BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7992df7-f56a-4803-8b93-2bee4dc1ac02.208090@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T144646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T144646Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Giving the Humanities a Powerful Voice DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nAggressive promotion of education focused on STEM (science\, technology\, engineering and math)\, and the rising cost of ed ucation\, has increased prejudice against the humanities. They may not be seen as useful in society and the workplace. This trend has forced speci alists in these fields to raise their voices in justification of their pr ofessional existence. How can devotees of the humanities persuasively dem onstrate the value of their work beyond abstract theory? What is the usef ulness of the humanities for the wellness of our society? How can histori cal\, anthropological\, philosophical and religious studies lend their co ntributions to the real-world issues of today? In a higher-education inst itution with a public affairs mission\, what competencies and career-buil ding skill sets do the humanities provide for students and their employer s? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>Aggressive promotion of education focused on STEM (science\, technology\, engineering and math)\, and the rising cost of education\, has increased prejudice against the humanities. They may n ot be seen as useful in society and the workplace. This trend has forced specialists in these fields to raise their voices in justification of the ir professional existence. How can devotees of the humanities persuasivel y demonstrate the value of their work beyond abstract theory? What is the usefulness of the humanities for the wellness of our society? How can hi storical\, anthropological\, philosophical and religious studies lend the ir contributions to the real-world issues of today? In a higher-education institution with a public affairs mission\, what competencies and career -building skill sets do the humanities provide for students and their emp loyers?</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T101000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T110000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR