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\u201cGet out of your comfort zone.”<\/p>\n
That was the recent message of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Nicholas Kristof to an audience of 1,300 Georgia Southern students, faculty and community members. In his latest book, A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity<\/em>, Kristof makes a call for global citizenship. That call echoes the goals of Georgia Southern\u2019s First-Year Experience program, which sponsored the event, along with several other campus groups.<\/p>\n \u201cOur graduates in all fields will face challenges that require the ability to think and engage globally,\u201d said Chris Caplinger, Ph.D, director of First-Year Experience. \u201cOur goal is to expose students to these ideas early so they can develop diverse cultural perspectives through coursework, study abroad and community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n Kristof\u2019s visit to campus was sparked by just such an engaged student activist: Claire Torrell, president of the Student Abolitionist Movement (SAM), an organization committed to ending human trafficking. \u201cKristof addressed the topic in his earlier book, Half the Sky<\/em>,\u201d noted Caplinger. \u201cClaire and SAM students knew his work because they\u2019ve been educating their peers on human trafficking for several years.\u201d<\/p>\n Sharing real-world stories of individuals making a difference in complex problems, the author reminded students of the power they have to effect change. \u201cHe urged us not to be discouraged about being just a drop in the bucket,\u201d said Caplinger, \u201cbecause drops are how the bucket gets filled.\u201d – Lynn Lilly<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students Explore a World of Opportunity with Renowned Author<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spring-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t