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3/18/2008

MI CIVIC LEADER APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

The Martin Institute announces its Civic Leader program.  For more information . . .  

12/13/2007

OUR LONG NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS MAKE SENSE

Director of the Martin Institute and Professor of Political Science Peter Ubertaccio comments that, all in all,  the amount of time and money spent on America's presidential elections is actually a good investment of both.  For more information . . . 

12/12/07
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE

Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. treated Stonehill students and faculty to an intimate, inside look at the Bush White House and the decision-making process that led to the Iraq war. For more information . . .

12/12/2007

MI ANNOUNCES THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Each year the Martin Institute honors a graduating senior who symbolizes the goal of the Institute, to prepare students for leadership as active citizens in service to an improved human community. This year the Director of the Martin Institute is honored to announce that the Outstanding Senior Award will be conferred upon Amber Churchill and Hillary Weimont.   For more information . . .

11/8/2007

MI ANNOUNCES ITS 2008-2010 THEME

The Martin Institute, in partnership with the College Honors Program, Campus Ministry, and the Cornerstone Program, will spend two years studying the forces that are transforming our world. We will seek to define globalization, a term we hear much about but barely understand. We will launch investigations into how the processes of modern globalization affect the political, economic, legal, and cultural structures of nations and societies. How, for example, does the global economy work, comma added and how does it impact trade, labor, and social welfare systems? Can globalization transform indigenous political movements into worldwide struggles against threats to health care, clean water, and sustainable development? What have the effects of globalization been in the areas of environmental health, sustainable agriculture, and human rights? How does globalization in the 21^st century resemble other "global" moments in human history, comma added and what can we learn from those other eras?  For more information . . .