URPP Forum to look at University in global community

Since its founding in 1830, the University has played an important role in the Richmond community. Now, more and more, it also is becoming a part of the global community through international cooperation with universities in other countries and via the Internet.

That is the premise of the 2005 Urban Practice and Policy Forum, “Town and Gown: The University and its Community.” In keeping with the Quest III theme, the forum will examine what questions higher education and the University need to ask in order to continue to lead and serve both the local and global communities in the 21st century.

A series of three symposia will bring together campus and guest speakers to discuss these questions. The first session, “The University and the Local Community: What Questions Should We Be Asking?,” will be held Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall 118. Panelists will be David Maurrasse, department of international and public affairs, Columbia University; Kenneth Ruscio, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies; and Harlan Beckley, director of the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability at Washington and Lee University.

The second program, “The University and the Global Community: When Do We Know When We’ve Asked the Right Questions?,” will be held March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall 118. Panelists will be Terence Dolan, associate professor, University College, Dublin, Ireland; Uliana Gabara, dean of international education, University of Richmond; and Kathryn Monday, vice president for information services, University of Richmond.

The final program will feature President Bill Cooper discussing “The University of Richmond and the City of Richmond,” April 2 at 11 a.m. in Jepson Alumni Center as part of a campus-wide open house celebrating the University’s 175th anniversary.

For more information on the series, visit oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/urban/Forum05/.

RICHMOND MATTERS