Hauenstein Center's October events focused on election issues

The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies’ fall programming slate kicks off in October with several events spotlighting the key issues for November’s election. 

“October will be a busy month for the Hauenstein Center, and we are excited to welcome Grand Valley students, faculty and staff to what we expect to be some of our most compelling events of the year,” said Megan Rydecki, director of the Hauenstein Center. 

The center’s month of activities begins with a discussion featuring Jay Barth, director of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. Barth will discuss the innovative election tactics the former president utilized during his 1992 and 1996 campaigns. Barth’s presentation “How President Bill Clinton's Campaigns Reshaped Modern Presidential Politics,” begins at 10 a.m. on October 10 at the L. William Seidman Center. 

Speakers at the event include: Michael Froman, president of the Council on Foreign Relations; Kori Schake, senior fellow and director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute; Rajiv J. Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation; and Lingling Wei, chief China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.

Rydecki said the Hauenstein Center is honored to be collaborating on the event with the Council on Foreign Relations.  

“When the Council on Foreign Relations reached out to us to host one of their four U.S. Foreign Policy Public Forums to be held in battleground states across the nation, we knew we couldn't pass up the opportunity to bring CFR's depth of expertise to Grand Rapids,” Rydecki said. 

“The goal of this nonpartisan discussion is to offer insight to voters on what foreign policy challenges the winner of the presidential election is likely to face, and how we expect the election to shape the future of U.S. foreign policy.”