Symposium
Past Lou Frey Institute Symposia
U.S. Immigration Policy: Open Borders or Closed Doors?
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Fall 2006 Symposium; October 9, 2006
This is the Lou Frey Institute's fall symposium. This symposium is free and open to the public. Speakers include U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, USA Today columnists Bob Beckel and Cal Thomas, and Congressman Ric Keller.
Parking is available in the West Parking Garage by daily permit. Click here for directions to campus.
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A Day With The Florida Governors
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Spring 2006 Symposium; March 27, 2006
The event included panels focused on six living governors. The governors each spoke, including keynote Jeb Bush, and many panels featured journalists or other commentators providing views on the issues that the governor faced while in office. Following the prepared remarks, each panel provided a time for Question and Answer from the audience.
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Church and State: Blurring the Line?
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Fall 2005 Symposium; September 26, 2005
Ralph Reed, former executive director of the Christian Coalition, and Nadine Strossen, national president of the American Civil Liberties Union, gave the keynote addresses on Sept. 26 at this symposium on church and state issues. The symposium also featured George Mason University professor Jeremy D. Mayer, author of Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000 and 9-11: The Giant Awakens.
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Money and Politics: Are Elections for Sale?
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Spring 2005 Symposium; March 28 & 29, 2004
Several of Florida's most prominent political leaders, including two U.S. senators and two likely candidates for governor, spoke at this symposium on campaign finances. "Money and Politics" included presentations by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, U.S. senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson; and U.S. Reps. F. Allen Boyd Jr., D-Monticello; Jim Davis, D-Tampa; and Tom Feeney, R-Oviedo.
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The Political Argument Today: America and the World
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Spring 2005 Public Forum
Pulitzer Prize-winner George Will, a founding panelist on ABC’s This Week and author of With a Happy Eye But... America and the World, spoke at this public forum, which was sponsored by UCF’s Global Perspectives Office, the Lou Frey Institute, UCF’s Student Government Association, the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Orlando Sentinel, UCF’s Department of Political Science and the Global Connections Foundation.
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The Space Program: Peril or Promise?
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Fall 2004 Symposium; October 4 and 5, 2004
Speakers who attended this symposium included astronaut Senator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator Bill Readdy, astronaut Frank Caldeiro, author/lecturer Andrew Chaikin and noted critic of American Space Policy John Pike. In addition, some sessions included panels comprised of members of Congress, local experts and political figures, and UCF faculty.
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The Impact of Watergate: A Thirty Year Retrospective
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Spring 2004 Symposium; March 29 and 30, 2004
Bob Woodward (from the Washington Post), John Taylor (director of the Nixon Library and Birthplace), Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman (who was a member of the 1974 House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Richard Nixon), and Congressman Tom Railsback (one of the key Republicans who voted against Nixon during the impeachment), were among the featured speakers at this symposium.
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The United Nations: Building Block or Stumbling Block?
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Fall 2003 Symposium; October 6 and 7, 2003
The topic of this symposium was "The U.S. and the U.N.: Building Block or Stumbling Block for American Foreign Policy." Sichan Siv, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council; Volkmar Schultz, a retired member of the Bundestag (the German legislature); U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon and Tom Feeney, and former Congressman Gary Lee, among others, spoke at the symposium. We are looking at all aspects of the U.N., from its creation to all aspects of what it does: from the positive aspects to the less than positive ones, and how it affects American foreign policy in particular," said Drew Lanier, the institute's director.
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Homeland Security or Police State?
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Spring 2003 Symposium; April 7-8, 2003
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