Professor Gives Talk on Economic Development in South Africa

Chestertown, MD — Washington College’s Goldstein Program in Public Affairs opens on Wednesday, September 8th, with a talk on economic development in South Africa. Dr. Etienne Nel, a lecturer in the department of geography at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, begins his talk at 7:30 p.m. in the Casey Academic Center Forum.

The lecture is entitled "Beyond the Development Impasse: Reflections on Local Economic Development and Job Creation in Post-Apartheid South Africa."

The College operates an academic exchange program for both students and faculty with Rhodes University and recently developed a concentration in South African studies.