LOCAL COLLEGE STUDENTS HEAD TO CAMDEN CONFERENCE

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 9:30am

Twenty-two University of Maine at Augusta/URock students will attend the 2017 Camden Conference, which this year focuses on the timely and provocative subject “Refugees and Global Migration: Humanity’s Crisis.”

A series of talks and panel discussions, the Camden Conference draws some of the top people involved in U.S. and global foreign policy issues.

Speakers this year include Kelly T. Clements, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees; Alexandra Bilak, Geneva-based director of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre; and Bruno Stagno of Human Rights Watch.

Each year, Dr. Peter Lodge, who teaches history at UMA, develops the content for his UMA course (HTY 365) around the conference theme. Students focus on that theme all semester and participate in the conference, scheduled Feb. 17-19 at the Camden Opera House (www.camdenconference.org). 

As a result of fundraising efforts from University College at Rockland, Bangor Savings Bank will provide scholarships to the conference for all UMA students in HTY 365.