Speaker Program & Schedule

ROOMS
Wicomico Room:
Just inside the entrance as
you enter from the main parking
lot for the Guerrieri Center.
Nanticoke Room:
Second floor of the Guerrieri Center. Take the elevator
on the right near the end of the
hall as you enter from the Guerrieri
parking lot. Exit and turn left
for the room.
Worcester Room
(Spring Luncheon): Second floor
of the Commons Bldg. Use the elevator
near the entrance to the first floor
dining area. Exit on second floor,
turn left, and go to the farthest
room.
PARKING
Parking in the Guerrieri
(off Dogwood) and
Asbury
Church lots requires a green
parking permit. These can be purchased
at the side entrance of the College
Police Station at the corner of
Power and Wayne Sts. (Power St is one block north of Milford St). Tell the
clerk you are with the IRP.
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The IRP Program Committee arranges a speaker for each meeting.
Speakers include regional business and civic leaders, SU faculty
members, and others, who share their expertise (sometimes outside
the bounds of their specific discipline) and life experiences. Lectures
are informative, fascinating and entertaining.
Speaker Schedule Spring 2012
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will start at 2:00 p.m.
Tuesdays in the Nanticoke Room, Guerrieri Center, Room 236.
Special note: On February 14th and 28th the
meeting room will be in the Worcester Room in the Commons. On
March 6th the meeting room will be in the Montgomery Room in the
Commons.
Special Winter Alert: Any meeting being canceled due to snow or
bad weather will coincide with the closing of Wicomico County
Schools – not the Salisbury University closing.
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JANUARY 24
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Arnold Torres, REBIRTH OF THE MAR-VA THEATER
– The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the theater will
share the history of the 1927 Vaudeville Theater and Silent
Movie House in Pocomoke City, Maryland. We will hear about
its restoration into a state of the art – performing arts
center for the residents of the Eastern Shore and the part
it is playing in the revitalization of downtown Pocomoke
City.
INTRODUCED BY SONNYE HENRY
JANUARY 31
FEBRUARY 7
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Tylor Claggett Professor of Finance Perdue
School of Business
"Modern China: Agriculture, Education, Culture and
Geography."
Tylor by poplar demand was invited back to give us part 2 of
his talk.
INTRODUCED BY JO SATLOFF
FEBRUARY 14
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Randy Stadler, a local award winning
photographer, traveled to one of the driest places on earth,
the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. He presents a
multimedia show of his trip, accompanied by native Chilean
music.
INTRODUCED BY CAROL BRODERICK
FEBRUARY 21
FEBRUARY 28
MARCH 6
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Maartin Pareboom, Dean of the Fulton School
of Liberal Arts at Salisbury University, will discuss the
concept of GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP, the subject of a course he
recently taught here at SU.
INTRODUCED BY TOM MACE
MARCH 13
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Walter West, ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL
SEASHORE ‘S Assistant Chief Ranger, will give us some
insight into the role of a law enforcement park ranger ,
some history about the seashore, life of the living animals
and what is happening with the park from an environmental
point of view.
INTRODUCED BY SONNYE HENRY
MARCH 20
MARCH 27
APRIL 3
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Laura Baldwin, with the MD Environmental
Service, will give a video presentation on the restoration
of Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay. From the verge of
extinction from erosion, today it is a national model for
habitat restoration with the use of dredged material.
INTRODUCED BY CAROL BRODERICK
APRIL 10
APRIL 17
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Mark Bowen, Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Wicomico County, will discuss the roll of his constitutional
office in the administration of the judicial system, the
maintenance and preservation of land records, and the
issuance of many licenses.
INTRODUCED BY TOM MACE
APRIL 24
MAY 1
MAY 8
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