Canceled- International Speaker Series: Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Event Date:
January 18, 2018 – 3:30 PM to January 19, 2018 – 4:59 PM

Location:
Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room

** Please note***

The International Speaker Series lecture featuring Ambassador Ryan Crocker has been canceled due to the worsening weather conditions on the UNC Charlotte campus.

Please note that a decision about UNC Charlotte classes and programs for Thursday, January 18, have not been determined. OGEE is cancelling due to the presenter’s transportation difficulties in coming to North Carolina. Please view the University of North Carolina at Charlotte website for official updates regarding class and/or campus activities. Or go directly to the Emergency Management page (emergency.uncc.edu) for details.

Ryan Crocker is a Diplomat in Residence at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, for the academic year 2017-2018. He served as U.S ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon. Ambassador Crocker has received various awards and recognition, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, in 2009 for his extensive career and work in both foreign relations and policy.

In September 2004, President Bush conferred on him the personal rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the Foreign Service. In May 2009, Secretary of the State Hilary Clinton announced the establishment of Ryan C. Crocker Award for Outstanding Achievement in Expeditionary Diplomacy. Crocker will summarize what he has found to be the causes and consequences of the Middle East Meltdown.