Release Date: March 8, 2006

MONMOUTH, Ill. — Monmouth College’s Stockdale Center will host two events on March 15 that are free and open to the public.

The third of four International Luncheons this semester will be held at noon in the Whiteman-McMillan Highlander Room and the semester’s final Great Decisions discussion will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Tartan Room.

Faculty members Pei-Chen Chung, James Godde and Kristin Larson will deliver an International Luncheon talk entitled “Memoirs of the Gaijin.” The trio shares very different perspectives on Japan based on their disciplines, which are, respectively, modern foreign languages, biology and psychology. Chung, who teaches Japanese at Monmouth, lived for three years in Japan, while Godde and Larson visited the country over Christmas break on a 10-day trip with 11 MC students.

A buffet lunch, featuring international foods, is available. A meal ticket may be purchased for $5 at the Stockdale Center’s Scan Plus office. Lunch reservations must be made in advance by contacting professor Sue Holm at 309-457-2150 or susan@monm.edu.

English professor Mary Bruce, who has been to Africa several times, will lead the Great Decisions discussion on “Pandemics and Security.” She will preface the one-hour discussion with a 30-minute overview.

The series is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, a non-partisan, non-governmental association that works to increase Americans’ understanding of significant foreign policy issues. For more information, contact Ira Smolensky at 309-457-2102 or Bill Urban at 309-457-2388.

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