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- Nov
12: Utah Education Policy Forum, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
23rd Floor Event Center in the Wells Fargo Center, Salt Lake
City. Keynote Speakers: Linda Darling-Hammond and Richard E.
Kendell. Co-Sponsored by the Utah Education Policy Center and
the Utah Council of Education Deans. Register at http://uepc.ed.utah.edu/. - Nov
12: Midday
Metro at 10 a.m. on NPR Utah, KCPW 88.3 FM: a whole new
Women’s Business Institute is taking shape at the Salt Lake
Community College’s Miller Free Enterprise Campus in Sandy.
Learn more about the resources available. Call 355-TALK or
email midday@kcpw.org
during the show to participate. - Nov 12:
RadioWest on KUER FM 90: "Changing America's
Schools," 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Reformer and scholar Linda
Darling-Hammond says that bureaucratic solutions to weaknesses
in the country's education system will always fail. She argues
that instead of handing down solutions from "on-high," the
school system will improve by focusing on things like high
teacher quality and student equity. - Nov 13:
Lt. Governor Herbert to attend the Governor's
Education Summit, Salt Lake Community College, 4600 South
Redwood Road. - Nov 13: Legislative
Information Technology Steering Committee meeting, 8 a.m.,
room W325, House Building. - Nov 13:
Governor Huntsman to attend the Utah Mine Safety Commission
Meeting, 11 a.m., West Building, State Capitol Complex. -
Nov 13: Special Districts Subcommittee of the
Political Subdivisions Interim Committee meeting, 1 p.m., room
W125. - Nov 13: Executive Appropriations
Committee meeting, 1 p.m., room W135. - Nov
13: Governor’s Education Summit, 1:30 p.m., Salt Lake
Community College, Redwood Road Campus. - Nov 13:
Legislative Management Committee meeting, 3 p.m.,
room W135. - Nov 13: Retirement and
Independent Entities Interim Committee meeting, 4 p.m., room
W110. - Nov 13: Governor’s Medal Awards
for Science and Technology, 7 p.m., Clarke Planetarium, Salt
Lake City. - Nov 14: Legislative meetings
scheduled throughout day. See legislative calendar for details. - Nov 14:
Hinckley Forum "The War on Terrorism: An Assessment,"
12 p.m., Hinckley
Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of
Utah. Bruce Hoffman,
Professor, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service Security
Studies Program, Georgetown University; Distinguished Scholar
in the U's Institute of Public and International
Affairs. - Nov 15: Governor Huntsman's
KUED Monthly News Conference, 10 a.m., KUED Studios. -
Nov 15: Higher Education Task Force Meeting,
1 p.m., room W110. - Nov 15: Utah
Constitutional Revision Commission, 1 p.m., room W125. -
Nov 15: Governor Huntsman to attend the UAC
Convention, 4 p.m., St. George. - Nov 16:
Governor Huntsman to attend the Division of Child and
Family Services Board Awards, 12 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, 161 W.
600 S. SLC. - Nov 16: Governor Huntsman to
attend the Utah Bar Association Fall Forum, 1 p.m., Salt
Palace. - Nov 20: Medicaid Interim
Committee Meeting, 9 a.m., room W135. - Nov 20:
Hinckley Forum: Washington Update, 10:45 a.m., Hinckley
Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of
Utah. Congressman
Jim Matheson (D-UT). Congressional schedule permitting. -
Nov 23: Desert Greens Green Party of Utah
second annual Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange, 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., Library Plaza, downtown Salt Lake Library 200 East 400
South. If you need a coat, come get one. If you have a coat,
we know someone who can use it. For more info see www.desertgreens.org. - Nov
26: Hinckley Forum: "Turkish American Relations at
the Crossroads," 11:50 a.m., Hinckley
Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of
Utah. Hakan Yavuz,
Associate Professor, Political Science Department, U of
U. - Nov 27: Native American Legislative
Liaison Committee meeting, 2 p.m., room W025. -
Nov 28: Hinckley Forum: "Radical Islam in
Europe," Hinckley
Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of
Utah. Leslie Lebl,
non-resident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council of the
United States and Principal of Lebl Associates; writer,
lecturer and consultant on political, security and military
matters. - Nov 29: Downtown Alliance 13th
Annual Achievement Awards and Annual Meeting, 7:30 a.m.
registration, 7:45 to 9 a.m. breakfast program, Downtown
Marriott, 75 South West Temple, Salt Lake City. The Downtown
Achievement Awards honor individuals and organizations for
extraordinary contributions to Downtown Salt Lake City.
Tickets are $25 per person or a table for ten for $250.
Contact Carla Wiese at 801-328-5043, or email carla@downtownslc.org. -
Nov 30: KCPW, Sam Wellers and the Deseret
Morning News event featuring Jenna Bush, author of Ana's
Story, 7 p.m., Main Salt Lake City Library Auditorium.
$35 ticket includes copy of book. Tickets available at Sam
Wellers, 254 S Main Street, Salt Lake City. - Dec
3: Lt. Governor Gary Herbert to speak to the Center
for the Advancement of Leadership students, 4 p.m., Utah
Valley State College, Student Sorenson Center room 206
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