A chance to attend an interesting talk...

I received this from a colleague and want to pass it on to you.  If you are available, you may find this prominent futurist's ideas very informative.   ...mf

...Many of you know that Jorgen Randers is coming to talk on campus about his new book, 2052.  He’s a co-author of the Limits to Growth, a controversial and best-selling presentation of sustainability models published 40 years ago.  In the book 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years, Jorgen asked dozens of experts to weigh in with their best predictions on how our economies, energy supplies, natural resources, climate, food, fisheries, militaries, political divisions, cities, psyches, and more will take shape in the coming decades. He then synthesized those scenarios into a global forecast of life as we will most likely know it in the years ahead.

He will be speaking here on Wednesday, 6 February at 7:30 in LC7.

The flyer for the public event:  http://www.albany.edu/gogreen/files/documents/randers.pdf

His visit is co-sponsored by the School of Business, Rockefeller College, CCI, NYSWI, the Office of Environmental Sustainability, and UAS.

Blackboard Assignment #2 - Asg02

An additional reminder and the first listserv email distribution list message:

Blackboard Assignment #2 - Asg02

Due Thursday, February 7

THOUGH YOU HAVE NEARLY 2 WEEKS TO DO THIS BRIEF ASSIGNMENT, YOU SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO ACCESS THE PREMIUM CONTENT AND RECORD YOUR ID AND PASSWORD WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT FOR FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS. YOU WILL WANT TO LEAVE TIME TO RESOLVE ANY DIFFICULTY YOU HAVE ACCESSING THE CONTENT OR POSTING YOUR ANSWER.

Complete Self-Assessment #1, Appreciating and Valuing Diversity, in the "student edition" of the Kinicki text's premium content site.

Select the DISCUSSION tab on the left column of our Blackboard class page, go to “full class discussion,”and then click on “create thread.”   The subject should read “Asg02” with no spaces and no quotation marks.

Post your numeric score and discuss what it means. Then do the following exercise:

If you have ever experienced a situation in which someone’s lack of awareness or sensitivity to another’s differences created a problem in the workplace,  tell the story of what happened.  You may cast yourself as the insensitive one or as the person who suffered through someone else’s lack of regard. Discuss how the incident took place and exactly what might have been done to avoid the problem. If you either cannot remember or prefer not to reveal such an actual event, you may create a story about a situation that fits this description.

The assignment is due on Thursday, February 7, which means it can earn one full point for one minute after 11:59 p.m. on that day.  Half credit for a late submission may be awarded for the 48 hours which follow that deadline.

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