March 1, 2006, Staten Island, NY…..A panel presentation, "From Tourist to Global Citizen: Bangladesh, El Salvador and New Orleans," will take place tomorrow, Thursday March 2nd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room, Union Building, Wagner College.
Co-sponsored by Wagner College's Academic and Cultural Enrichment department and Project Pericles, the event will showcase the volunteer efforts of students and faculty who traveled to Bangladesh, El Salvador and New Orleans in January 2006.
Wagner College nursing students visited New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and helped distribute aid kits to residents. The chemistry and English students who went to Bangladesh worked as scientists and journalists and learned about the country. Political science students went to El Salvador and worked in an orphanage.
The event will include a roundtable about the meaning of being socially responsible and becoming an active citizen.
Project Pericles is a nonprofit organization advocating social responsibility and participatory citizenship.
The event is free and is open to the public. Dinner will be served. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Linda Marrone at (718) 390-3253 or Project Pericles director Lori Weintrob at(718)390-3309.
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