Political Science - News and Events

Here is a list of the events scheduled for Constitution Week. All of these events will be swipeable.

Monday, September 15                    

Pizza and Politics

“Islam and Politics”

Michael McClellan, WKU Diplomat in Residence and Dr. Soleiman Kiasatpour, Political Science

Sponsored by Department of Political Science

12:30 – 1:30pm  

Grise Hall Room 339

Tuesday September 16

Let’s be a Global Citizen

Study Abroad Fair

11:00am - 2:00pm

Preston Center

Sponsored by Office of Study Abroad and Global Learning

Lunch and Learn

“Michael Brown and Black Men”

Join with other faculty, staff and students in a deep and critical dialogue with an outcome of creating a sustained inclusive and transformative campus community.

Sponsored by Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

1:00 - 2:30pm

DSU 2084

ICSR T3 (Third Tuesday Tea)

“Media and Politics”

Dick Taylor, School of Journalism and Broadcasting

Sponsored by Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility (ICSR)

4:00-5:00pm

MMTH Auditorium

Wednesday. September 17  Happy Birthday!!  It’s Constitution Day!!

Project Affect

The WKU ALIVE Center for Community Partnerships and WKU Student Activities: Leadership &      Volunteerism are coordinating this year’s event to offer information to campus and community members on ways to get involved through service. In addition, participating groups engage visitors in hands-on activities reflective of their different causes. 

11:00am - 3:00pm

WKU Centennial Mall

September 17 (continued)

Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison

Piper Kerman leads a riveting live webcast panel discussion on the Netflix original series based on her memoir.  OSTNB tells the story of the lives of women affected by a dysfunctional justice system. On the broadest level, OITNB is most concerned with the complicated interactions between race, gender, poverty, sexuality, and discrimination within the criminal justice system. The show is wildly popular, drawing popular culture’s attentions to the issues of fairness, humaneness, and other constitutional concerns about our system of justice like never before.

Sponsored by the Political Engagement Project

10:45 – 1:00  (Lunch provided)

Grise Hall Room 247

Thursday, September 18

ICSR Film Series

Bill Moyers Journal on Media and Politics

Film and discussion led by Dick Taylor on “the state of media and its impact on politics today”

Sponsored by Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility

4:00 - 5:00pm

MMTH Auditorium