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Area residents will have the opportunity to experience college through an innovative program offered by the Schemel Forum at The University of Scranton. 
University for a Day, scheduled for Sept. 17, focuses this year on &ldquo;America and the World.&rdquo; Offered every fall, University for a Day features insights from Scranton faculty members and other experts into a variety of topics &ndash; with time for discussion. Morning coffee, lunch and a closing reception round out the event, which will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Pearn Auditorium on the second floor of Brennan Hall on campus. 
&ldquo;University for a Day is our signature event, offering a rich array of food for thought,&rdquo; said Sondra Myers, director of the Schemel Forum at The University of Scranton. &ldquo;Since the program falls on Constitution Day, we will open with one of our nation&rsquo;s preeminent constitutional scholars, Akhil Amar, J.D., Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University,&rdquo; said Myers. Amar&rsquo;s lecture , titled &ldquo;America&rsquo;s Unwritten Constitution,&rdquo; proposes that the U.S. Constitution only begins to map out the fundamental rules that govern modern Americans. Following a discussion with Amar, Joseph Kraus, Ph.D., associate professor of English and theatre at The University of Scranton, will present &ldquo;Framing Roth.&rdquo; His lecture traces the career of the prolific author Philip Roth from his early days as the &ldquo;bad boy&rdquo; of American Jewish literature to his stature today as one of America&rsquo;s most distinguished authors. 
After lunch, University for a Day continues with &ldquo;Globalization: Its Challenges and Opportunities for an Interdependent World,&rdquo; presented by David Grewal, Ph.D., J.D., associate professor at Yale Law School and author of &ldquo;Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization.&rdquo; Kathryn S. Meier, Ph.D., assistant professor of history at The University of Scranton, will deliver our final lecture, &ldquo;Environmental Justice for the 21st Century.&rdquo; Dr. Meier looks to the period when slavery was largely eradicated in our society to understand how sustainability and human justice have gone hand in hand in America and in the world. The participation fee is $25 for non-Schemel Forum members. To register, contact Kym Fetsko, Schemel Forum events coordinator, at 570.941.7816 or fetskok2@scranton.edu.

University For A Day Focuses On World, America