**February 7, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/HOMELAND SECURITY/DEFENSE HI ED CONFERENCE,
JUNE 5-8, 2006:

February 7, 2006 \-- Talked with Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Emergency
Management Program, North Dakota State University concerning the
development of a Breakout Session at the conference on \"Curriculum
Development \-- Challenges of incorporating current Events, Field Work,
and Service Learning.\" Also discussed a micro-purchase work order to
support the development of an electronic book of conference papers to be
turned into book chapters \-- as we are doing with the 2005 EM HiEd
Conference.

Communicated with Beverly Bell, Policy Analyst, National Emergency
Management Association, who informs us that Leon Shaifer, NEMA Senior
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Advisor will participate in two
sessions at the conference \-- First, Mr. Shaifer will participate in
the \"Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response - State Office
of Emergency Management Panel,\" and secondly, Mr Shaifer will represent
NEMA as the developer and moderator of the scheduled Breakout Session on
\"The NEMA Emergency Management Assistance Compact\" Breakout Session.

\(2\) KATRINA:

February 7, 2006 \-- Received email from the Suburban Emergency
Management Program noting that two \"Biots\" consisting of transcripts
of testimony provided to the Senate Homeland Security Committee by
Col.Terry Ebbert, Walter Maestri, and Mayor Ray Nagin are now available
\-- at:
[[http://www.semp.us/biots.html]{.underline}](http://www.semp.us/biots.html)

Alpert, Bruce. \"Guard Refused To Aid In Rescues, N.O. Police Chief
Tells Panel - Riley Told That Troops Too Tired After Trip.\" New Orleans
Times-Picayune, February 7, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1139296285325360.xml>

\(3\) THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT \-- PAPERS FROM THE 2005
EMER.MGMT. HIGHER ED CONFERENCE:

February 7, 2006 \-- Received from book developer, Dr. William Waugh,
Jr., Georgia State University, three papers originally delivered during
the 2005 EM HiEd Conference and subsequently modified as chapters for an
electronic textbook to be produced entitled \"The Future of Emergency
Management \-- Papers From The 2005 FEMA Emergency Management Higher
Education Conference.\" The three papers are:

\"Designing Education Opportunities for the Emergency Management
Professional of the 21st Century: Formulating an Approach for a Higher
Education Curriculum,\" by Dr. Neil R. Britton, Earthquake Disaster
Mitigation Centre, National Research Institute for Earth Sciences and
Disaster Prevention, Kobe, Japan, and John Lindsay, Department of
Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies, Brandon University, Brandon,
Manitoba, Canada.

\"The Future of Emergency Management,\" by George Haddow and Jane
Bullock, Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George
Washington University, Washington, DC.

\"International Disaster Management Cooperation: A Case Study For Turkey
& The USA,\" by Dr. Derin N. Ural, Center of Excellence for Disaster
Management, Istanbul Technical University, Maskak, Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Waugh noted that several other papers will be forwarded shortly. The
papers received today were forwarded to the EMI Webmaster for upload to
the EM HiEd Project website \-- Free College Courses and Books section,
where they should be accessible shortly.

\(4\) WAR ON TERROR:

Garamone, Jim. \"Rumsfeld Speaks on Process Behind Budget, QDR.\"

DefenseLINK News, February 7, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2006/20060207_4137.html]{.underline}](http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2006/20060207_4137.html)

Prager, Dennis. \"First They Came For Israel, Then They Came For
America\...\" Jewish World Review, February 7, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/prager020706.php3]{.underline}](http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/prager020706.php3)

Van Ham, Peter. \"Trans-Atlantic Tensions: How A Relationship Goes
Sour.\" February 7, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/opinion/edham.php]{.underline}](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/opinion/edham.php)

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, N-430

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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