Things to do in St. Lucie County this week: June 27

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public workshop on the draft environmental impact statement for the southern St. Lucie County beach dune restoration project from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the St. Lucie County Commission Chambers on the third floor of the Roger Poitras Administration Annex, 2300 Virginia Ave. in Fort Pierce. The project includes a proposal to place about 610,000 cubic yards of sand over 3.8 miles of shoreline to stabilize the beach and restore the dune along beaches south of the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant to the St. Lucie/Martin County line. The sand would come from a shoal roughly 3 miles offshore of the project area.

Learn about terrorism

H. Keith Melton, a military historian, author and expert on clandestine devices and equipment, will give a presentation titled "The Role of Covert Technology in the Mumbai Attacks" from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Bailey Auditorium of Indian River State College's Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex, 4600 Kirby Loop Road in Fort Pierce. The talk is about the Nov. 26, 2008, terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded. The presentation is made possible by the FBI and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office . For information and reservations, call 305-787-6446 or email cassandra.joseph@ic.fbi .gov.

Get legal advice

The St. Lucie County Bar Association and Florida Rural Legal Services will sponsor "Ask-A-Lawyer," a free legal advice clinic with local private attorneys, from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Havert L. Fenn Center, 2000 Virginia Ave. in Fort Pierce. Only civil matters will be covered; no criminal cases. Preregistration is required. To make an appointment, call 772-466-4766.

Hear musicians for Haiti

A group of world class, professional musicians with backgrounds in folk, jazz and classical styles will present the Musicians United for Haiti concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center, 1707 16th St. Tickets are $30, with proceeds benefiting two local nonprofit organizations, Haiti Partners and Haiti Clinic. Advance tickets are available at the Dispute Resolution Center, 1962 26th Ave. and the office of Dr. Neil Heskel, 865 37th Place, both in Vero Beach. Tickets also will be available at the door. For information call 772-567-5641 or 772-567-4445 or got to MusiciansUnitedforHaiti.com.

SHSS Launches New Program in National Security Studies and Hosts ...

The new Master of Science in National Security Affairs (NSA) offered by the Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences, began in the 2011 summer term. To kick off the start of this new degree program, NSA in collaboration with the FBI Miami Counterintelligence Strategic Partnership Program, recently presented a training event on main campus featuring H. Keith Melton, a military historian, author, and expert on clandestine devices and equipment. Participants included the FBI, numerous law enforcement agencies, the military, government agencies, related businesses, and NSA students and faculty.

In addition to Melton, speakers included Major Jim Moyer from the Davie Police Department; Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies; John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge FBI Miami; Cassandra E. Joseph, Special Agent FBI Miami Strategic Partnership Coordinator; William Kline, Director Interagency Training Center, and Barbara E. Moser, Special Agent FBI Miami Strategic Partnership Coordinator.

The M.S. in National Security Affairs is a 33-credit program in the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) and is designed to provide students with theoretical, research, and applied skills in the emerging academic field of national security affairs. Students in this program will build a core understanding of critical issues informing the field of national security today, including the assessment and analysis of the threat of terrorism in the US and beyond and the analysis of intelligence collection.

Applications are being accepted for the fall 2011 term. For more information, please call 954-262-7563 or 800-541-6682, ext. 27563 or send email to: gradschool@nova.edu .

Posted on Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 11:46 am in News and Upcoming Events , SharkBytes .