German Ambassador Paschke to Speak at the University of Idaho
Wednesday, March 29 2006
March 29, 2006 Photo is available at www.today.uidaho.edu/PhotoList.aspx. For biographical information, send a request to joni@uidaho.edu MOSCOW, Idaho – Karl Theodor Paschke, ambassador and special envoy for the U.N. Secretariat and Managerial Reform, will speak at the University of Idaho on Monday, April 3. The free lecture, “The United States and Germany – A Critical Partnership,” will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the Idaho Commons Whitewater Room and is open to the public. Sponsored by UI’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, the ambassador’s visit is underwritten by the German Information Center in New York. A question-and-answer session will follow his lecture. A career diplomat, Paschke has witnessed all phases of the German-American partnership as it has developed since the end of World War II. He also is a member of the Budget and Finance Committee of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, and is a docent at both the University of Erfurt School of Public Policy and the German Foreign Service Academy. Paschke studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Munich, and entered the German Foreign Service in 1960. He received his graduate degree from the German Foreign Service School. He resides in Bonn, Germany. Contact: Joni Kirk, UI Communications, (208) 885-7725, joni@uidaho.edu -30- About the University of Idaho Founded in 1889, the University of Idaho is the state’s premier higher-education institution and its principal graduate education and research university. UI also serves the nation and the world, attracting more than 12,000 students from all 50 states and more than 90 countries. UI’s diverse student population includes first-generation college students, ethnically diverse scholars and high academic performers – including 34 National Merit Scholars and a freshman class with an average high school grade point average of 3.42 in 2005-06. The University of Idaho combines the strengths of a large university, offering 106 degree options in nine colleges, with the intimacy of small learning communities. By attracting more than $100 million in research grants and contracts each year, UI is ensuring its cutting-edge academic programs and research benefit the world for years to come. For more information, visit www.uidaho.edu. JK-3/29/06-MPI
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