E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues

E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues

A cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation, The Lied Center for Performing Arts and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues brings a diversity of viewpoints on international and public policy issues to the citizens of Nebraska at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The lecture series was named in honor of E.N. “Jack” Thompson, who served as president of the Cooper Foundation from 1964 to 1990 and as its chairman from 1990 until his death in 2002. Thompson established the series to promote better understanding of world events and issues for all Nebraskans.

Lectures originate from the Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and are simulcast in Columbus, Hastings, Kearney, McCook, North Platte, Omaha, and Scottsbluff with the collaboration of the Nebraska Humanities Council. All lectures and simulcasts are free and open to the public.

Lecture series addresses "Water and Global Security"

The 2011-12 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, a cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation, the Lied Center for Performing Arts and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is addressing the theme of "Water and Global Security" with six lectures.

The lectures are simulcast and followed by community conversations at Central Community College in Columbus (Room 205, West Education Center), Hastings College (Wilson Center), the University of Nebraska at Kearney (Room 101, Communications Center Building), McCook Community College (Room 213, McMillen Hall), North Platte Community College (601 West State Farm Road, South Campus), the University of Nebraska at Omaha (Room 132, College of Public Affairs and Community Service), and in Scottsbluff at Western Nebraska Community College (Room B132, Harms Advanced Technology Center). Programs begin at 7 p.m. (6 p.m. Mountain Time in Scottsbluff).

The remaining lectures are:

• Thursday, Feb. 16 – Mogens Bay and E. Robert Meaney, executive leadership for Valmont Industries Inc., "Is a Global Water Crisis Avoidable?"

• Wednesday, March 28 – Don Worster, a pioneer in the field of environmental history, "An Unquenchable Thirst: How the Great Plains Created a Water Abundance and Then Lost It"

The Charles and Linda Wilson Dialogue on Domestic Issues is yet to be announced.

Lectures are free and open to the public. Free tickets are required for attendance at the Lied Center in Lincoln.