pm.<br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px"><span><span><span>Part 1 of the launch focuses on the urgent need
to expand college civic learning and democracy engagement to include all
students, rather than just some students. The program features student
voices, democracy advocates on higher education’s role in bridging our
deep divides, and educational leaders who are already working to “scale”
inclusive and transformative CLDE studies for today’s students. Today,
a decisive majority of “we the people” enroll in postsecondary
education. How can we harvest this unprecedented opportunity–to
revitalize civic and democracy learning and propel student success as
well?</span></span></span> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:80px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px">You can also sign up to join this forum separately <a href="https://mailchi.mp/collegeciviclearning/2023-clde-coalition-progress-report-17984776?e=92242db13a" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Next week we are co-sponsoring one event, and hosting a discussion on US foreign policy:</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">
<div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>Sep. 9 (M): </b>"Environmental Redemption in the Arts & Humanities", 6:00pm in 106 Hudson Hall<br><br><div style="margin-left:40px">Lecture by Eco-Composer Glenn McClure <br><br>Eco-Composer
Glenn McClure will explore the important role the Arts and Humanities
play in creatively responding to climate change. Also hear about his new
folk opera, “The Redemption Center: Sometimes you get more than 5
cents” Sponsored by a Humanities New York Vision/Action Grant with
thanks to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts. SUNY Plattsburgh
sponsors: The Institute for Ethics in Public Life, The Center for Earth
& Environmental Sciences, The Center for Interdisciplinary &
Area Studies<br></div><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>Sep. 12 (Th): </b>"A Dysfunctional Superpower", hybrid discussion (on Zoom and in-person) from 3:30-5:00pm at the Institute (Hawkins 233)</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default">In its Nov./Dec. 2023 issue, <i>Foreign Affairs </i>published
"A Dysfunctional Superpower: Can A Divided America Deter China and
Russia?", by former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. In the
article, Sec. Gates explains why he is very concerned about the
combination of near future challenges by various rivals including China,
Russia, North Korea, and Iran, while the US is deeply divided and lays
out what he thinks we should be doing in response. <br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default">This
is an opportunity to learn more about how experts view the current
international environment, and consider the extent to which Sec. Gates'
perspective accurately describes the current situation and whether the
responses he proposes are likely to help.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default">You can download a copy of the article <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ir7Vko9xSZQFFA2Ifv39Y7h8_ltL3drk/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">here</a>. <br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><a href="https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/89670999310" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/89670999310</a></div>
</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2">Daniel Lake</font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(pronouns: he/him/his)<br></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">Assoc. Prof. of Political Science</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">Director, Institute for Ethics in Public Life<br></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">Hawkins 149A</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">101 Broad Street</a></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</a></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(o) <a href="tel:(518)%5645833" value="+15185642217" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">518-564-5833</a></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></font></b><br></p></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018.jpg"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>