Inaugural CLA Fellows Program

The Center for Liberal Arts is pleased to announce a new program. The CLA Fellows Program has been established to recognize the importance and value of community civic scholars to teaching and learning at Bellevue Community College. Center for Liberal Arts Fellows serve as mentors and partners to aid the college in its mission to enhance faculty and student civic engagement. This work may take the form of occasional campus or community lectures, partnership in curriculum development, service learning contacts, representation of BCC and the Center for Liberal Arts in the community or other support for college initiatives relevant to the Fellow’s academic, professional and/or civic expertise.

The inaugural CLA Fellow is Dr. James Maynard. In the 2006-07 academic year, Dr. Maynard will aid BCC in developing curriculum modules and faculty training related to the history and work of the United Nations and its various organizations, particularly in the issue areas of international peace and security, economic development and prosperity, the environment, and human rights and social justice. You can reach Dr. Maynard via phone, 425-564-2237, or email: jmaynard@bcc.ctc.edu.

Dr. Maynard’s first public appearance on campus will be Wednesday, February 7 from 10:30 – noon when he will deliver a lecture entitled, Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect, examining the claims of humanitarian intervention in the face of international terror and genocide, including the situation in Darfur. The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be on campus in D-106.
Click here to view a bibliography of Library Media Center Materials related to Dr. Maynard's talk.

Dr. James E. Maynard
Dr. James E. Maynard received his medical degree from McGill University and a Master of Public Health and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Maynard spent 27 years with the U.S. Public Health Service at the Centers for Disease Control where he was Director of a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research. He retired recently after 16 years as Senior Vice President of PATH, an international NGO dedicated to improving the health of people around the world. Dr. Maynard has worked extensively as a U.N. agency advisor to governments in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with extensive experience in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. He is one of only two foreign recipients of the Hero of Health medal award of the Government of Indonesia. Dr. Maynard is currently Co-President of the Seattle Chapter of the USA-United Nations Association.

CLA Fellows Description

Purpose: To recognize the importance and value of community civic scholars to teaching and learning at Bellevue Community College

Title: Center for Liberal Arts Fellow

Duration: One year

Description: Under the supervision of the director of the Center for Liberal Arts (CLA), the CLA Fellow will serve as a mentor and partner to aid the Center in its mission to enhance public scholarship and student civic engagement. This work may take the form of occasional campus or community lectures, partnership in curriculum development, service learning contacts, representation of CLA in the community or other support for CLA program- or project-based initiatives relevant to the Fellow's academic, professional and/or civic expertise.

Qualifications: