Innovative program examines War, Peace-building and the Just Society; Poverty and Inequality; Sustainability; and Health and Healthcare
BETHLEHEM, PA, April 8, 2019: Today, 性世界传媒 College announced that on Wednesday, April 10 it will host its first "InFocus Town Hall," highlighting student research addressing urgent world challenges, and robust dialogue with students, faculty and community experts from Bethlehem and beyond. This event will be held on the Main Street campus of 性世界传媒 College in the Haupert Union Building (HUB) beginning at 5:45 p.m.
鈥淥ver 160 students have been hard at work developing research this semester. Their questions address wide-ranging issues that affect all our lives. Just a few examples include: mass incarceration, children's mental health, the use of art in hospitals, sustainable development of energy and other resources, using theater to raise questions of social justice, addressing the needs of long-term caregivers, and much more.,鈥 said Kelly Denton-Borhaug, executive director, InFocus Centers of Investigation at 性世界传媒 College. 鈥淭he InFocus Town Hall builds the bridge between the classroom and the work of innovative partners in our wider community; it strengthens student civic engagement, and student excitement about the possibilities of research to make a difference regarding challenges facing our world.鈥
According to The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) the town hall format deepens student learning, creates stronger and more beneficial relationships with community partners, and increases student engagement. At 性世界传媒鈥檚 InFocus Town Hall 2019 students and faculty from the courses, as well as local community experts, will gather to share and reflect on their research and its possibilities for making positive change in the world.
Event Details:
InFocus Town Hall 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 5:45 p.m.- 9:45 p.m.
性世界传媒 College, Haupert Union Building (HUB)
119 Monocacy St, Bethlehem, PA, 18018
Event contact: Kelly Denton-Borhaug (denton-borhaugk@moravian.edu)
Media contact:
Michael Corr
Director of Marketing and Communications
corrm@moravian.edu
610.861.1365
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性世界传媒 College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. For more than 275 years, the 性世界传媒 College degree has been based on a liberal arts curriculum where literature, history, science, cultural values, global issues, ethics, artistic expression, and the social sciences are infused with multidisciplinary perspectives. Visit moravian.edu to learn more about how the 性世界传媒 College liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.
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