SPEA presents Public Affairs events throughout April
Attendees can explore careers, hear latest research and more, with variety of speakers throughout April
Wednesday Mar 30, 2016
The Indiana University Northwest School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) invites the campus and community to celebrate Public Affairs Month with an array of engaging and informative events throughout the month of April.
The lineup of speakers includes:
Monday, April 4
12 p.m., Library Conference Center, room 105
Morton Marcus, former director of the Indiana Business Research Center in the IU Kelley School of Business, has studied economic and demographic trends of Lake County communities for the past two decades. He, along with other members of the IBRC staff, authored reports on the population, economy, and government of Lake County.
Tuesday, April 5
11:30 a.m., Library Conference Center, room 105
Joseph Ferrandino, Ph.D., associate professor of criminal justice at IU Northwest, has been working with a growing number of individual emergency and police departments on tracking crime in their communities and collaborates with local, state and national law enforcement agencies using statistical data to identify crimes.
W. “Jay” Abbott, FBI Special Agent, Terrorism, will also join the discussion.
Wednesday, April 6
11 a.m., Bruce W. Bergland Auditorium, Savannah Center
Gangs
Tom Branson, Lake County Sheriff Project Director of the Lake County Violence Intervention Program, was Officer of the Year in the Gary Police Department and earned a Lifetime Achievement Award during his tenure there. He was inducted into the American Police Hall of Fame as its highest decorated officer. Branson is a veteran, having served in both the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
2:30 p.m., Bruce W. Bergland Auditorium, Savannah Center
John Buncich, Lake County Sheriff
Monday, April 11
2 p.m., Bruce W. Bergland Auditorium, Savannah Center
Domestic Violence Panel Discussion
Linda Parez, who is executive director of St. Jude House and Family Violence Prevention Center and Shelter, is personally committed to the mission of the center as a survivor of domestic violence.
Urban Sustainability Discussion
Bill Brown, professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, teaches graduate classes in sustainability, leadership and sustainable communities.
Tuesday, April 12
11 a.m., Bruce W. Bergland Auditorium
“Indiana Rights and the Pursuit of Happiness”
Panel discussion with Jackie Huey, lecturer in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and others.
Wednesday, April 13
11 a.m., Savannah Center Gymnasium
Jeff Emmons, retired special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), will give a self-defense presentation.
2 p.m., Marram Hall, room 123
Thomas Fisher, retired honorable Indiana tax court judge, has served on the Judicial Advisory Board, Law and Organizational Economics Institute of the University of Kansas, the Earlham College Board of Trustees and the Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness.
Thursday, April 14
12 p.m., Savannah Center, room 205
Karl Besel, Ph.D., assistant dean and director of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, along with Jesus Rafael Pico, senior lecturer in Spanish at IU Kokomo, will discuss research relating to historical preservation efforts in Cuba. Comparisons will be made between traditional town planning in the U.S. and Cuba.
Monday, April 18
12:30 p.m., Dunes Medical and Professional Building, room 2134
Robert David Krumwied, President and CEO of Regional Mental Health
Tuesday, April 19
11:30 a.m., Hawthorn Hall, room 103
Labor Movements
Oscar Sanchez, special assistant to the international president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).
Judy Lennon, J.D., Labor Movement & Women
Wednesday, April 20
12:30 p.m., Dunes Medical and Professional Building, room 2134
Unions
Bob Tribble, Local 1014 Rapid Response Coordinator and Union Activist, precinct committeeman, treasurer and chairman for St. John/St. John Township.
Dan Marchek, Fraternal Order of Police
Thursday, April 21
11:45 a.m., Hawthorn Hall, room 103
Corruption
David Capp, U.S. Attorney Northern District, Indiana Department of Justice
Dave Coulson, ATF, Senior Special Agent
Monday, April 25
11 a.m., Bruce W. Bergland Auditorium
Honorable Joseph Van Bokkelen, U.S. Federal Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, served for many years in deputy and assistant attorney general.
Honorable Thomas Stefaniak, Jr., Senior Judge of the Lake Superior Court, Juvenile Division.
Served as deputy prosecutor, city judge, felony judge.
Tuesday, April 26
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Savannah Center Gymnasium
Public Service Fair.
Open to the entire campus and community, this event showcases local public, non-profit, criminal justice and health organizations in Northwest Indiana. Vendors will provide information on careers and degree requirements to work in these fields.
Space is limited for these events. For more information, contact Joseph Gomeztagle at (219) 981-4288.