Friday, January 14, 2005

MEMORANDUM

TO: Area Media

FROM: Mimi Cunningham

DATE: Jan. 14, 2005

RE: News Opportunity with Hekmat Karzai 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19, Leutze Hall, Room 255

As you will recall, First Secretary Hekmat Karzai, Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington, D.C., will be the featured speaker to launch the 2005 Great Decisions foreign policy lecture series at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He will speak on “Reconstruction and Democratization in Afghanistan” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18 in Kenan Auditorium. The cost of the Karzai lecture is $12 for the public, free to faculty, staff and students. Call 910/962-3195 to register.

I hope you will cover this exciting opportunity to have a major player on the world stage here in Wilmington at UNCW. We have also arranged a press opportunity for you to speak with him at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19 in the Department of Political Science conference room, Leutze Hall, Room 255. Please join us for this. Let me know if you have any questions.