Nawang B. Phuntsog, friend of the 14th Dalai Lama, educator, and long-time advocate for justice and dignity among exiled Tibetans in northern India, will be the featured guest at ULV's Cultural & Natural History Collections' Influentiual Voices Speaker Series on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The hybrid event, titled “One Educator’s Drive to Keep Tibetan Culture Alive,” will take place from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Quay Davis Executive Board Room, adjacent to the university dining hall, and also will be available via Zoom for remote participants.

All participants must RSVP.

The event is free of charge, but donations are welcome.

The Quay Davis Executive Board Room is located on University of La Verne’s main campus, 1950 Third St., La Verne, Calif., 91750.

For those who are unable to attend, we will be streaming over Zoom. The Zoom link will be listed on your ticket.

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Phuntsog, professor emeritus at California State University Fullerton, was the first Tibetan to assume a university professor position at a major teaching education program in the United States when he began his tenure at CSU Fullerton in 1995. While there, he conducted extensive research in bilingual education, working with bilingual teachers in the United States and India.

Since 2016, Phuntsog has served as visiting professor at the Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education in Bengaluru, India. The recipient of a 2017-18 Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence Award, he conducted educational research in the Indian city of Dharamsala, home to Tibetans living in exile since the 1950s, including the Dalai Lama.

Influential Voices is supported in part by the generosity of La Verne College alumni June Ellen Pulcini.