BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2927079:Event:13986 DTSTAMP:20260404T001312Z SUMMARY:Dean's Lecture Series: Boys to Men: Transforming the Boy Crisi s into a Boy Opportunity DESCRIPTION:Boys to Men:\n   Transforming the Boy Crisis into a Boy Opportunity\nCollege of Education and Human Services\nDean's Lecture Series presents:\n\nDr. Warren Farrell  Friday, September 9, 2011 \ n4:00 - 6:00pm\nRoom 1060, University Hall, MSU\n\nIn the past, societ ies that survived did so by socializing their sons to be disposable— in war and at work. They socialized boys to risk their lives by method s such as honoring those boys who took the greatest risks as “heroes ”—and sanctioning heroes as the most eligible for sex, love, marri age and fathering. Questioning this means reexamining our parenting, o ur values, our teaching, our investment in male disposability, and thu s every education and human services discipline.  For example:\nMent al Health- Why boys’ suicide rate goes from equal to girls to five t imes girls’ as boys adapt to the masculine role. How our sons’ men tal health is defined differently if heroism is to include a willingne ss to be disposable than it will be if our sons’ health is a top pri ority. Why our sons are about a half-century behind our daughters psyc hologically. The impact of fathering on our sons’ psychological deve lopment as boys, and on their mental health as adults.\nEducation-As o ur schools focused their binoculars for a half century on girls’ edu cation, what did they miss about boys’ education? Why understanding our sons—and daughters—requires a multi-disciplinary approach broa der than the social sciences. What our schools need to do to prepare o ur sons for a future of changes in “men’s work” and to be succes sful in what is now usually “women’s work.” \nScience/Biology/M edicine- How boys and girls’ brains differ even in the womb.  When aspects of boys’ brains are adaptive to the past but not the future , what can we do, and what should we do? When should schools and paren ts adapt to boys’ nature; when should schools and parents help boys adapt to a more functional future? Why research in neuroplasticity and the brain’s RCZ (rostral cingulate zone) helps us see that nature v s. nurture is a false dichotomy. Why American males died only one year sooner than females in 1920, but die five years sooner today.\nSociol ogy-In the past, boys without a high school education could work in co nstruction, agriculture and manufacturing; how do we prepare these boy s for industries that will be growing rather than shrinking? What is t he power of father involvement in boys’ economic and social mobility , personal happiness, and social competence?\nDr. Warren Farrell grad uated from Montclair State University in 1965. He has since been chose n by the Financial Times as one of the world’s top 100 thought leade rs, and by the Center for World Spirituality (in 2011) as one of the w orld's spiritual leaders. His books are published in over 50 countries , and in 15 languages. They include two award-winning international be st-sellers, Why Men Are The Way They Are plus The Myth of Male Power.  Dr. Farrell is currently the Chair of the Commission to Create a Wh ite House Council on Boys to Men, and is co-authoring Boys to Men with John Gray (Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus).\nNo registration is needed. Parking is available in the Red Hawk Deck for $3.75.  \nT eachers attending this event are eligible to receive two Professional Development hours.\n\nFor more information visit https://msunernj.ning .com/events/dean-lecture-series-boys-to-men DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110909T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110909T180000 CATEGORIES:lecture LOCATION:Room 1060, University Hall WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:ohallorank@mail.montclair.edu ORGANIZER:Kim O'Halloran ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Cheryl H opper":https://msunernj.ning.com/profile/CherylHopper END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR