GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Fellows - Program Update

Our Faculty Fellows were busy this month bringing attention to important public policy issues.  In the Durham Herald-Sun, Wake Tech’s Rich Cregar took issue with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s recent move to regulate greenhouse gasses.  While such emissions need to be reduced, Cregar argued that this is the wrong way to go about it. 

Tom Birkland of NC State University slammed Senator David Vitter of Louisiana in the Wilmington Star-News for blocking the confirmation of the Obama Administration’s choice to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  As we enter hurricane season, Birkland argued, FEMA needs a competent administrator, something that should be obvious to someone representing Louisiana.  Click here for Warren Wilson College’s Ali Climo take on the importance of supports for working caregivers.

In addition to their communications efforts, Faculty Fellows help IEI in other ways.  Most recently, Faculty Fellows helped to facilitate discussions at IEI’s May Leadership Retreat held at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro.  These conversations were very fruitful and will shape the direction of IEI’s new program of work.