David Poister, professor of chemistry and environmental science, St. Norbert College, will

lecture on, "The State of World's Oceans," as a part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series

on Wednesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fort Howard Theater at the F. K. Bemis

International Center on the St. Norbert College campus.

Poister studies the oceans of the world as our most precious resources. He has a facility

for explaining the complexities of the threats to the world's water resources in terms

that everyone can understand.

Great Decisions is a nationwide program meant to bring together local, regional and

national experts in an eight-week lecture series discussing international issues of

interest to the community. St. Norbert College is hosting the public event for its 30th

year in northeastern Wisconsin.

Topics for the series are selected by the Foreign Policy Association of America and are

intended to provide a local forum for discussion on current political and economic issues

of the day. The speakers are selected by participating colleges and universities. St.

Norbert College is one of only two schools in Wisconsin that present the entire series.

(UW-Milwaukee is the other.)

Admission to individual sessions is $5 at the door, and briefing books are available for

$15.The briefing book includes background information on the lecture topics and access

to the association's website, www.fpa.org, for resources, guides to topics and online

discussion forums.

For more information, contact the St. Norbert College Center for International Education

at 920-403-4075, or go to http://www.snc.edu/cie/greatdecisions.html.