Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 203 An overview, followed by discussion, of the realities of nuclear weapons use and the contemporary state of affairs in regards to the reduction of global nuclear weapons. This breakout will be lead by Dr. Buba Misawa, who will be joined by two guests with special expertise in this important, but recently overlooked, area of global security. First, Ms. Eliana Johns,…
Being a Poll Worker: The Front Lines on Election Day
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 109 This session will be about our experience as poll workers in Washington County (in South Strabane Township and East Washington Borough). The session can inform students about the important role of poll workers and hopefully lead to their consideration of volunteering at the polls in the future. This session Being a…
Building Bridges: How Campus Policing can lead the way toward American Police Reform
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 103 Chief Rosnick and fellow campus police officer(s) will host a conversation about the state of US policing and society, what we are doing here at W&J, and how campus policing presents a unique opportunity to trial and develop formed policing for America today. The officers will share their stories, and lessons,…
Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation and Democracy
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: TC (Tech Center) 221 & TC 222 Since the launch of ChatGPT last Fall, the general public has been increasingly aware of the newest generation of artificial intelligence technologies: large-language models and image-generation models that can produce detailed, human-like text or images in response to a brief prompt. This session will focus first on establishing common…
The Lost Generations: Experiences of the Lebanese Diaspora in the United States Public Premiere
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: OLIN Theatre The public premiere screening of the documentary I made under the CRS Hanson summer 2023 research grant. Screening to be followed by a panel discussion/Q&A with the director (Francis), Dr. Stevie Berberick . (See #17) This session The Lost Generations: Experiences of the Lebanese Diaspora in the United States Public…
A Conversation with Community Leaders in Washington
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 114 This will be a discussion with community leaders from Blueprints and The LeMoyne Center, as well as Washington's Mayor Burgess, to learn more about their work. We will talk about some of the disparities that exist here in our community, ways to create opportunities and systems that better serve everyone, and…
Filmmaking in Consciousness Raising
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: OLIN Theatre This session will discuss the role of nonfiction film in consciousness raising efforts, particularly for social justice movements. The session will feature discussions by student filmmakers who made films about Lebanese immigrants in the USA (George Francis) and Black students at historically White colleges and universities (Nakota Blackelk-Noel). Crystal Manion and…
How inclusive are we? W&J and the Campus Pride Index
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 103 Stevie Gray, DEI Intern at the Office of Belonging & Engagement, will present an overview of the Campus Pride Index benchmarking system, and lead an open discussion about W&J's successes and challenges in warmly welcoming and fully including members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This fact-finding review of campus culture and climate…
Artificial Intelligence and Misinformation
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BUR 114 (Yost Auditorium) Considering the rampant rise of A.I. tools and misinformation, the average person's civic responsibility has expanded to include more tech savvy strategies than perhaps previously required. With news stories and images relying more and more on A.I. generation, misinformation about current events, political entities, governmental organizations and NGOs, etc.…
Corruption: what it is, why it happens, and how to fight it
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 109 In this session, Student Government Association Vice President Jacob Davis and Dr. Ryan will guide a conversation about corruption and ethical leadership on campus. First, Jacob will present his research on how levels of democracy, public awareness, and transparency might affect levels of corruption in countries across the world The goal…
Sustainability Hackathon
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: BURNETT 203 In less than 30 minutes, teams of up to 4 members, are challenged to produce the most innovative, creative and effective responses to a shared problem/question…
Service Experience (2 hours) with student life
60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PALocation: OFF CAMPUS Student life staff will lead students in a 2-hour, off campus service experience with a local community partner. Interested students should report to Burnett at 3:45, and will be back on campus by dinner time. This session Service Experience is offered as one of six concurrent breakout sessions. Learn more about…