Bob Coate

OMAHA PRESS CLUB – John Christiansen, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha “Recent Changes at U.N.O.”

BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES NEBRASKA CHILDREN’S HEALTH SUMMIT LECTURE – Martin O’Malley, Governor of Maryland “Children, Healthcare and Schools”

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY LECTURE – Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar at the Women’s Research and Education Institute in Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine “We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, But Not Far Enough: Progress and Problems of Women in Higher Education”

LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES AT EASE LUNCHEON – James Ellis, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta, Georgia; and Retired Commander of the United States Strategic Command

E. N. THOMPSON FORUM ON WORLD ISSUES – Felice Gaer, Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights “Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities Worldwide: International Religious Freedom in United States Policy”

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA LECTURE – Duane Woerth, United States Ambassador to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization

OMAHA PRESS CLUB – “Mayoral Election Debate” Jim Suttle, Incumbent Mayor of Omaha; Jean Stothert, Omaha City Councilwoman

FILM STREAMS DISCUSSION – Film: The Waiting Room.  Panel: M. J. Egan, staff nurse at the Nebraska Medical Center; Rosanna Morris, Senior Vice-President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at the Nebraska Medical Center; William Gossman, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine; Robert Muelleman, Chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine.  Moderator: Richard O’Brien, Professor at Creighton University’s Center for Health Policy and Ethics

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE LECTURE – Calvin Mackie, author of “A View from the Roof: Lessons for Life and Business” and “Grandma’s Hands: Cherished Moments of Faith and Wisdom”

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY LECTURE – Norachit Sinhaseni, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations “Diplomatic Challenges at the United Nations: An Ambassadorial Experience from Thailand”