TEDxFDU
FDU’s First Annual TEDxFDU
We are very excited to officially announce the kickoff event for the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Leadership (CISL). CISL will be hosting the first annual TEDxFDU live on all three North American campuses on Thursday, April 23! (6 pm EST, 3 pm PST) The event will feature speakers on each campus and will be livestreamed to the other campuses in real time. TEDxFDU will showcase and share the amazing thought leadership being done by FDU with the entire University community.
We have such an amazing slate of speakers for the event, representing the whole FDU community: faculty, staff, alumni, leadership, external partners, trustees, and organizational supporters from all four major academic units and all three North American campuses. Come celebrate all the great things we do at FDU!
Metropolitan Campus: Wilson Auditorium in Dickinson Hall

Marion McClary, Professor of Biological Sciences; Chair of Biological Sciences Department, Gregory H. Olsen College of Engineering and Science
Scott Parsons, Executive Director of the Institute for Character and Leadership, affiliated with the Marion Turpan College of Psychology and Counseling, FDU Health
Bruce Peabody, Professor of Government and Politics, Maxwell Becton College of Liberal Arts and Education; Director of Fairleigh Institute for Lifelong Learning at Florham
Paulaska Ramirez, MAS’11 (Metro), Speaker and consultant; Founder and Executive Director, Generation Fearless
Vancouver Campus: Room 130
Ramin Shadmehr, Associate Provost, FDU Vancouver
Louai Rahal, Assistant Professor of Administrative Science, School of Public and Global Affairs, Silberman College of Business, FDU Vancouver
Florham Campus: The Orangerie in the Monninger Center
Uchenna Baker, Vice President for Student Affairs and Division III Athletics Administration and Dean of Students
Otito Iwuchukwu, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, FDU Health; and author
Stacie Lents, Professor of Theater and Communication and Director of Theater, Maxwell Becton College of Liberal Arts and Education
Micheline Nader, Member of FDU’s Board of Trustees and Chair of the Silberman College of Business Board of Advisors; entrepreneur, author, and speaker
Please put this event in your calendars, encourage students to attend, spread the word to everyone in the FDU community, and PLEASE register (you don’t need to register to attend, but it will really help our planning if you do!)
You can learn more about the CISL here, and feel free to reach out to me at Behson@fdu.edu if you would like to help out or gain more information.
