UC Davis Global Affairs and UC Davis Human Rights Studies
Syria’s Lost Generation: A Human Rights Challenge to American Higher Education
Friday, December 4, 2015 Founder’s Library, Alumni Center — 3:00– 4:30
Human RIghts@UCDavis Director Keith David Watenpaugh and Syrian-Kurdish Refugee Students Beirut, March 2014
Keynote: The Imperative to Protect the Human Right to Higher Education
Keith David Watenpaugh, Director Human Rights Studies, UC Davis
Specialized Educational Training During Conflict
Adrienne Fricke, Syria Advisor to Physicians for Human Rights
Jusoor: An Endeavor to Help Syria through Education
Maya al-Kateb, Director Jusoor
Emergency Support to Syrian Students and Professors: IIE’s Syria Consortium
Higher Education in Crisis
Daniel Obst, Deputy Vice President, International Partnerships in Higher Education, IIE
Syrians Students for a Better Future Program
Megan Mozina, Director of the International Initiatives and Strategic Alignment, Illinois Institute of Technology
This public program is part of the UC Davis initiative to develop principles and best practices for the protection and support for refugee university students globally.
A joint project of Human Rights @UCDavis: The Interdepartmental Program in Human Rights Studies and UC Davis Global Affairs