{"id":10504,"date":"2012-01-27T11:04:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T15:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=10504"},"modified":"2017-02-14T10:05:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T15:05:51","slug":"commander-of-joint-task-force-katrina-to-speak-at-wright-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/01\/27\/commander-of-joint-task-force-katrina-to-speak-at-wright-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina to speak at Wright State University"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a>The man who led military relief efforts in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina, was once called a John Wayne dude who gets stuff done, and is now on a mission to prepare America for future disasters will speak at Wright State University.<\/p>\n

Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honor\u00e9 (Ret.) will make a presentation Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Apollo Room. His address is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefit for our students is to provide a real-world view about Katrina from someone who has seen it firsthand, what he saw from his eyes; and also from a leadership standpoint\u2014how he led during an emergency situation,\u201d said Edwin Mayes, director of First Year Experience, University College.<\/p>\n

Honor\u00e9 was widely hailed in the media as the \u201cCategory 5 General\u201d who led Task Force Katrina following the hurricanes that ravaged the Gulf Coast in the summer of 2005. He is currently a preparedness contributor to CNN and senior scientist with The Gallup Organization, where he is developing questions to determine levels of preparedness.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this post-9\/11 and Hurricane Katrina era, there has been more emphasis placed on government\/FEMA preparedness, but the vast majority of Americans have not grabbed onto the need to be prepared at home and at work for potential disasters,\u201d Honor\u00e9 said. \u201cOne of the harshest lessons learned from recent disasters, especially Katrina, is that you are your own first responder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Honor\u00e9\u2019s address is sponsored by the Wright State Army ROTC, the Office of the President and the Common Text Committee.<\/p>\n

The First Year Experience, launched in 2002, is a Wright State program designed to help incoming freshmen transition to college and develop critical-thinking skills through academic, advising and social support. As part of the Common Reading Program, the students are given a selected book–or common text–during orientation to read and discuss among themselves and in class.<\/p>\n

This year, the common text is Zeitoun.<\/em><\/p>\n

Written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney\u2019s in 2009, the nonfiction Zeitoun<\/em> tells the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American owner of a New Orleans painting company. After riding out\u00a0 Hurricane Katrina, Zeitoun navigated the flooded city in a canoe and rescued neighbors, cared for abandoned pets and dispensed fresh water.<\/p>\n

Mayes, who is taking a group of students to New Orleans in the spring for service projects, hopes the book and Honor\u00e9\u2019s speech galvanize Wright State students.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, it will show them where we need to be as a country and ways they can be more influential through their service,\u201d Mayes said. \u201cHopefully, it will get students to think more about how they can give back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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