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Inaugural Student Congress:
Resolving Conflict in the Contemporary World

 

July 19-26, 2008

 

Sat. July 19

Student Arrivals

Sun. July 20

“An Evening at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate”

5:00 p.m.

Opening Meeting and General Student Orientation on Ashland Lawn

6:00 p.m.

Tour of Ashland

7:00 p.m.

Dinner on the Lawn

Formal Welcome: Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship Board President D.G. Van Clief, Jr. and Henry Clay Memorial Foundation Board President Dr. D. Kay Clawson

7:30 p.m

“The Statesman, Henry Clay:” Dr. Kimberly Shankman, Dean, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas and author of Compromise and the Constitution: The Political Thought of Henry Clay

Mon. July 21

“Henry Clay and His World”

9:30 a.m.

Welcome: Transylvania University President Dr. Charles Shearer
Cowgill Center First Floor, Transylvania University

9:45 a.m.

“Henry Clay: The Personality of a Politician:” Kentucky State Historian And Georgetown College Professor Dr. James C. Klotter
Cowgill Center First Floor, Transylvania University

11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
Cowgill Center First Floor, Transylvania University

“Henry Clay as Rhetorician:” Transylvania University Writing, Rhetoric and Communication Assistant Professor Scott Whiddon

“Henry Clay and the American Political Tradition:” Transylvania University Political Science Professor Don T. Dugi

“Henry Clay, Family Life and Public Duty:” Dr. Lindsey Apple, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown College

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:15, 2:15, 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Tours:

Transylvania University Special Collections with Transylvania University Archivist and Librarian B.J. Gooch

Historic Downtown Lexington with Transylvania 2005 Alumnus Clinton Morris

Henry Clay’s Law Office (Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship Office) with Ashland Curator Eric Brooks

4:15 p.m.

Student group photo on “Old Morrison Steps,” Transylvania University

4:45 p.m.

The Passing of Henry Clay:” Eric Brooks, Clay Gravesite, Lexington Cemetery

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

Tues. July 22

“Decision Making and Leadership in a Shared Power World”

9:00 a.m.

Introduction to Shared-Power World/Types of Leadership:” Professor John M. Bryson, Associate Dean, and Professor Barbara C. Crosby, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

10:30 a.m.

“Personal Leadership Development”
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

“Team Leadership”
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

3:00 p.m

“Negotiation Case – Hospital Committee:” University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy and Administration Director Ed Jennings and Professor Ginny Wilson
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

5:00 p.m.

Dinner

6:30 p.m.

“Using Media to Move Societies Away from Adversarial Approaches and
Toward Cooperative Solutions:” Steve Utterwulghe, Vice President, Search for Common Ground (Washington/Brussels)

Wed. July 23

“Negotiations and Leadership”

9:00 a.m.

“The Link to Visionary, Political and Ethical Leadership:” Professor Barbara C. Crosby, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

“Negotiation – Marsh County Case:” Ed Jennings and Ginny Wilson
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

3:00 p.m.

Tour of State Capitol

4:00 p.m.

Group photos and meeting with Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s Chief of Staff, Adam Edelen

5:00 p.m.

Three Chimneys Farm Tour

6:00 p.m.

Chairmen’s Dinner at Three Chimneys Farm with Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship Board of Directors and Sponsors.  Host: Board of Directors Co-Chairs Robert N. Clay and Bill Giles 

Keynote Address: Former U.S. Senator, Kansas, Nancy Kassebaum-Baker, National Advisory Committee Co-Chair

Thur. July 24

“Politics at the National Level”

9:00 a.m.

Attention to Stakeholders:” Professor Barbara C. Crosby, Hubert H. Humphrey   Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

“Seattle Art Museum Case”
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Political Compromise: “Have a Coke and a Smile:” Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Director of Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

2:00 p.m.

“The Current State of American Politics:” MSNBC/New York Times Washington Correspondent John Harwood, author of Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

3:30 p.m.

“Building Compromise through Dialogue:” International Institute for Sustainable Dialogue Vice President Dr. Randa Slim
Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

5:00 p.m

Dinner

 

6:30 p.m.

“Cyprus: The Continuing Challenge of Unifying the Island and Resolving the Conflict:” Ambassador Andreas Kakouris, Envoy of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States

Fri. July 25

“Peace and Diplomacy”

9:00 a.m.

“American Leadership and the Mideast Peace Process:” Dr. Scott Lasensky,
Senior Research Associate, U.S. Institute of Peace (Washington, DC) and author of  Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East

Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

10:30 a.m.

“The United Nations and Advancing Peace:” Former United Nations Secretary General’s Deputy Special Representative for Nepal, and Current Department Director, Asia and Pacific Division of Political Affairs, Mr. Tamrat Samuel (Eritrea)

Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

“Diplomacy and the Merits of Engaging both Friends and Foes:” Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh

Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

3:00 p.m.

Student Congress Conclusions:” Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh

Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, University of Kentucky

6:30 p.m.

Private Reception and Dinner for Students, Sponsors and Board Members at Fasig-Tipton

Taped special address: U.S. Supreme Court Justice (retired) Sandra Day O’Connor, National Advisory Committee Co-Chair

Final Presentation to Students: Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship Co-Chair Bill Giles and Board President D.G. Van Clief, Jr.

Sat. July 26

Student Departures

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