Monday, December 5, 2017

9:30 – 10:30 EDUCATION

The Secret to Student Success at Roosevelt

Speaker: Michael Bradley, Principal, Roosevelt High School, Minneapolis

Roosevelt High School has changed in significant ways since Bradley became the principal. He will share his philosophy of education and how the school has become an exciting place to learn and work for both students and teachers. His goal is to support the students academically, emotionally, and socially. He has challenged everyone at Roosevelt to meet those goals.

10:45 – 11:45  OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD

National Sovereignty and Global Technical Networks

Speaker: Thomas Wolfe, Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota

We take for granted our consumption of “media,” but where, exactly, is “media” located? We know that it is all around us, all the time. Our lives would be impoverished by its sudden disappearance, but where is it from? Where does it reside and go between? Our conversation will be about the implications of politics and society, of this gap between our own situated lives, and the placelessness of our networked world.

11:45 – 12:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS
12:00 – 1:15   LUNCHEON

1:15 – 2:15 THE ARTS

Prince, Inside the Purple Reign

Speaker: Jon Bream, Music Critic, StarTribune

Bream, music critic at the StarTribune for 42 years, has covered Prince since he first exploded on the music scene in 1977. He will reflect on the life of this Minneapolis music legend and help us understand his phenomenal success.