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2015 Knowledge Commons Summit Hosted by IRSC Center for Media and Journalism Studies Small Business Development Center Center for Civic Engagement Wednesday, October 14 - Friday, October 16 THE KNOWLEDGE COMMONS SUMMIT AT INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE The Knowledge Commons: The idea of the Knowledge Commons is linked to some straightforward and well-recognized principles related to the health of both communities and democracy. For a community to be anything more than a disparate collection of individuals, there must be a shared set of values, truths, and interests that unites it. These elements are reflected in a sense of common identity, and they are supported by and reflected in the stories that bind people together – stories of origins, of the community’s place and importance in history, and so on. Without this foundation, communities devolve into conflicts of competing interests and ideologies, a condition that makes representative government deeply problematic. This common ground is what is meant by the term “Knowledge Commons.” The Tragedy of the Knowledge Commons: As a result of the rise of consumerism, the emergence of mass media, and the ubiquity of the Internet, the Knowledge Commons is becoming increasingly fragmented and the conditions for healthy communities are being eroded. The “tragic” element of this decline stems from the fact that the Knowledge Commons supports the very technological and social progress that could lead to its eventual decline. Yet unlike the traditional sense of the ‘tragic,’ this decline is not inevitable: Education is the key, but a form of education that extends the classroom to the public sphere and makes civic engagement and social responsibility the focus of academic life. The Knowledge Commons Summit at Indian River State College This Summit explores the connection between higher education and the health of local, regional, and global communities. Participants will complete the program with the practical strategies and intellectual resources necessary to change the academic culture of today’s colleges and universities to support a more civically-oriented curriculum. -1- 2015 IRSC KNOWLEDGE COMMONS SUMMIT Meet Our Keynote Presenter Our Stake in the News Media: Journalistic Values that Support Healthy Democracy Here and Abroad John Dinges Godfrey Lowell Cabor Professor of Journalism Emeritus, Columbia University John Dinges, the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Professor of Journalism Emeritus at Columbia University, is an author and former correspondent in Latin America. He was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot gold medal in 1992 for his writing on the region. He has served as foreign editor and managing editor (the #2 position in news) of National Public Radio News. Prior to that he worked as an assistant editor on the foreign desk of the Washington Post. He is currently the senior consultant with the Carter Center for its “Preventing Democratic Crises in the Americas” project, and a frequent contributor of articles, in Spanish, to various Latin American news media, including Caretas (Lima), Clarin (Argentina) and El Mostrador (Chile). Based in Chile 1972-78, he covered the Allende government, the military coup and the first five years of the Pinochet government for the Washington Post, Time, ABC News and other publications. He later covered the civil wars in Central America. He is the founder of the Centro de Investigación e Información Periodística (CIPER) in Chile, which was awarded the prestigious New Journalism prize in 2008 conferred by the Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, founded by Gabriel Garcia Márquez. He also was a co- founder of APSI, the first independent news magazine established during the dictatorship. And in 2010 he established ArchivosChile, an investigative journalism center based at the University of Chile’s Institute for Communication and Image. His books include The Condor Years: How Pinochet and his Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents (The New Press 2004); Assassination on Embassy Row, (Pantheon 1980) (with Saul Landau), and Our Man in Panama: The Shrewd Rise and Brutal Fall of Manuel Noriega (Random House 1990; Times books 1991). All three have been translated into Spanish. He is the editor and co-author of two guides to public radio ethics and journalistic standards: Sound Reporting (Kendall-Hunt 1992) and Independence and Integrity (NPR 1995). As NPR managing editor, Dinges shared two Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. Last year, he received the Leo C. Lee Award for “lasting commitment to Public Radio journalism,” conferred by the Public Radio News Directors Inc. John Dinges has a B.A. from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in English and philosophy; three years of post-graduate studies in theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria; and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Stanford University. -2- 2015 IRSC KNOWLEDGE COMMONS SUMMIT Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6 : 0 0 – 6 : 3 0 P M Networking Opportunity & Social Hour Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 6 : 3 0 – 6 : 4 5 P M Welcome Anthony Iacono, Ph.D. – Vice President of Academic Affairs Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 6 : 4 5 – 7 : 1 5 P M Dinner Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 7 : 1 5 – 8 : 1 5 P M Knowledge Commons Address Bruce Fraser, Ph.D. – Associate Dean of Communications, Humanities and Social Sciences Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 2015 IRSC KNOWLEDGE COMMONS SUMMIT Thursday, October 15, 2015 8 : 0 0 – 8 : 3 0 A M Welcome and Continental Breakfast Cedrick Gibson, Ph.D. – Assistant Dean of Business Technology Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 8 : 3 0 – 9 : 1 5 A M Cultivating the Right Disposition: The Knowledge Commons and Civic Health Mathew Brooks, Ph.D. – IRSC Faculty, English, Communications, and Modern Languages Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 9 : 3 0 – 1 0 : 3 0 A M General Education: Fulfilling the Promise of the Knowledge Commons Sarah Mallonee, Ph.D. – IRSC Faculty, English, Communications, and Modern Languages Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 -3- 1 0 : 3 0 – 1 1 : 1 5 A M The Knowledge Commons & Service Learning: In the Air and on the Ground CONCURRENT SESSION Joe Palencik, Ph.D. IRSC Faculty, Humanities Department Veronica Tempone, IRSC Faculty, English, Communications, and Modern Languages Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 OR Business Marketing and Business Culture: Bridging Public and Private Interest Cedrick Gibson, Ph.D. Assistant Dean of Business Technology Jack Hopkins, Associate Regional Director, SBDC at Indian River State College Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-309 LUNC H Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 1 2 : 3 0 – 1 : 1 5 P M One Book One College: How Library Initiatives Shape Public Thinking CONCURRENT SESSION Mia Tignor – IRSC Faculty, Miley Library Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 OR Community Partnerships and Cultural Sensitivity: A Business Perspective Arlene Green – IRSC Faculty, Business Technology Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-309 1 : 3 0 – 2 : 1 5 P M The Public-Private Intersection: International Business and the Knowledge Commons Emily McHugh – International Trade Consultant, SBDC at Indian River State College ▪ School of Business Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 2 : 3 0 – 3 : 3 0 P M Keynote Address: Our Stake in the News Media: Journalistic Values that Support Healthy Democracy Here and Abroad John Dinges – Godfrey Lowell Cabor Professor of Journalism Emeritus, Columbia University Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 3 : 3 0 – 4 : 0 0 P M Discussion and Reflection Bruce Fraser, Ph.D. – Associate Dean of Communications, Humanities and Social Sciences Cedrick Gibson, Ph.D. – Assistant Dean of Business Technology Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 4 : 0 0 – 5 : 0 0 P M Institute for Academic Excellence Open House & Conversation with John Dinges Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 5 : 3 0 – 6 : 1 5 P M Neurodome Presentation Hallstrom Planetarium- Building N -4- 2015 IRSC KNOWLEDGE COMMONS SUMMIT Friday, October 16, 2015 8 : 0 0 – 8 : 3 0 A M Welcome and Continental Breakfast Bruce Fraser, Ph.D. – Associate Dean of Communications. Humanities and Social Sciences Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 8 : 3 0 – 9 : 1 5 A M Exploring History’s Relevance: The Knowledge Commons, Deep Context & the Civic Mind Michelle Carrigan, Ph.D. – IRSC Faculty, Humanities Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 9 : 3 0 – 1 0 : 1 5 A M What is Critical Thinking, Really? CONCURRENT SESSION John Carpenter, Ph.D. – IRSC Faculty, English, Communications, and Modern Languages Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 OR Morality, the Media, and the Knowledge Commons Elliot D. Cohen, Ph.D. – IRSC Faculty, Humanities Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-309 1 0 : 3 0 – 1 1 : 1 5 A M Public Spheres: Academic Service Learning Across the Curriculum CONCURRENT SESSION Jon Glover, Ph.D. – IRSC Faculty, English, Communications, and Modern Languages Department Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg. V-125 OR Understanding the Need for Cultural Competence in the Communities That We Serve Danny Hoey, Ph.D. – Administrative Director of Minority Affairs Kight Center for Emerging Technologies Institute for Academic Excellence, Bldg.