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.
