UNCF Institute for Capacity Building
“Opportunities and Issues for Engagement in Digital Culture”
UNCF Digital Media and Learning in Multicultural Contexts
Public Forum
@
Johnson C. Smith University
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Mary Joyce Taylor Crisp Student Union
Grimes
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AGENDA
9:00AM Registration/Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM Welcome
Clarissa Myrick-Harris, Ph.D. Director, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Curriculum & Faculty Enhancement Program
Karl W. Reid, Ed.D, Senior Vice President, UNCF Academic Programs & Strategic Initiatives
Craig Wacker, Senior Program Officer, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Dave Eubanks, Ph.D. Dean of Academic Support, JCSU
Featured Speaker: Dr. Jabari Mahiri
Associate Professor and Chair
Language and Literacy, Society and Culture
Graduate School of Education
University of California Berkeley
Forum Panel
Dr. Jabari Mahiri
Rik Panganiban , Assistant Director, Global Kids, Inc.
Dr. Hang Chen, Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, JCSU
Alafia Clyburn, JCSU Student
Moderator: Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris, UNCF
Question & Answer
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
Digital Orchestra Performance and Presentation
Directed by
Dr. Christopher Weise, Assistant Professor of Music, JCSU
1:30pm – 2:45pm Johnson C Smith University & Women’s Inter-Cultural Exchange
Presents
Careers in Technology
Freda Belton, Microsoft
Anne McNeill, IBM
Megan Riley, Cisco
Juan Flowers, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Question & Answers
This event is made possible by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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