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Ela Gandhi to speak at 22nd annual
Benjamin E. Mays Lecture, Oct. 7
 Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi and a peace activist in
South Africa, will speak
at the College of Education's 22nd annual Benjamin E.
Mays lecture
at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Georgia State University Speaker's
Auditorium (44 Courtland St., Atlanta).
Gandhi, who will discuss building
a better global society through
education, has been empowering
and educating communities in South Africa for
decades. She was elected the vice president of the Natal Indian Congress in the
1970s and served as a Member of Parliament in South Africa from 1994-2004.
"We are most fortunate to have Ela Gandhi as the Mays lecturer this
year," said Joyce E. King, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching,
Learning and Leadership at Georgia State. "Her life as an activist, her
dedication to social justice and her commitment to sustainable development in
South Africa are not only relevant to our understanding of global concerns, but
also represent a model of the kind of leadership in service to humanity that
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays encouraged."
The annual Benjamin E. Mays Memorial Lecture Series, which began in
1989 with Dr. Charles V. Willie, is intended to encourage the discussion of
issues facing urban educational leaders through a series of symposia,
conferences and lectures.
For more information about Gandhi and the Mays Lecture, click here.
Photo caption: Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi and a peace activist in South Africa |
Upcoming Events in the College of Education
Research Wednesdays Speaker Series
September 15, 2010
12 noon
College of
Education, Room 1030
30 Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Presenter: Steven Farr
Topic: Teaching as Leadership: A study of the distinguishing methods
of highly effective teachers in low-income communities
Steven Farr, chief knowledge officer for Teach For America, leads the organization's study of the distinguishing strategies
of highly effective teachers in low-income communities. Those findings, which inform the
organization's teacher selection, training and support, are featured in his new
book, "Teaching as Leadership," and an annotated archive of videos, how-to
guides, common pitfalls and resources at www.teachingasleadership.org.
Research Wednesdays is held every Wednesday of the month. An
RSVP is required to attend this event. To confirm your attendance, please
contact Erin Whitney in the COE's Educational Research Bureau at (404) 413-8090
or ewhitney@gsu.edu.
For more information on Farr and the college's Research Wednesdays
Speaker Series, click here.
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Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic's 35th Anniversary
Sept. 20-23, 2010College of Education For more information on the anniversary celebrations, click here.
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you know that you can give gifts of stock?
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