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Improving Health Outcomes: Discussing Dr. Gawande

Published by Tynan Shevlin on February 7, 2012 in Event Announcements, Free Stuff, General News, Great Issues Committee, On Campus and Speaker. 0 Comments

The Public Health Undergraduate Student Association is hosting a free roundtable discussion on Wednesday, February 8, from 8 PM to 9 PM in BSC room 251. Here’s more info:

Having written a book on improving health outcomes, Dr. Atul Gawande will unveil to us in his speech on Tuesday, February 7th, the preventable errors he sees committed in public health and medicine. Reducing such errors and making improvements can save human lives.

With Ron Levy as our guest speaker from the School of Public Health and many SLU professors as our moderators, we proudly present to you a round table event on Wednesday, February 8th, aimed at creating meaningful dialogue between students and faculty members on improving systems within medicine and public health. We hope to engage Dr. Gawande’s ideas and show SLU students a broader vision of healthcare and medical practice. All research will be provided.

This event is being brought to you with the collaborative efforts of Political Round Table, The Great Issues Committee, and Public Health Undergraduate Student Association (PRT, GIC, PHUSA).

 

The Great Issues Committee Presents Common: “One Day, It Will All Make Sense”

Published by Tynan Shevlin on September 19, 2011 in BSC Activities, Event Announcements, Free Stuff, General News, Great Issues Committee, On Campus and Speaker. 0 Comments
Hip-hop artist and actor Common is set to speak on Thursday, September 22 in the BSC Wool Ballrooms at 7PM, presented by the Great issues Committee. His speech is entitled “One Day, It Will All Make Sense.” This event also features a performance by XQuizit, SLU’s one and only hip-hop dance ensemble, as well as a book signing afterwards for Common’s new memoir (also titled One Day, It Will All Make Sense).
Common: One Day It Will All Make Sense
Thurs., Sept. 22 7PM
Wool Ballroom, BSC
free
 

The Great Issues Committee Presents: Jonathan Safran Foer

Published by Tynan Shevlin on May 2, 2011 in BSC Activities, Event Announcements, Free Stuff, General News, Great Issues Committee, On Campus and Speaker. 0 Comments

Jonathan Safran Foer, author of “Everything is Illuminated” and “Eating Animals” will speak at SLU with an address titled “What We Are And What We Eat” on Wednesday, May 4, at 7PM in the BSC’s Wool Ballroom.

Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. As he became a husband, and then a father, the moral dimensions of eating became increasingly important to him. Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. The resulting book, Eating Animals, is part memoir and part investigative report. In the words of the Los Angeles Times, it places Jonathan Safran Foer “at the table with our greatest philosophers.” The stories of how the book came to be, and the shocking information that he learned, make for eye-opening conversation.

Photo by David Shankbone. Licensed by Creative Commons.

 

New Member Applications Available for the Great Issues Committee

Published by Tynan Shevlin on March 28, 2011 in General News, Great Issues Committee and On Campus. 0 Comments

The Great Issues Committee is now accepting applications for next year’s committee.

If you’ve ever wanted to meet the people making news in the United States and around the world, to organize some of the biggest events on SLU’s campus, or to spend several times the average annual American salary in a matter of months, this committee is for you.

They’re looking for thoughtful and motivated applicants for next year’s committee. To apply, visit this page and follow the instructions on the application.

Contact gic@slu.edu with any questions.

 

The Great Issues Committee Presents Michelle Rhee

Published by Tynan Shevlin on March 21, 2011 in BSC Activities, Free Stuff, General News, Great Issues Committee, On Campus and Speaker. 0 Comments


Did you know Michelle Rhee is coming to SLU on March 23?

Featured in both TIME and Newsweek, Rhee is a leader in national education reform. A former member of Teach for America, she was charged with turning around the nation’s lowest-performing school system, District of Columbia Schools. Since stepping down from that position, she has focused on StudentsFirst, a political advocacy organization that works with education reform.

The event is free, open to the public, and starts at 7 PM in the Wool Ballrooms. Ms. Rhee will devoting a considerable amount of time to answering students’ questions, so come with a jovial demeanor and an inquiring mind.

Applications will be available at the event for anyone interested in joining the Great Issues Committee next year.