Join us for the 18th annual Flathead Valley Community College 2010 Honors Symposium to experience a wide spectrum of topics related to this year's theme, "How to Change the World".  Hear from local, national and international experts on vital topics of interest in these challenging times.

All lectures are free and open to the public.  Lectures will take place at 7 p.m. in the FVCC Arts and Technology Building large community meeting room, unless otherwise noted, on the Kalispell campus.

The 2009 symposium will feature the following lectures:

Economics 
Economic Realities in a Changing World
Dr. Gregg Davis, Bureau of Business and Economic Research,
The University of Montana-Missoula
Thursday-Feb. 25
AT 139

Engineering and Technology
Technology and the Challenge of Direct Energy Conversion
Dr. Stephen Sofie, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Montana-State University-Bozeman
Monday-March 1
AT 139

Women and Children
Be the Change: How a Life of Activism Can Empower Women and Children in the Developing World
Kim Plewes, Free the Children and the Me to We Foundation,
Washington, D.C.
Monday-March 8
AT 139

International Relations
Lesser Goods in International Relations: How to Live In and Improve the World As It Is
Dr. Karen Adams, Department of Political Science,
The University of Montana-Missoula
Thursday-March 18
AT Theater

Social Entrepreneurship
How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing the World
David Hopkins, Co-author-Tactics of Hope, San Francisco, Calif.
Thursday-March 25
AT 139