Friday, April 4

To help ensure a smooth and enjoyable Rally for all, please refer to your personalized schedule and attend only the sessions for which you are registered.

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.

Keough School of Global Affairs Welcome
Mary Gallagher, Marilyn Keough Dean of Global Affairs
Dory Mitros Durham, Assistant Dean of Global Affairs
The Dean of the Keough School welcomes you to the Univesity of Notre Dame, and, in a fireside chat format, shares the mission and vision for the University's newest school.
Eck Visitors Center, Auditorium 

Noon - 12:45 p.m.

Join us for lunch!
Eck Visitors Center, Atrium

1:00 - 1:45 p.m.

   
Master Class: The Environment, Conflict, and Peace
Richard Marcantonio, Assistant Professor of Environment, Peace, and Global Affairs
In this master class, Professor Marcantonio will provide an introduction to his research into how human-produced harms in the form of pollution are best understood through the lens of environmental violence and how the frameworks of peacebuilding can inform our response.
Jenkins-Nanovic Halls, Rm 1030

Co-Curricular Opportunities at Keough
Kasey Swanke, Associate Director, Undergraduate Major in Global Affairs
In conversation with leaders from Institutes within the Keough School, Professor Swanke will introduce prospective students to the range of co-curricular opportunities available at the Keough School from independent research to global service-learning experiences.
Hesburgh Center, Auditorium (Rm 100)

2:15 - 3:00 p.m.

Current Student Panel
Meet current students from the Keough School who will share about the opportunities they have to engage with the world's most pressing global problems, examine policy solutions, sharpen their research and analytical skills, and apply their knowledge to capstone projects.
Hesburgh Center, Auditorium (Rm 100)

Master Class:  Navigating the Minefield: Mastering Tough Talks on Israel/Palestine 
Mahan Mirza, Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
Professor Mirza has co-lead a University-wide initiative to improve understanding and engage in constructive dialogue across religious and political lines on the ongoing crisis in Israel/Palestine. In this master class, Professor Mirza will examine the challenges and opportunities of creating spaces for dialogue on divisive issues.
Jenkins-Nanovic Halls, Rm 1030

3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
   

Master Class: Modern China Policy
Mary Gallagher, Marilyn Keough Dean of Global Affairs
Dean Mary Gallagher has studied China since her own undergraduate study abroad experience. Over the next three decades, she has researched and written extensively on Chinese politics and U.S.-China relations. In this master class, she will provide and overview of China policy with particular attention to the current historical moment and the global multipolar realignment.
Jenkins-Nanovic Halls, Rm 1030

Careers in Global Affairs
McKenna Pencak, Associate Director, Professional Development and Alumni Engagement
McKenna Pencak, the Keough School's in-house professional development expert, will lead a conversation with global affairs graduates and faculty about the ways in which the interdisciplinary and skills-focused global affairs curriculum uniquely prepares students for an exciting range of post-graduate opportunties focused on the most challenging problems in the world today.
Hesburgh Center, Auditorium (Rm 100)