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APRIL 2005

College of New Rochelle Sponsors Lecture “Peacemaking In Time Of War”

At 7:30 pm on Tuesday April 12, the Westchester Consortium for International Studies will host a lecture by noted author and speaker, Colman McCarthy, for its “Presidential Lecture 2005” at the Student Center at 7:30 pm. The event, co-sponsored by The College of New Rochelle (CNR), Marymount College of Fordham University, and Manhattanville College, will take place at CNR’s Main Campus in New Rochelle at the Student Campus Center.

Mr. McCarthy, former columnist for The Washington Post, is a nationally syndicated writer. His essays have appeared in magazines such as the New Yorker, National Catholic Reporter, and Reader’s Digest. Mr. McCarthy is founder and director of the Center for Teaching Peace, a nonprofit group that helps schools begin or broaden peace studies. He is on the adjunct faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Maryland, and he is a volunteer teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. This event is related to CNR’s pioneering human rights curriculum in the School of Arts & Sciences that was launched in 2000. Originally funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, eleven faculty members from diverse disciplines developed and offered fourteen courses through a human rights lens. As a result, the Human Rights curriculum is interdisciplinary in nature, offering courses in languages (English, French, Spanish), developmental psychology, international law, women’s rights, children’s rights, environmental justice, and business ethics. The courses are cycled every semester. For details of the courses, visit http://www.cnr.edu/home/sas/isp/rights.html.

The Westchester Consortium for International Studies (WCIS), an educational alliance of The College of New Rochelle, Manhattanville College and Marymount College Tarrytown, was founded in 1988 with a grant from the Hitachi Foundation and incorporated in 1989. Dedicated to strengthening the international perspective of its member institutions through their International Studies Programs, the consortium services the larger community of Westchester. Since its founding, WCIS has supported faculty, student, and community learning through a variety of programs: public lectures, symposia, faculty development seminars, overseas study and travel, film series, theater and arts programs, and annual international career evenings. The School of Arts & Sciences at CNR, established in 1904, enrolls only women. It offers undergraduate degrees in all traditional disciplines of liberal arts and sciences and a number of professional fields. A core curriculum is required and dual-degree programs, interdisciplinary studies, independent-study options, and flexible honors programs are also offered. Founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order, The College of New Rochelle, was the first Catholic college for women in New York State. Today, it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three schools which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate School. The main campus of the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of New York City. The College maintains five other campus locations in New York City.#

For more information visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu. Contact: Barbara Nitzberg (914) 654-5285. Please call (212) 654-5408 or email Dr. Anne McKernan at amkernan@cnr.edu.

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