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"Gandhian Thought and Human Services" Oct. 24
October 16, 2009
MACOMB, IL - - "Gandhian Thought and Human Services," a presentation sponsored by Western Illinois University's social work department, the Social Work Student Association and Phi Alpha Honor Society, is slated from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, October 24 in Horrabin Hall, room 78.
Thomas Walz, professor emeritus at the University of Iowa School of Social Work, will deliver the two-hour presentation. Currently, Walz teaches a course at the University of Iowa on Gandhi.
Walz has also served as a director of the Peace Corps in Honduras, was the former director of the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa, and is founder of the Extend a Dream Foundation.
Walz's talk is open free to the public, books will be for sale at the event and limited seating will be available.
For more information, contact John Tracy, chair of WIU's social work department, at (309) 298-2379 or JR-Tracy@wiu.edu.
Posted By: Teresa Koltzenburg (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
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