October 6, 2005: Headlines: COS - Colombia: NPCA: NGO's: Daily O'Collegian: Chic Dambach to speak on “Respecting Differences in the Global Village”
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October 6, 2005: Headlines: COS - Colombia: NPCA: NGO's: Daily O'Collegian: Chic Dambach to speak on “Respecting Differences in the Global Village”
Former NPCA President Chic Dambach (RPCV Colombia) to speak on “Respecting Differences in the Global Village”
Dambach has a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Oklahoma State University and a master’s of business administration degree from Wake Forest University. He received the “2004 Distinguished Alumni” award from OSU and the Global Coalition Peace Award from the International Platform Association. He is a frequent speaker at international and national events, including welcoming addresses at Department of State-sponsored national and regional foreign policy town meetings.
Former NPCA President Chic Dambach (RPCV Colombia) to speak on “Respecting Differences in the Global Village”
Former Peace Corps president to speak at lecture
Melissa Perry
Contributing Writer
The Student Union Activities Board, Leadership Development and Kamm Leadership House are sponsoring a free lecture tonight with guest speaker Chic Dambach, an OSU graduate and former president of the National Peace Corps Association. Dambach will present “Respecting Differences in the Global Village” in the Student Union Starlight Terrace at 7:30. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Dambach is the president and CEO of Operation Respect, a nonprofit international organization, dedicated to building climates of respect and overcoming bullying and violence in schools worldwide.
“In November, I will become the president of the Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution,” Dambach said. “The Alliance is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to negotiating peace treaties worldwide.”
Dambach facilitated negotiations that ended the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and is engaged in peacemaking in the Congo. Dambach served as an official in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic games. He was also a U.S. delegate to the 2000 World Food Summit in Rome.
Dambach has a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Oklahoma State University and a master’s of business administration degree from Wake Forest University. He received the “2004 Distinguished Alumni” award from OSU and the Global Coalition Peace Award from the International Platform Association.
He is a frequent speaker at international and national events, including welcoming addresses at Department of State-sponsored national and regional foreign policy town meetings.
“I work full time and also give speeches to community organizations and colleges,” Dambach said. “I do approximately 30 to 40 lectures a year.”
In addition to speaking about his experience as the president of Peace Corps, Dambach will share his experiences from his time spent at OSU. Dambach was a member of the football team, the debate team and was on a committee to bring speakers to OSU.
Kathleen Kennedy, SUAB adviser, asked Dambach to speak because students will learn real-world experience from a diplomat.
“The Student Union Activities Board expects a large audience at the event,” Kennedy said. “I am happy that students will be able to hear him speak.”
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