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SUMMARY:Medical News Seniors Can Use with Dr. Soden at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Medical News Seniors Can Use\nA Joint Presentation of Senior Scholars & Friendship Missionary Baptist Church \nMedical advances just keep coming\, and Dr. Soden will help seniors understand what are the latest that they need to know. \nJoin us at the beautiful Friendship Missionary Conference Center for a cup of coffee\, new friends\, and some enlightening conversation. Face masks are optional. \nEvent will be at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Conference Center and will be followed by a tour of the church. See the awe-inspiring 2\,500 seat sanctuary\, one of the most beautiful in the country. \nAfterwards\, join us at Laurene’s Cafeteria\, 1821 Bishop Madison Lane for a “Dutch treat” lunch. \nA carpool option from PUMC may be available. Please email Carol Kesmodel if you are interested in the carpool option.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/medical-news-seniors-can-use-with-dr-soden/
LOCATION:Friendship Missionary Baptist Church\, 3400 Beatties Ford Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28216\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T110000
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SUMMARY:North Carolina’s Energy Future with John Gaertner
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: North Carolina’s Energy Future — An Independent Perspective on Duke Energy’s Transition to Zero-Carbon\nSPEAKER: John Gaertner\, Climate Consultant \nDuke Energy\, community stakeholders\, and the NC Utilities Commission engaged in 2023 to produce the latest Carbon Plan and Integrated Resource Plan for energy generation through the year 2050. \nThis energy transition is complex and costly\, but also necessary. It will impact us all and revolutionize NC’s energy infrastructure. \nThis talk will address:\n• background — how we got to here\n• key features of the plan and its execution process\n• exciting new technologies\n• impact on consumers and citizens \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nJohn Gaertner is a consultant on climate change and energy. As a technical advisor to Charlotte Mecklenburg Climate Leaders\, he has analyzed Duke Energy’s generation planning since 2020 and authored a review of their Climate Strategy with the full support of Duke Energy. \nHe participated in workshops on hydrogen infrastructure\, power needs for electric vehicles\, and other regional energy issues. John is retired from Electric Power Research Institute as Technical Executive. \nHe was Senior Vice President of ERIN Engineering and Research\, and was an Engineer and Atmospheric Scientist with Duke Energy. \nJohn holds MS degree in Atmospheric Science from MIT\, BS in Physics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and was a Professional Engineer in North Carolina.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/north-carolinas-energy-future-with-john-gaertner/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
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SUMMARY:Shakespeare is Playing You with Dave Collins
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Shakespeare is Playing You\nSPEAKER: Dave Collins\, Professor of English\, Emeritus\nShakespeare’s language\, Early Modern English\, can be confusing for people who haven’t spent a lot of time with the Bard. \nBest advice? Don’t worry about understanding every word. Enjoy yourself and focus on the big picture. Sometimes understanding depends on knowing about ideas current in Shakespeare’s world. Sometimes a quick wit and a good ear are enough. Sometimes what matters is a good ear and a good heart. \nWe’ll look at an example or two in each category to see how Shakespeare uses language to get around our defenses–nobody likes to be preached to!–to move his audience toward his way of seeing the world. \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/shakespeare-is-playing-you-with-dave-collins/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T185727Z
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SUMMARY:Catawba History 101 with Kassidy Plyler
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Catawba History 101: History and Traditions of the Catawba Nation\nSPEAKER: Kassidy Plyler\, Cultural Programs Docent/Exhibit Coordinator\, Catawba Cultural Center\nCatawba History 101 explores the rich 6\,000-year history of the Catawba Nation \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nKassidy Plyler is an enrolled citizen of the Catawba Nation\, born January 24th\, 1992\, and raised in Rock Hill\, South Carolina. \nKassidy currently works as the Cultural Programs Docent and Exhibit Coordinator at the Catawba Cultural Center on the reservation. \nShe has taken the knowledge that she has gained from growing up on the reservation listening to elders and shares it with those eager to learn. She assists with public programming and community cultural classes through dance\, basketry\, and history lessons. She enjoys sharing the history of the Catawba as much as possible. \n  \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/catawba-cultural-center/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T140000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
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SUMMARY:Curriculum Meeting with Jane Howard - November 8
DESCRIPTION:Curriculum Meetings are open to Membership.  \nJoin our Curriculum meetings to hear about upcoming speakers/events or to suggest speakers you know (or have heard speak) and believe would be of interest to your fellow Senior Scholars.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/curriculum-meeting-with-jane-howard-november-8/
LOCATION:Zoom Registration Required
CATEGORIES:Board/Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T094500
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SUMMARY:New Member Orientation - Friday November 10
DESCRIPTION:All members old and new are invited to attend in person or via Zoom\, our New Member Orientation meeting. \nLearn more about the organization including how to meet people\, join events and how you can help the organization – the best way to meet new people! \nIn person meeting is in Room 106 in PUMC.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/new-member-orientation-friday-november-10/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T110000
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SUMMARY:Responsible Citizens—The Lifeblood of America with Major General David Richwine (Ret.)
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Responsible Citizens—The Lifeblood of America\nSPEAKER: Major General\, United States Marine Corps (Ret.) \nIn his world renowned speech to the French at the Sorbonne on April 23\, 1910\, T. Roosevelt opined: A democratic republic such as ours—an effort to realize in its full sense government by\, of\, and for the people—represents the most gigantic of all possible social experiments\, the one fraught with great responsibilities alike for good and evil.   This presentation is intended to offer thoughts on the Idea of America—its nature and current condition. . . strengths\, weaknesses and challenges; responsibilities of citizens; roles of veterans; and suggestions on ways to keep the gift we have been given\, leaving it to our children in as good or better condition than we received it. \n\nBIOGRAPHY\nDave Richwine graduated the University of Kansas (KU) in June 1965\, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. \nIn his 32+ years on active duty\, he held 25 widely varied primary duty assignments\, serving in or visiting more than 30 countries.\nHe commanded an infantry rifle platoon and rifle company in combat in Vietnam; an F-4 squadron; the Marine Corps Air Station\, Beaufort S. C.; and Marine Corps Air Bases\, Eastern Area in the U.S. \nHe served as the executive officer in an infantry company\, aviation squadron and Marine Aircraft Group. He also served as a jet flight instructor and as a recruiter of officer candidates. \nHis staff duties involved strategic planning; aide de camp; and “planning\, programming\, budgeting\, and analysis” functions in major USMC command headquarters as well as in the Pentagon on the staffs of the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of Defense.\nIn addition to several shorter\, specialized courses of instruction\, he graduated with distinction from the Marine Corps Officer Basic School\, USAF pilot training\, the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School\, the USAF Air Command and Staff College\, and the National War College. \nAt the time of his retirement\, he was serving simultaneously as the Marine Corps’ first Chief Information Officer; the Assistant Chief of Staff\, Command\, Control\, Communications\, Computers and Interoperability (C4I); and the Director of Intelligence at Headquarters\, U.S. Marine Corps\, Washington\, D.C. \nLeaving active duty\, he joined the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association\, International for three years following which he served at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum as the Director of Development. His service now is focussed on developing the patriotic\, responsible citizens who will keep America strong\, and he serves in a leadership or advisory capacity on several youth-oriented organizations which contribute to that goal.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/veterans-day-with-major-general-david-richwine/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T140000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Bunch - November 10
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT!\nYou may join a wait list. \nJoin your fellow members for some lunch social time at Phillips Bistro at Phillips Place. \nSpace is limited. Sign up at a Friday meeting or RSVP with link above. Parking and entrance is behind the restaurant. \nPhillip’s Bistro \n6809-A Phillips Place Court\nCharlotte\, NC 28210 \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/lunch-bunch-november-10/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Lunch Bunch,Social Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T110000
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CREATED:20230417T145114Z
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SUMMARY:The Complicated\, Immersive Worlds of Whitfield Lovell with Dr. Jen Edwards\, Chief Curator\, Mint Museum
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: The Complicated\, Immersive Worlds of Whitfield Lovell\nSPEAKER: Dr. Jen Edwards\, Mint Museum of Art Chief curator and curator of contemporary art\n\nNew York-based artists Whitfield Lovell creates meticulous portrait drawings and immersive installations that envelope the viewer’s every sensory response. Fresh soil\, a tumbler of bourbon\, cicadas humming\, a gospel chorus swelling in a spiritual\, the pulsating rhythm of a river’s current and sunlight sparking light off the ripples\, gently shaded charcoal drawings of Black Americans whose likenesses Lovell finds in his personal collection of 3\,000 government identification photographs from 1850 to 1950 that—these are some of the details that Lovell includes in his work. The resulting effect encompasses both highly personal and expansively universal\, the historic and the immediate. Lovell’s work encourages us to imagine the lives and worlds of his portrait sitters while also reminding us of the complicated narrative of the United States. Through the story of African Americans from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement\, Lovell invites us to investigate human struggle\, resilience\, and fortitude. \nThe Mint Museum will present an major exhibition on Whitfield Lovell from June 29\, 2024 to September 22\, 2024 at the Uptown location. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nJennifer Sudul Edwards\, Ph.D. received her doctorate from the Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU\, in 2014. Since July 2019 she has been the chief curator and curator of contemporary art at The Mint Museum. \nShe has held curatorial positions at the Norton Simon Museum\, Santa Barbara Museum of Art\, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art\, and the Annenberg Space for Photography\, Los Angeles. \nDr. Sudul Edwards has won numerous awards for her publications\, exhibitions\, and curatorial work\, including an SEMC Publications Award for her Wrestling the Angel compendium and Charlotte Magazine’s “Best Curator” for 2017 and Charlottean of the Year in 2019. \nShe is a cofounder and co-organizer of Sphere Series and founding Board Chair at Goodyear Arts\, where she continues to serve on the Board.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/topic-tbd-with-dr-jen-edwards-chief-curator-mint-museum/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
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SUMMARY:Holiday Luncheon - December 19
DESCRIPTION:HOLIDAY LUNCHEON\nDate: December 19\, 2023 \nTime: 12 noon (doors open at 11:30 am) \nPlace: Carmel Country Club \nCost: $45/person. Payable at Friday meetings or mail a check payable to Senior Scholars. \nAddress: Senior Scholars at Queens; ATTN: Eileen Griggs; 1900 Selwyn Avenue MSC 1409; Charlotte\, NC 28274. \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/holiday-luncheon-2/
LOCATION:Carmel Country Club\, 4735 Carmel Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holiday Luncheons,Social Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T140000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
CREATED:20231110T184310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T184310Z
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SUMMARY:Curriculum Meeting - January 10
DESCRIPTION:Curriculum Meetings are open to Membership.  \nJoin our Curriculum meetings to hear about upcoming speakers/events or to suggest speakers you know (or have heard speak) and believe would be of interest to your fellow Senior Scholars.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/curriculum-meeting-january-10/
LOCATION:Zoom Registration Required
CATEGORIES:Board/Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240112T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
CREATED:20231120T172010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T204057Z
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SUMMARY:The Rural-Urban Divide and the 2024 Election with Chelsea Kaufman
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: The Rural-Urban Divide and the 2024 Election \nSPEAKER: Chelsea Kaufman\, Assistant Professor\, Wingate University\nChelsea provide an overview of how political attitudes and voting behaviors have varied across rural and urban areas over the last several election cycles and discuss what this might mean for 2024\, especially in “swing states” like NC. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nChelsea Kaufman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wingate University\, where she has worked since 2018. She teaches courses such as American Government; US Campaigns and Elections; The US Presidency; Public Opinion; and Voting Rights Past and Present. \nOne of her passions is encouraging civic engagement\, especially among her students\, and she is a Steering Committee member for the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights (https://facultyforvotingrights.org/). \nHer research focuses primarily on the rural-urban divide in the United States and has been published in The Journal of Rural Studies and Rural Society. \nOriginally from Pennsylvania\, she completed her undergraduate degree in her hometown at Pennsylvania Western University – Clarion and then went on to complete her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2017. She lives in Charlotte\, NC with her husband and their pets (2 cats and 2 dogs).
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/the-rural-urban-divide-and-the-2024-election-with-chelsea-kaufman/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T094500
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
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SUMMARY:New Member Orientation - Friday January 19
DESCRIPTION:All members old and new are invited to attend in person or via Zoom\, our New Member Orientation meeting. \nLearn more about the organization including how to meet people\, join events and how you can help the organization – the best way to meet new people! \nIn person meeting is in Room 106 in PUMC.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/new-member-orientation-friday-january-19/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
CREATED:20240108T184538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T204057Z
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SUMMARY:North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with Dmitry Vovchuk
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) \nSPEAKER: Dmitry Vovchuk\, Nonresident Senior Fellow\, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative \nThis presentation will provide an overview of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as we approach the Alliance’s 75th Anniversary. The discussion will cover NATO’s mission\, capabilities\, relevance\, enlargement\, and future. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nMr. Dmitry Vovchuk joined The Cohen Group after serving in numerous key roles at the US Departments of State and Defense\, National Security Council\, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He also held several leadership positions in financial services and management consulting. \nMr. Vovchuk was selected to the Civil Service as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2006. He led the interagency process to invite new members into NATO at its Summit in Bucharest\, Romania\, supported the development of NATO’s renewed Strategic Concept\, and managed US policy priorities for the Alliance’s International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. Mr. Vovchuk also served as a Political Officer at the US Embassy in Kyiv\, Ukraine and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during the 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia. \nSubsequently\, Mr. Vovchuk coordinated the work of the White House Task Force responsible for the 2012 NATO Summit hosted by President Obama in Chicago and served as the National Security Council Director for Eastern Europe\, managing the development and execution of US policy for a region stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. \nMr. Vovchuk later served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of NATO. In that role\, he managed the transition of NATO’s combat operations in Afghanistan to its Resolute Support Mission and helped achieve key milestones in NATO’s ballistic missile defense program. Mr. Vovchuk also led the process to conduct a full review of the US integrated campaign plan as the Director for Strategic Planning in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy to Counter ISIS. \nOutside of government\, Mr. Vovchuk advised global consumer goods and health care companies on organizational change and strategic alignment as a Principal with the McChrystal Group. He was a registered financial representative and served as Chief of Staff at Ally Bank\, supporting the Executive Director for its auto\, deposits\, online brokerage\, and wealth management customer care and experience division. \nMr. Vovchuk is the recipient of the State Department’s Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards\, completed a five-year term membership with the Council on Foreign Relations\, and teaches foreign policy as an Adjunct Professor in the Political Science Department at Queens University of Charlotte. \nHe received a Master’s of Arts in US National Security Policy at Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Drew University.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/north-atlantic-treaty-organization-nato-with-dmitry-vovchuk/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T071442
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence for Defense and National Security with Tate Nurkin
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Artificial Intelligence for Defense and National Security\nSPEAKER:  Tate Nurkin\, OTH Intelligence Group\, Atlantic Council\, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments \nAI and other emerging technologies are shaping the future of conflict–both kinetic and non-kinetic–and military capabilities. As a result\, most modern militaries are prioritizing the development\, adoption\, and integration of AI-enabled capabilities and concepts of operations. The US Department of Defense alone has nearly 700 on-going AI-related development and acquisition programs encompassing a wide range of capabilities and activities–from fielding autonomous systems to speeding up decision-making to improving logistics\, sustainment\, training to cyber security and information operations to creating new efficiencies and the design and manufacture of military equipment. \nThis presentation will:\n1) provide insight into the reasons why militaries around the world\, including the United States\, are prioritizing AI development and adoption \n2) discuss the range of applications of AI for military and security community organizations \n3) profile key AI-related initiatives the US and other countries are pursuing \n4) Highlight challenges associated with the adoption and integration of AI enabled capabilities \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nTate Nurkin is an independent analyst and consultant on defense and security issues and the founder of OTH Intelligence Group. He has over 25 years of experience working with the US and allied and partner defense and national security communities examining Indo-Pacific security\, China’s military modernization\, and how emerging technologies are shaping the future of conflict and military capabilities. \nTate is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with both the Forward Defense program and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council and also with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. \nPrior to starting OTH in March 2018\, Tate spent 12 years at Janes\, a leading defense intelligence firm\, including four as the Executive Director of Strategic Assessments and Futures Studies. He also previously worked with the Modelling\, Simulation\, Wargaming\, and Analysis Team at Booz Allen Hamilton\, the Strategic Assessment Center of SAIC\, and Joint Management Services. \nFrom 2014 – 2018\, Tate spent consecutive two year terms with the World Economic Forum’s Nuclear Security Global Agenda Council and Future Council on International Security. \nTate holds a bachelors of arts in History and Political Science from Duke University and a Masters of Science in International Affairs from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. \nHe lives in Matthews\, NC. \n\nBattlefield Applications\nFive Revolutions\nEye to Eye in AI\nA Candle in the Dark
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/artificial-intelligence-for-defense-and-national-security-with-tate-nurkin/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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SUMMARY:Inherit the Land with Gene Stowe
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Inherit the Land; Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie’s Will\nSPEAKER: Gene Stowe\, Author \nTwo antebellum white spinster sisters in Marvin\, NC\, raised a black man and then his daughter as their own beginning in Reconstruction. \nThe women left them their 800 acre homeplace\, a will upheld against all odds by two White juries in Monroe in the 1920’s. The personal relationships and economic empowerment left Marvin untouched by Jim Crow to this day. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\nGraduated from Monroe High School 1972\nUNC (religion) 1975\nLutheran Theological Seminary (MTS) 1983\nReporter for the Charlotte Observer 1981-1993\nTeacher\, head of writing and religion program for Trinity Schools Inc. in South Bend\, IN 1993-2012\nFreelance writer 2013 to present
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/love-justice-how-maggie-and-mittie-made-marvin-a-model-with-gene-stowe-1/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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