Finding aid for Institute for Emerging Issues Records now available

NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center is happy to announce that the North Carolina State University's Institute for Emerging Issues Records have been organized and arranged, and its finding aid is now available to view online .

The collection contains files and materials from the Institute of Emerging Issues , an organization that was founded to focus on non-partisan public policy in the enhancement of North Carolina’s long-term prosperity. Still successfully operating today, it seeks to educate and engage North Carolinians on new issues affecting the state’s economic competitiveness while encouraging advancement through collaboration. The Institute hosts several conferences, and is most well know for the annual Emerging Issues Forum, the most recent of which was held earlier this month at the Hunt Library.

The forum has hosted a number of notable speakers, such as Madeleine Albright, Erskine Bowles, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Michael Dukakis, Steve Forbes, Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, Sanjay Gupta, H. Ross Perot, Carl Sagan, and Governor Jim Hunt. Forum themes have included international economics, health, economic forecasting, education, and the environment.

Additionally, the printed programs for Emerging Issues Forums of past years have been digitized and are available to view on Special Collections’ Rare & Unique Digital Collections.