Engage Your World | Center for Global Engagement

The CGE's Engage Your World Speaker Series began in September of 2009 as a collaborative effort between the Claude Pepper Center and the Center for Global Engagement (CGE). It brings together students, faculty, and staff to engage in a conversation about the global challenges we all face today. The broad scope of Engage Your World provides space for everyone to participate in a respectful conversation, where differences in opinion are not only encouraged but also necessary for a deep and meaningful dialogue.

CGE will normally co-sponsor 3 EYW events in the fall semester, and 3-4 EYW events in the spring semester. We try our best to space the events a month apart, though we may have to keep other campus-wide events in mind. In most cases, events are held between Tuesday to Thursday, after 4:30 pm when the parking on campus is free. EYW events are usually not hosted on Fridays to avoid a conflict with the International Coffee Hour.

To find The Globe building visit this page and visit the Parking Map to see where to park.

Upcoming Events

Date, Time & Location	Event Information
Thursday, November 20th, 2025 5:00 p.m. The Globe Auditorium	Narratives at War: Ukraine's Media, Russian Propaganda, Dr. Serhiy Kvit will speak on the efforts to ensure freedom of speech in Ukraine, strengthen independent journalism and combat the Russian propaganda machine. The success of this strategy is not only technical but is based on the peculiarities of the Ukrainian pluralistic political culture which dramatically differs from the authoritarian Russian one. Kvit will talk about the journalistic revolution, various organizations and projects aimed at developing the Ukrainian media sphere and debunking Russian fake news. This includes the phenomenon of the Mohyla School of Journalism, the role of the Media Reform Center and the significance of the global fact-checking project StopFake, noted at various hearings in the U.S. Senate as "one of the most internationally recognized organizations that successfully counteract Russian disinformation"; as well as "a fact-checking program that was one of the first defensive battalions in the modern information war.

Date, Time & Location

Event Information

Thursday, November 20th, 2025
5:00 p.m.
The Globe Auditorium

Narratives at War: Ukraine's Media, Russian Propaganda,

Dr. Serhiy Kvit will speak on the efforts to ensure freedom of speech in Ukraine, strengthen independent journalism and combat the Russian propaganda machine. The success of this strategy is not only technical but is based on the peculiarities of the Ukrainian pluralistic political culture which dramatically differs from the authoritarian Russian one. Kvit will talk about the journalistic revolution, various organizations and projects aimed at developing the Ukrainian media sphere and debunking Russian fake news. This includes the phenomenon of the Mohyla School of Journalism, the role of the Media Reform Center and the significance of the global fact-checking project StopFake, noted at various hearings in the U.S. Senate as "one of the most internationally recognized organizations that successfully counteract Russian disinformation"; as well as "a fact-checking program that was one of the first defensive battalions in the modern information war.