Join the Black Faculty and Staff Association(BFSA) for ~spooky~ good fun at karaoke night at Legends! There will be a Halloween theme and costume contest. You can also come to meet the new BFSA board: Tiffany, Erik, Taylor, and Caylie. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Ages 21 and over. Friends and family welcome! Originally published at bfsa.nd.edu.

Fall break (Oct. 19-27)Review the academic year schedule.  No classes in session.

Fall break (Oct. 19-27)Review the academic year schedule.  No classes in session.

Fall break (Oct. 19-27)Review the academic year schedule.  No classes in session.

Scott MorgensternProfessor of Political ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh Given their role in implementing policy and executive orders, bureaucrats are uniquely positioned to respond to executive overreach. Their attitudes toward democracy, however, have avoided significant scrutiny. This talk thus explores their commitment to democracy using an original survey of nearly 12,000 Latin American bureaucrats. To explain the likelihood of their commitment to democracy, the focus is on technocratic orientation, their alignment with the president, and the level of and change in the country’s democratic context. For more information, click here. Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Derek J. Mitchell is a non-resident senior adviser to the Office of the President and the Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). One of the nation’s foremost experts on global democracy and Asian and Pacific political and security affairs, Ambassador Mitchell, boasts a more than three-decade career in the U.S. government and the private and nonprofit sectors.   From 2001 to 2009, Ambassador Mitchell served as senior fellow with the International Security Program and director for Asia projects and founded CSIS’s renowned Southeast Asia Program. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Burma (Myanmar) from 2012 to 2016.  The U.S.-China Relations Lecture Series is facilitated by Liu Institute faculty fellows Joshua Eisenman professor of politics, and Kyle Jaros, associate professor of global affairs, in the Keough School of Global Affairs. In support of the Liu Institute’s growing commitment to sustainability, we will no longer be offering drinks at our public lectures and panels. We encourage audience members to bring their own water bottles or to drink from nearby water fountains. Thank you for your understanding. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.