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SUMMARY:Forty Years in the Developing World — What Worked and What Did Not
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ambassador Pamela A. White \nAmbassador Pamela A. White was officially sworn in as Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti on July 18\, 2012.  Previously\, she served in Haiti from 1985-1990. \nAmbassador White previously served as Ambassador to The Gambia from 2010-2012.  Prior to this role she served as Mission Director for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Liberia where she managed USAID’s second largest development budget in Africa\, averaging over $200 million a year. \nAmbassador White holds the rank of Career Minister.  She has over 35 years of experience from serving mostly in Africa where she began her public service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon (1971-1973).  Ambassador White joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1981 after several years of work in education and research. \nAt USAID Ambassador White has served as: community liaison officer in Burkina Faso\, Deputy Director Executive Officer in Senegal and Haiti and Executive Officer in Haitian\, Egyptian\, and South African missions.  As Deputy Director for East Africa in Washington\, D.C.\, she coordinated the delivery of much-needed food to Ethiopia and Eritrea\, helped to develop a six-year Ugandan strategy\, and oversaw the expansion of programs in the Sudan and Congo. \nIn Mali\, Ambassador White’s work as Deputy and Mission Director for USAID is credited with tripling the number of girls in primary school\, increasing the number of elected women leaders by 200 percent\, and doubling the percentage of children receiving vaccinations.  For her extraordinary work she was awarded the highest decoration given to foreigners\, the Knight of the National Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mali).  She is one of four Americans who share in this honor. \nFollowing her work in Mali\, Ambassador White was appointed Mission Director in Tanzania where she managed a $130 million aid program focused on HIV/AIDs prevention\, malaria control\, primary education\, conservation of natural resources\, and control of corruption. \nAmbassador White\, a native of Auburn\, Maine\, studied at the University of Maine and the School for International Training where she earned a Master’s Degree in International Development.  In 1999\, she graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.  In May 2012\, she received the Medal of Honor from The Gambia\, one of the only foreigners to ever receive this award.  Ambassador White is married to a member of the U.S. Foreign Service\, between them\, they have four grown children.
URL:https://spia.umaine.edu/event/forty-years-in-the-developing-world-what-worked-and-what-did-not/
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SUMMARY:International Affairs: An Interdisciplinary Study
DESCRIPTION:Wells Conference Center\, University of Maine\nA One-Day Conference\, Free & Open to the Public\nToday\, the study of International Affairs is surely a necessity\, both for public policy and civic education. Yet this study could not survive without the contributions of other disciplines. Please join us for a conference of leading scholars to discuss the ways we make sense of our global world. \n9:15 am      Coffee/Refreshments\n9:30 am      Welcome and Introduction\nDean Emily A. Haddad\, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences\, UMaine\n9:45 am      “What’s Culture Got to Do With It: The Importance of Anthropology in International Affairs”\nSarah Tobin\, Associate Director of Middle East Studies\, Brown University\n11:00 am    Break\n11:15 am    “Money\, Guns and the Study of International Affairs”\nRosella Capella\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Boston University\n12:30 pm    Lunch (Free\, but RSVP required by March 24 – contact Peter Fandel at 207-581-1835 or\npeter.fandel@maine.edu)\n1:30 pm      “International Affairs and the Turn to History”\nBrian Schmidt\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, Carleton University\n2:45 pm      Break\n3:00 pm      Roundtable Discussion\n4:00 pm      Reception \nPresented by the International Affairs Program with significant support from the School of Policy and International Affairs \n 
URL:https://spia.umaine.edu/event/international-affairs-an-interdisciplinary-study/
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