Thomas, Downing A. Boles, Terry Rapson, John Ginsberg, Mark Paetzold, Robin

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Guests for the first program of a new town-gown tradition "Prairie InSight" include: Downing Thomas, associate provost and dean of UI International Programs; Terry Boles, associate professor in management and organizations and director of the institute for international business, Tippie College of Business; John Rapson, professor of music and director of jazz studies in the School of Music in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS); Mark Ginsberg, art dealer, owner of two jewelry galleries in Iowa, and well-known in the community for more than two decades of committed activism in the arts; Robin Paetzold, director of Global Programs at the UI Carver College of Medicine; and Nicholas Johnson, an Iowa City native, global traveler, former FCC Commissioner, and telecommunications and computer policy specialist, who teaches at the UI College of Law and writes the blog http://FromDC2Iowa.blogspot.com. Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world. Contact the VWU Webmaster: https://www.writinguniversity.org/