NVCC invites community to attend 2008 current affairs conference

WATERBURY (Feb. 19, 2008) – The behavioral and social sciences division of Naugatuck Valley Community College will host Faith Middleton as this year’s keynote speaker at the 2008 Current Affairs Conference:  “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby???”

The event will be held from 9-2:30p.m. on Friday, Feb. 29, and will feature a number of breakout sessions on women’s issues from business to health to education to relationships and other social issues.  A luncheon and idea exchange will also be offered at $10 per registrant.

Faith Middleton is host of the nationally syndicated “Faith Middleton Show” and “The Food Schmooze” on National Public Radio.  She has twice received the “Pulitzer” of national broadcast journalism, the George Foster Peabody Award, and an honorary doctorate from Charter Oak University.

The conference will take place at the Mainstage of the Fine Arts Center, which is located at the main campus, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury.  It is free and open to the public, aside from the luncheon and idea exchange, which will take place at the end of the event.  Registration is required by Feb. 22, in order to accommodate space and refreshments. 

For more information or to register contact Karla Ekquist-Lechner at (203) 596-2101 or kekquist-lechner@nvcc.commnet.edu.

The 2008 Current Affairs Conference is the third event that the division has brought to NVCC this month.  On Feb. 8, Dr. David Miller of the University of Connecticut – Storrs, presented a conference on podcasting and teaching with multimedia; on Feb. 22, Dr. James Jay Carafano of the Heritage Foundation and Dr. Michael Schwartz of SUNY-Stony Brook will debate each other on the war in Iraq.

The NVCC behavioral and social sciences division offers degree programs and career pathways in behavioral science, criminal justice, drug and alcohol counseling, early childhood education, human services, psychology and sociology.  For more information, visit http://www.nvcc.commnet.edu/social_science.