Author Archives: David J. Smith

Passing of Ed Gleazer: Father of Community College Movement and Advocate for Peace

By: David J. Smith, August 4, 2016 Recently, Edmund J. Gleazer, Jr. passed away at age 99.   Probably no person has made a more significant contribution to community colleges as Ed. After serving time as president of Graceland University (then known as Graceland College and a 2- year college) in 1958 he took the leadership ofContinueContinue reading “Passing of Ed Gleazer: Father of Community College Movement and Advocate for Peace”

Call for Submissions – The Peace Journalist Magazine

By: David J. Smith, August 3, 2016 Call for Submissions—The Peace Journalist magazine The Peace Journalist magazine is seeking submissions for our Ocober, 2016 edition. The Peace Journalist is a semi-annual publication (print and .pdf) of the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. The Peace Journalist is dedicated to disseminatingContinueContinue reading “Call for Submissions – The Peace Journalist Magazine”