Fall 2008 Griffin Policy
Forum
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Warriner Hall -
Plachta
Auditorium
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Election 2008:
What will happen on November
4th and how will the results
impact Michigan?
The forum panelists will include Saul Anuzis, Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party;
Mark Brewer, Chairman of
the Michigan Democratic Party; Charlie Cain, Lansing Bureau Chief of The Detroit News;
Ron Dzwonkowski, Editorial Page
Editor of The Detroit Free Press;
Ed Sarpolus, Director of the
Michigan Education Association Government Affairs Department; and
Tom Shields, President of the
Marketing Resource Group, Inc.
The forum will be moderated by Tim Skubick, anchor and
producer of WKAR's Off the Record.
For more information, visit the
Election 2008 forum
website.
Going
green could help Michigan's
economy
Panelists at the spring 2008 Griffin Policy Forum
discussed whether climate change could be an answer to improving
Michigan’s ailing economy.
Gary Peters,
the Robert and Marjorie Griffin Endowed Chair in American Government
at Central Michigan University, organized the April 9th
forum entitled “Can Climate Change Heat Up
Michigan’s Economy?”
“Climate change represents a significant global
threat to our environment, but along with this threat comes
potential opportunity,” Peters said. “Michigan businesses are in a
unique position to develop technologies that can address the threat
of global climate change while expanding our state economy.”
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