Past Events

Goldfarb Center Panel Discussion
Catastrophic Katrina: Lessons from the Past & Implications for the Future
A panel discussion considering the city planning, engineering, environmental, and sociological elements of the Gulf Coast  and New Orleans.

Featuring: KRISTINA FORD, Former New Orleans city planner and
Colby College Faculty:
CHERYL TOWNSEND GILKES, Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
PAUL JOSEPHSON, Associate Professor of History
JENNIFER SHOSA, Assistant Professor of Geology
Moderated By: ARIEL ARMONY, Associate Professor of Government and
Co-Director of the Goldfarb Center
 
September 14, 2005 ~ 7:00 pm
 Lovejoy 100

Goldfarb Center Speaker
Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror
Mia Bloom
September 18, 2005 ~ 7:00 pm
Olin Science Center, Room 1

Offered in conjunction with the Mid Maine Global Forum
Invitation only dinner ~  Whitney Room, Roberts Union  5:30 pm

George J. Mitchell Distinguished International Lecture Series - Inaugural Lecture
America's Role in the World in the 21st Century
Featuring George J. Mitchell

September 22, 2005 ~ 7:30 pm
Page Commons Room, Cotter Union
Invitation only dinner ~ Parker-Reed room, SSW Alumni Center  5:30 pm

Goldfarb Center Speaker
Tsunami Medical Disaster Relief in Banda Aceh
David Systrom ‘76
September 29, 2005 ~ 7:00 pm
Lovejoy 100
Reception to follow

Goldfarb Center Panel
Protecting Sources and Shielding Journalists
Lovejoy Convocation
October 16, 2005 ~   4:00 pm
Lovejoy 100

Goldfarb Center Event
The Waterville Mayoral Debate
October 20, 2005 ~ 7:00 pm
Olin 1
Co-sponsored with the Morning Sentinel and Waterville Chamber of Commerce

Goldfarb Center Panel Discussions
Connecting Colby to the Community & U.S. Reach in Today’s World
Colby Capital Campaign Kickoff
October 22, 2005

Cotter Debate
Maine Ballot Question 1
November 2, 2005  ~ 7:00 pm
Bixler Auditorium
 
Goldfarb Center Event
The Future of Free Trade in the Americas
Andrew Rudman, '87
Office of NAFTA and Interamerican Affairs, U. S. Department of Commerce
November 9, 2005 ~  7:00 PM
Lovejoy 205
Invitation only dinner precedes the event, Hurd Room 5:30 pm
Co-sponsored with Latin American Studies




 

Goldfarb Center Panel Discussion
Policy Implications for Obesity in Maine
Offered as part of Michael Donihue's Jan Plan course
January 26 8:30 a.m. – Lovejoy 215

Goldfarb Center Panel Discussion
The Economic Future of Waterville
Panelists: Mayor Paul LePage; Ken Young, Kennebec Valley Council Of Governments; Shannon Haines, Main Street Waterville director.
February 16, 7:00 pm  - Lovejoy 100

Goldfarb Lecture
The United States and China: Realities and Fantasies
 in our Most Important  Bilateral Relationship
Ambassador James Lilley
February 23, 7:00 pm - Lovejoy 100
Event is offered  by Colby government department, Cal McKenzie is contact

Goldfarb Center Event
Hurricane Katrina's Kids:  NOW College Prep in Houston, Trip Review
March 1, 7:00 pm - Lovejoy 100

Goldfarb Center Visiting Fellow Lecture Series
 Nature as a Metaphor for Designing Technologies, Institutions and Social Networks
Anil Gupta
March 7, 7:00 pm – Olin 1
Offered in conjunction with the Environmental Studies Program

Goldfarb Center Lecture
The Indissoluble Federal Commonwealth: How the American Civil War Shaped the Australian Constitution
Dr. Helen Irving, Visiting chair in Australian Studies, Harvard Law School
March 9, 4 pm -  Miller 14

Goldfarb Center Workshop
Women Making History, Women Making Change Program
Diane Danielson
Taking the Work Out of Networking
March 11, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm    Parker-Reed Room, Alumni Center, Colby
Pre-registration is required for this event

Goldfarb Center Panel Discussion
Brody Convocation
The Roberts Court: Issues of The Next Decade
March 19, 4 pm – Lovejoy 100, Colby College


Goldfarb Center Visiting Fellow Lecture Series
Transforming Education in Poor Communities
John Gilmour
March 20, 7:00 pm –  Lovejoy 100
*Co-sponsored by the African Studies department

COLBY SPRING BREAK: MARCH 25-APRIL 2

Goldfarb Center Lecture
Beth Stickney*, Executive Director of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
The Immigration Debate: How it is Shaping Law and Policy in Maine
 April 10 – 7:00 pm Lovejoy 100
 * hosted by Priscilla Doel

James T. Kloppenberg*
Professor of History at Harvard
Democracy in America: The New England Town from Tocqueville to Today
April 18, 7:00 pm – Lovejoy 100
* hosted by Jason Opal

Goldfarb Center Event
Governor John Baldacci
Civic Engagement: The Importance of Connecting to Community
April 19, 7:00 pm - Olin 1

Burst the Bubble - Build a Bridge
April 23-28, 2006
A week of awareness planned and implemented by
student members of the Colby South End Coalition.

Events include a tour of historic Waterville, a panel discussion on the importance of the relationship between Waterville and Colby, an ice cream social in town, a keynote presentation on campus-community partnerships by David Scobey, Director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College.

RELATED EVENTS

Leadership Institute: The Creative Economy
April 5, 8:30 a.m.- 2:00 pm – Page Commons, Cotter Union

Asian Studies Event
Liu Kaiming*
Labor Rights in China
April 12, 7:00 pm – Lovejoy 100
Dr. Liu Kaiming is the executive director of the Institute for Contemporary Observation (ICO) in Shenzhen, China.  ICO is a non-governmental organization dedicated to labor development and corporate social responsibility.  Within these broad themes, ICO undertakes research, labor rights advocacy, social responsibility consultation, education and training, legal aid, and community service.
 * hosted by Phil Brown


Undergraduate Research Symposium
 May 3

Environmental Studies/Goldfarb Energy Management Forum
May 6