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September 25, 2006
The college’s first Global Education Fall Institute offered something for every global interest, from information on global warming and global religions to global diseases and families and poverty. Held September 14 and 15 on the Tarboro campus, the two-day institute was sponsored by the college’s Global Education Committee to bring cultural awareness to the ECC and local communities. The event kicked off Thursday afternoon with a workshop for ECC instructors and Edgecombe County Public School teachers. Roberta Cashwell, ECC adjunct instructor, owner of Rose Cottage Books in Tarboro, and world traveler, led the workshop titled “Integrating Global Issues Into Your Curriculum.” Globalization expert Dr. Heidi H. Hobbs delivered the keynote address on Thursday evening. She spoke on “Responding to Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities.” “Our day-to-day life is very much connected to the international community,” Dr. Hobbs said. “From the coffee we drink in the morning to the clothes we put on before we leave the house, we are interconnected in every way.” Dr. Hobbs is director of the Master of International Studies Program and associate teaching professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. She has previously served on the faculties of Florida International University and Illinois State University. Her books include City Hall Goes Abroad: The Foreign Policy of Local Politics. She referred to “The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century,” by Thomas L. Friedman, and the author’s account of events that have led to an interconnected world, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Internet. The news isn’t all bad, she assured. Though manufacturing jobs have been hit hard in the last decade, jobs in health care, education, financial services, and hospitality have increased. “Though we all have mixed feelings about globalization, it is here,” she said. “We cannot retreat; therefore we must find ways to make it work.” Other sessions were: ECC Global Education Committee members are Deana Guido, cochair; Johanna Owens, cochair; Phil Bailey; Carlene Bateman; Brent Bryant; Lynn Cale; Helen Clark; Dorothy Everette; Dr. Stan Garren; Stephen Herring; Ruth Jones; Michael Jordan; Katherine Lancaster; Maria Ortega; Dr. Kristi Snuggs; Dr. Alan Stephenson; Lori Winstead; and Lesley Wirt.
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