FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 12/16/15
Contact: Kandace Keeney | tedx@uca.edu
TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansasSalon #4: Reinventing Liberal Arts Education
Conway, AR – TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansas will hold the fourth TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansasSalon themed “Reinventing Liberal Arts Education” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at UCA Downtown, the new University of Central Arkansas venue located in downtown Conway at 1105 Oak Street.
Dr. Peter Mehl, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will host the event.
“Reinventing Liberal Arts Education” will explore the need for reform in higher education. Discussion will center on why college students should partake in a cross-disciplinary education – one that combines all areas of study to address current issues of our time. The salon will entail one prerecorded TED talk followed by discussion.
This is the fourth in a series of five salons leading up to the inaugural TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansas conference, themed “Ideas Whose Time Have Come,” to be held on March 4, 2016 in the Ida Waldran Auditorium on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas.
The UCA campus and community members are encouraged to attend.
If you are interested in hosting or attending a TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansasSalon, want ticket information for TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansas or if you have questions, please e-mail TEDx@uca.edu.
Website – www.tedxuniversityofcentralarkansas.com
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About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today’s leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED’s annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.
TED’s open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a “wish,” or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED or Instagram at https://instagram.com/ted.
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