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Home > Featured Stories > Power of Partnerships > January 2008 > Reich to Speak at Millennium Seminar SeriesReich to Speak at Millennium Seminar Series
By Dave Pond, Web Communication
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich will speak at North Carolina State University's Millennium Seminar Series at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in Stewart Theater. The event is free and open to NC State University students, faculty and staff as well as the general public.
Reich - a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley - will focus on the rising economic powers of China and India and what effect they have on the United States.
Reich has served in three administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel Foundation Prize, by the former Czech president, for his pioneering work in economic and social thought.
He has written 11 books, including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into 22 languages; the best-sellers Reason, The Future of Success and Locked in the Cabinet, and his most recent book, Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life.
Beginning January 31, 2008 at 2 p.m., Supercapitalism will be on sale in the second floor lobby of Talley Student Center. At the conclusion of Thursday's lecture, Reich will be available to inscribe books (no other autographs, please) until 5:30 p.m. Students and visitors alike must have a major credit card to purchase Supercapitalism - campus ID cards will not be sufficient.
The Millennium Seminar series provides opportunities for students to interact with world leaders from diverse backgrounds. Presentations address world issues from the speaker's perspective, placing local and national events in a global context. The seminars are designed to engage, encourage and inspire students to reach beyond borders and think more globally about what they have learned, and what their role will be as they move into the workforce.
