Welcome to the USU Political Science Department
Old Main Room 320
AMITY SHLAES'
PUBLIC LECTURE
“WHAT THREATENS THE AMERICAN ECONOMY TODAY”
DATE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010
TIME: 1:30 – 2:30 P.M.
PLACE: GEORGE S. ECCLES BUSINESS BUILDING
ROOM 215 (Orson A. Christensen Auditorium)
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow in economic history at the
Council on Foreign Relations, a syndicated columnist at Bloomberg,
and the author of the New York Times best-selling book
The Forgotten Man:
A New History of the Great Depression
Shlaes has written for the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal,
where she was an editorial board member, as well as for the New Yorker,
Fortune, National Review, The New Republic, and Foreign Affairs.
More information on Amity Shlaes may be found at
http://www.amityshlaes.com/
Pi Sigma Alpha
The National Political Science Honorary Society ,
awarded the USU Alpha Iota Chapter one of its outstanding awards.
In December 2009, the national office of Pi Sigma Alpha, awarded $1200 to the
Utah State University Chapter. This money is used to help fund the many activities which Alpha Iota sponsors during the school year.
For several years, now the national organization has granted the USU chapter several “Best Chapters of the Year” awards as well as a couple of “Best Adviser of the Year” awards from its over 800 chapters across the country.
We are pleased to continue our many academic and social activities to help Utah State University students improve their leadership and organizational capabilities.