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CGS Upcoming
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Who? Thomas Hyde, President, Management Recruiters Japanese What? Japan: Our Forgotten Partner When? Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Lecture: 3:30 pm Where? Lecture: UC Legislative Chamber, Room 111 Bio: President of Management Recruiters Japanese (Murfreesboro), Mr. Hyde is a UT Martin alumnus who illustrates how much travel and study abroad can enhance a standard undergraduate education. While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business at UT Martin, Mr. Hyde took advantage of university programs in Spain, Japan, Israel, and China to broaden his perspectives on the word and to become proficient in Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese. His experiences as an exchange student at UT Martin’s longtime partner in Japan, Hirosaki University, were especially rewarding and Hyde credits them with setting the course of his later professional life. After graduation, he continued his international education, studying on a Rotary Fellowship in Hong Kong and completing a two-year master’s program at International Christian University in Tokyo.
In his business career, Mr. Hyde has reaped dividends from his many years of living and studying abroad: his firm, MRJapanese, has a long and successful track record of placing professionals with competence in Japanese and English in U.S. and Japanese companies needing bilingual employees and Mr. Hyde has become a prominent member of the business community in Tennessee. As Mr. Hyde will remind us in his talk, this community includes over 150 Japanese companies which, in sectors like automobile manufacturing, have become the mainstay of our state’s economy. Despite the attention given by the media to rising countries such as China and India, Mr. Hyde will argue that that we are well advised to recognize the importance that these companies have on our economic well-being and to further strengthen our business relationship with our “forgotten” partner, Japan.
Who? Suzuko Hamasaki, International Karate Champion What? What is the Way of Japanese Karate? When? Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Lecture: 5:30 pm Where? Lecture: Watkins Auditorium, UC Bio: An international Karate champion, Ms. Hamasaki has practiced Karate-do continuously for almost half a century. Beginning in Japan when she was only 6 years old under the tutelage of her father, Mitsuyasu Okamura, Ms. Hamasaki was at the start one of the few women to engage in a martial art that was dominated by men in an era in which male chauvinism was all too common. Yet she never stopped challenging the status quo. As a young adult, she entered major competitions, most notably placing first in the 5th World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain (1980), the 1st World Games in Santa Clara, California, and the 35th All Japan Sports Championships in Shiga, Japan (1981). Since arriving in the United States in the early 1980s, Ms. Hamasaki has taught Karate, lectured and published throughout the world on the subject. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Karate-do in Japan. The experience of having been involved in Karate-do as a student, a competitor, a teacher, a lecturer and a writer who grew up in Japan but has spent half her life in this country has given Ms. Hamasaki great insight into the way in which the martial arts of Japan, and Karate-do in particular, is transmitted to and received by the public.
Who? Dean Peterson, Director, Nashville Export What? China and the Asian Century: Implications for the United States When? Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Lecture: 1:00-2:15 pm Where? Lecture: UC 206 A & B Bio: As Director of the Nashville Export Assistance Center, Dean Peterson is responsible for the U.S. Department of Commerce's export promotion activities in Tennessee including export assistance centers in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. He brings to his position more than 30 years of international business experience in trade policy, trade promotion, consulting, teaching, and senior management. Peterson was named director of the Nashville Export Assistance Center in October 2000, following tours as the senior U.S. commercial officer at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London and as principal commercial officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. From 1992 through 1995, he served as director of the Detroit Export Assistance center with responsibility for U.S. trade promotion activities in Michigan. Prior to his government service, Peterson spent a number of years in the private sector, including 16 as director of economics and senior planner with the RJR/Nabisco Corporation. He also was a founding partner of the International Business and Economic Research Corporation, a leading Washington D.C.-based consulting firm which conducted research on trade policy and foreign direct investment issues on behalf of a broad spectrum of domestic and foreign clients. From August 1990 through August 1992, he served as president of Global Market Strategies, Atlanta, Ga. He has written extensively, particularly on international competitiveness issues and on the economic implications of multinational corporations and foreign direct investment on both the investing and host economies.
Who? Tanya McDonald, Biofuel Researcher What? A Canadian Perspective on Bridging the Gap Between Agriculture and Energy When? Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Lecture: 4:00-5:00 pm Where? Lecture: UC Legislative Chamber, Room 111 Bio: Following her appointment as Bioenergy Research Associate for the Olds College School of Innovation in May 2006, Prof. McDonald was named Energy and Environmental Development Chair, Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes. She has also been serving as an instructor in the Land and Water Resources Program at Olds College since 2005. As research associate and development chair, McDonald is responsible for project acquisition, management and accountability for applied research projects in the area of bioenergy production, waste management, greenhouse and gas mitigation and sustainable agriculture. She brings to her positions over 10 years of combined experience in applied research and technical and feasibility assessments for large-scale renewable energy projects. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Athabasca University and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering, with a specialization in Environmental Engineering, from the University of Calgary. Prof. McDonald’s lecture is sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Center for Global Studies and International Education, with the assistance of the Government of Canada.
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