DOCSLIB.ORG

Elliott School Strategic Initiatives Fund

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Elliott School Strategic Initiatives Fund ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 2013/14 ANNUAL REPORT 2 CONTENTS 2 MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN 4 EDUCATION 20 RESEARCH 28 CISTP 30 IERES 32 IGIS 34 IIEP 36 IMES 38 IPDGC 40 ISCS 42 SIGUR 44 SPI 46 ENGAGEMENT 58 SUPPORT 64 Board of Advisors 66 International Council 68 Endowments Our Supporters 72 L’Enfant Society 72 1821 Benefactors 73 The George Washington Society 1 74 The Tempietto Circle of the Heritage Society 75 The Heritage Society Gifts 76 Friends 78 Parents 79 Faculty and Staff 80 Alumni 90 Students 91 Corporations, Foundations, and Institutional 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT | GWU ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MESSAGE FROM DEAN MICHAEL E. BROWN This is an exceptionally exciting time at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. As we reflect on another academic year of tremendous accomplishments, we are also refining the Elliott School’s priorities in the run-up to GW’s 200th anniversary in the year 2021. GW’s Strategic Plan, adopted in May 2013, identifies four university priorities that are also real- world imperatives: the need to understand and address the challenges posed by globalization and other global issues; the worldwide necessity for better governance and policy; the continu- ing imperatives of citizenship and leadership; and the need for intellectual innovation through cross-disciplinary collaboration. As one of the world’s elite schools of international affairs, the Elliott School is well-positioned to support the university’s goals in all of these areas. To turn the Strategic Plan into a reality, GW officially launched a $1 billion philanthropic cam- paign–Making History: The Campaign for the George Washington University–in June 2014. The Elliott School is committed to this important effort. The Elliott School is on a powerful trajectory, but we still have unrealized potential. The Campaign for GW will help the Elliott School take full advantage of its unique opportunities. Fortunately, the Elliott School already has a state-of-the-art building in one of the world’s best locations. Indeed, September 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of the dedication of our home on E Street–one of the world’s coolest addresses. The next critical step for the Elliott School is to make additional investments in people and programs: our superb faculty, our inspiring students, as well as our dynamic academic programs, research centers, and special event programs. 2 Faculty are the intellectual foundation of every school. In the field of international affairs, the challenge is to cover a big world well. This requires a large, high-powered faculty. One of the Elliott School’s goals in The Campaign for GW is to double our endowed professorships from 10 to 20. This will advance every element of the Elliott School’s mission: education, research, and policy engagement. To educate the next generation of national and international leaders, we must bring American and international students together—and we have to provide financial support to students who need it. Additional resources will enable us to bring the best students from across the globe to one of the best schools of international affairs in the world. The Elliott School’s top priorities include scholarship support for students as well as additional resources for study-abroad pro- grams, student research, and student internships. The Elliott School’s institutes, centers, and programs are the places where faculty, students, vis- iting scholars, and other experts come together to form academic communities, advance under- standing of global challenges, and engage the broader academic and policy worlds. Strengthening these pillars of the school is a win-win-win proposition, and it is one of our priorities in The Campaign for GW. GWU ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 2013-14 ANNuaL REPORT The Elliott School is also fortunate because many friends and alumni of the school have already stepped up. A gift from the estate of former GW President Lloyd Elliott–one of the school’s namesakes, who passed away in 2013–has enabled us to create the Elliott School Strategic Initia- tives Fund. This school-wide endowment supports priority programs and new, forward-looking academic ventures. Elliott School alumnus and GW Trustee David Nadler has established the Nadler Endowment in Leadership and Governance, which supports Elliott School programs in two key areas highlighted in the GW Strategic Plan. One of the most visible initiatives supported by the Nadler Fund is a new, high-level series of events: Leadership in International Affairs–Lessons Learned. Long-time Elliott School friend and GW Trustee Michael Hoffman is supporting the Hoffman Fund on Globalization and Global Issues. This Fund will advance both the university’s Strategic Plan and the Elliott School’s priorities in global education, research, and engagement. An anonymous alumnus has provided funds to launch the Elliott School’s Brazil Initiative, an array of programs on one of the world’s rising powers. Another anonymous donor has made a multi-million dollar, multi-year committment to the SOAR Initiative, which is having transfor- mational effects on the Elliott School. As you will see in the pages that follow, the Elliott School had another outstanding year in 2013- 14. In addition to the many accomplishments of our faculty, students, and alumni, the highlights included a new partnership with The Washington Quarterly–one of the best and most highly regarded journals in the field of international affairs. The Elliott School also hosted more than 325 public events last year. These events enriched the intellectual experiences of our students and faculty, they advanced understanding of pressing international issues, and they raised the institutional profile of the Elliott School and the university as a whole. It’s another win-win-win proposition. The Elliott School is committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and to making our world a better place. I am grateful to every member of the Elliott School’s academic commu- nity–faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents, and friends–for your support of this superb school 3 and your contributions to these important goals. At GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs, we have a truly unique opportunity to make a difference in our world. Michael Brown Dean Elliott School of International Affairs The George Washington University 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT | GWU ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EDUcaTION 4 GW ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT EDUCATION At the Elliott School, the study of inter- national affairs is not an abstract exercise. Our students come to GW from around the world, and they are dedicated to developing a deeper understanding of the great, global issues facing humanity. Our faculty has developed a rig- orous, multidisciplinary academic curriculum that helps students understand and address international challenges. Our location in the heart of Washington, DC enables students to apply their classroom 5 knowledge in the real world through site visits, internships, and employment at major national and international institutions. An Elliott School education equips students to become leaders in a complex world. 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT | GW ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS “I am proud of the outstanding work the Elliott School is doing on Asia, from its renowned Sigur Center for Asian Studies to its expansive and impressive Asian studies faculty.” —Frank Wong (B.A. ’79) Wong Fund Promotes Study of Asia In May 2014, Elliott School International Council Asian Studies to its expansive and impressive Asian member Frank Wong (B.A. ’79) made a gift of $100,000 studies faculty,” said Mr. Wong. “I hope this gift will to establish the Wong Fund for Asian Studies. This gift, bolster the school’s existing programs and create new which endows the fund in perpetuity, supports the opportunities to examine this important region.” Elliott School’s work on one of the world’s most vital and dynamic regions. The fund will be used to support “Frank Wong’s contributions to GW and the Elliott the school’s education mission by providing financial School have been multi-dimensional, from his mem- aid to students, helping to establish new courses, and bership on the Elliott School’s International Council supporting study abroad and language-training pro- to his pivotal role in support of GW’s Global Forum in grams. It will also support faculty and student research Hong Kong,” said Dean Michael E. Brown. “This latest as well as engagement and outreach activities of the manifestation of Frank’s support—the Wong Fund for Elliott School’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies. Asian Studies—is a tremendous step forward for the Elliott School and GW. I am deeply grateful to Frank “I am proud of the outstanding work the Elliott School for his extraordinary support of our superb school.” is doing on Asia, from its renowned Sigur Center for 6 GW ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT EDUCATION Undergraduate Scholar Keila Franks with two women in the Mae La refugee camp on the Thailand-Burma border. Keila traveled to the region in Summer 2013 to conduct research on repatriation of Burmese refugees. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION The Elliott School’s highly-ranked undergraduate program is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. More than 2,000 students pursue an Elliott School UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS bachelor’s degree, with majors in International Affairs, GAIN SUPPORT Asian Studies, Latin American and Hemispheric Studies, or Middle East Studies. The Elliott School has more than The Elliott School Undergraduate Scholars program 150 full-time faculty members across a broad range of provides outstanding Elliott School juniors and disciplines. Adjunct and visiting faculty members from seniors with opportunities to deepen their expertise government, think tanks, nongovernmental organiza- on issues of great importance.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • WIIS DC Think Tank Gender Scorecard – DATASET 2018 Index/Appendix: American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Foreign and Defense
    • Nonresident Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the WIIS DC Think Tank Gender Scorecard – Middle East: Mona Alami (F) DATASET 2018 Index/Appendix: • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center: Laura Albornoz Pollmann (F) • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for American Enterprise Institute (AEI) the Middle East: Ali Alfoneh (M) Foreign and Defense Policy Scholars in AEI: • Associate Director for Programs, Rafik Hariri Center • Visiting Scholar: Samuel J. Abrams (M) for the Middle East: Stefanie Hausheer Ali (F) • Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Retirement Policy: Joseph Antos (M) Initiative: Dmitri Alperovitch (M) • Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies: • Nonresident Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center: Dr. Hussein Leon Aron (M) Amach (M) • Visiting Fellow: John P. Bailey (M) • Nonresident Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on • Resident Scholar: Claude Barfield (M) International Security: Dave Anthony (M) • Resident Fellow: Michael Barone (M) • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center: • Visiting Scholar: Robert J. Barro (M) Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir (F) • Visiting Scholar: Roger Bate (M) • Visiting Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on • Visiting Scholar: Eric J. Belasco (M) International Security/RUSI: Lisa Aronsson (F) • Resident Scholar: Andrew G. Biggs (M) • Executive Vice Chair, Atlantic Council Board of • Visiting Fellow: Edward Blum (M) Directors and International Advisory Board; Chair, • Director of Asian Studies and Resident Fellow: Dan Atlantic Council Business Development and New Blumenthal (M) Ventures Committee; Chairman Emerita, TotalBank • Senior Fellow: Karlyn Bowman (F) (no photo) • Resident Fellow: Alex Brill (M) • Atlantic Council Representative; Director, Atlantic • President; Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Council IN TURKEY and Istanbul Summit: Defne Enterprise: Arthur C.
    [Show full text]
  • DIRECTING the Disorder the CFR Is the Deep State Powerhouse Undoing and Remaking Our World
    DEEP STATE DIRECTING THE Disorder The CFR is the Deep State powerhouse undoing and remaking our world. 2 by William F. Jasper The nationalist vs. globalist conflict is not merely an he whole world has gone insane ideological struggle between shadowy, unidentifiable and the lunatics are in charge of T the asylum. At least it looks that forces; it is a struggle with organized globalists who have way to any rational person surveying the very real, identifiable, powerful organizations and networks escalating revolutions that have engulfed the planet in the year 2020. The revolu- operating incessantly to undermine and subvert our tions to which we refer are the COVID- constitutional Republic and our Christian-style civilization. 19 revolution and the Black Lives Matter revolution, which, combined, are wreak- ing unprecedented havoc and destruction — political, social, economic, moral, and spiritual — worldwide. As we will show, these two seemingly unrelated upheavals are very closely tied together, and are but the latest and most profound manifesta- tions of a global revolutionary transfor- mation that has been under way for many years. Both of these revolutions are being stoked and orchestrated by elitist forces that intend to unmake the United States of America and extinguish liberty as we know it everywhere. In his famous “Lectures on the French Revolution,” delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, the distinguished British historian and states- man John Emerich Dalberg, more com- monly known as Lord Acton, noted: “The appalling thing in the French Revolution is not the tumult, but the design. Through all the fire and smoke we perceive the evidence of calculating organization.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ANNUAL REPORT July 1,1996-June 30,1997 Main Office Washington Office The Harold Pratt House 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 58 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021 Washington, DC 20036 Tel. (212) 434-9400; Fax (212) 861-1789 Tel. (202) 518-3400; Fax (202) 986-2984 Website www. foreignrela tions. org e-mail publicaffairs@email. cfr. org OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, 1997-98 Officers Directors Charlayne Hunter-Gault Peter G. Peterson Term Expiring 1998 Frank Savage* Chairman of the Board Peggy Dulany Laura D'Andrea Tyson Maurice R. Greenberg Robert F Erburu Leslie H. Gelb Vice Chairman Karen Elliott House ex officio Leslie H. Gelb Joshua Lederberg President Vincent A. Mai Honorary Officers Michael P Peters Garrick Utley and Directors Emeriti Senior Vice President Term Expiring 1999 Douglas Dillon and Chief Operating Officer Carla A. Hills Caryl R Haskins Alton Frye Robert D. Hormats Grayson Kirk Senior Vice President William J. McDonough Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Paula J. Dobriansky Theodore C. Sorensen James A. Perkins Vice President, Washington Program George Soros David Rockefeller Gary C. Hufbauer Paul A. Volcker Honorary Chairman Vice President, Director of Studies Robert A. Scalapino Term Expiring 2000 David Kellogg Cyrus R. Vance Jessica R Einhorn Vice President, Communications Glenn E. Watts and Corporate Affairs Louis V Gerstner, Jr. Abraham F. Lowenthal Hanna Holborn Gray Vice President and Maurice R. Greenberg Deputy National Director George J. Mitchell Janice L. Murray Warren B. Rudman Vice President and Treasurer Term Expiring 2001 Karen M. Sughrue Lee Cullum Vice President, Programs Mario L. Baeza and Media Projects Thomas R.
    [Show full text]
  • Download the Summer 2015 Issue (PDF)
    GIDEON’ S PROMISE /// THE ACTIVISTS’ DILEMMA /// CURING DYSPHAGIA THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015 In Haiti with a medical team from the School of Nursing, Pulitzer Prize winner B. D. Colen, BA ’73, turns a lens on the group’s efforts and the struggle to make a difference in the beleaguered nation. WASHINGTON, DC/FOGGY BOTTOM MAKE ROOM FOR A LITTLE FUN.TM The Courtyard Washington, DC/Foggy Bottom offers an enticing location just steps from George Washington University’s campus, American Red Cross, the Lincoln Memorial, The White House, National Mall, Kennedy Center - and so many more iconic spots. Ideal for alumni events, weekend escapes and business travel alike, the hotel delivers refreshing and modern amenities at an affordable price. Guests are encouraged to take advantage of engaging technology, complimentary Wi-Fi and inviting, flexible spaces to work and relax. Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner at The Bistro, along with a cocktail or Starbucks® beverage - or unwind with a swim in the indoor pool. Make us your home away from home the next time you’re in DC - and enjoy a brand new stay. For reservations, visit CourtyardDCFoggyBottom.com and enter promotional code GWU for the best available rates. Courtyard by Marriott® 515 20th Street NW 202.296.5700 Washington, DC/Foggy Bottom Washington, DC 20006 CourtyardDCFoggyBottom.com CONTENTS GW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015 A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS At the launch of a sexual assault awareness campaign at the White House in September, attended by President Steven Knapp and other student and administration leaders from GW, an audience member takes in the scene.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 2018
    2018Annual Report Annual Report July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018 Council on Foreign Relations 58 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065 tel 212.434.9400 1777 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 tel 202.509.8400 www.cfr.org [email protected] OFFICERS DIRECTORS David M. Rubenstein Term Expiring 2019 Term Expiring 2022 Chairman David G. Bradley Sylvia Mathews Burwell Blair Effron Blair Effron Ash Carter Vice Chairman Susan Hockfield James P. Gorman Jami Miscik Donna J. Hrinak Laurene Powell Jobs Vice Chairman James G. Stavridis David M. Rubenstein Richard N. Haass Vin Weber Margaret G. Warner President Daniel H. Yergin Fareed Zakaria Keith Olson Term Expiring 2020 Term Expiring 2023 Executive Vice President, John P. Abizaid Kenneth I. Chenault Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer Mary McInnis Boies Laurence D. Fink James M. Lindsay Timothy F. Geithner Stephen C. Freidheim Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, Stephen J. Hadley Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair James Manyika Charles Phillips Jami Miscik Cecilia Elena Rouse Nancy D. Bodurtha Richard L. Plepler Frances Fragos Townsend Vice President, Meetings and Membership Term Expiring 2021 Irina A. Faskianos Vice President, National Program Tony Coles Richard N. Haass, ex officio and Outreach David M. Cote Steven A. Denning Suzanne E. Helm William H. McRaven Vice President, Philanthropy and Janet A. Napolitano Corporate Relations Eduardo J. Padrón Jan Mowder Hughes John Paulson Vice President, Human Resources and Administration Caroline Netchvolodoff OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, Vice President, Education EMERITUS & HONORARY Shannon K. O’Neil Madeleine K. Albright Maurice R. Greenberg Vice President and Deputy Director of Studies Director Emerita Honorary Vice Chairman Lisa Shields Martin S.
    [Show full text]
  • 2007-2008 PAF Annual Report
    PAF Presidential Administrative Fellows 1989 – 2008 ANNUAL REPORT 2007 – 2008 The George Washington University In and Of WashIngtOn 2007–2008 PAF Accomplishments ReseaRch and dIscOveRy 2007–2008 PAF Accomplishments 2 The Presidential Administrative Fellowship program exists to advance the objectives and reputation of AcAdemic: While focusing on the clandestine economy, part of the research focuses on the failure of international efforts in Afghanistan, The George Washington University through the philanthropic, academic, professional and personal contributions ROSS MANKUTA presented at the Educational Symposium for M with respect to those three provinces and the disconnect between Research and Innovations (ESRI) Conference on “E.D. (Early of its Fellows. Through the first year of President Steven Knapp’s administration, key goals have centralized policies formulated and implementation on the ground. Part of Decision): Going Down?” the University’s direction: partnership with the community, dedication to research and commitment to the the conclusion will be policy recommendations specifically for the alumni community. Combining these goals with the PAF focus areas of academic, professional, and ambassadorial M CARRIE WARICK has researched DC public high school students’ region, tailored to the individual stake holders. community service graduation requirements to potentially create experiences, a lens is created to view the accomplishments of the PAF program during the 2007-2008 academic year. a non-profit organization that would address the requirement ProfessionAl: and the resources needed to fulfill it. M ROSS MANKUTA was a member of the GW Steering Committee for Middle States Accreditation. AcAdemic: M On behalf of GW’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, M KENAN COLE is working with her advisor, Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Return R%F Or Nni72tinn Exam T from Income
    l efile GRAPHIC p rint - DO NOT PROCESS I As Filed Data - I DLN: 93493131022878 Return r%f Or nni72tinn Exam t From Income Tax OMB No 1545-0047 Form 990 W 11- Under section 501(c ), 527, or 4947 ( a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code ( except private foundations) 2016 Do not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public Department ► Information about Form 990 and its instructions is at www IRS gov/form990 Internal Revenue 5er.ice ► A For the 2016 calendar y ear, or tax y ear be g inning 07-01-2016 . and endina 06-30-2017 C Name of organization B Check if applicable D Employer identification number The George Washington University q Address change 53-0196584 q Name change q Initial return Doing business as Final - I II/ - I n naLeu I eiepnune nurnuer Number and street (or P 0 box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite L q Amended return c/o TAX DEPT 45155 RESEARCH PL 260 (571) 553-8309 q Application pending City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code ASHBURN, VA 201474198 G Gross receipts $ 1,81 0,838,368 F Name and address of principal officer H(a) Is this a group return for Thomas J LeBlanc 2121 EYE ST NW 801 subordinates? No WASHINGTON, DC 20052 H(b) Are all subordinates included? q Yes o I Tax-exempt status R 501(c)(3) q 501(c) ( ) A (insert no ) El 4947(a)(1) or El 527 If "No," attach a list ( see instructions ) J Website WWW GWU EDU H(c) Group exemption number ► q q q L Year of formation 1821 M State of legal domicile DC K Form of organization 9 Corporation Trust Association Other ► NLi^ Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission or most significant activities EDUCATION AND RESEARCH w p 2 Check this box Po, El if the organization discontinued its operations or disposed of more than 25% of its net assets 3 Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) .
    [Show full text]
  • Teneo Insights Coronavirus Update: a Weekly Call Hosted by Teneo
    Teneo Insights Coronavirus Update: A Weekly Call Hosted by Teneo A discussion between Andrea Calise, Dr. Jerome Hauer, Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz, Kevin Kajiwara, Orson Porter and Tony Sayegh March 26, 2020 © 2020 Teneo. All rights reserved. Kevin Kajiwara (KK): Good day CEOs and corporate boards, and Andrea Calise everyone and thank you for joining he advises on myriad leadership President, U.S. Strategy & Communications today’s Teneo Insights call. I’m challenges really from a clinical [email protected] Kevin Kajiwara, Co-President of perspective. He’s the Founder Dr. Jerome Hauer Teneo’s Political Risk Advisory and Managing Principal of the Senior Advisor Practice. Thanks for joining our call Boswell Group and President-elect [email protected] today, the latest in our series on of the American Psychoanalytic Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz coronavirus. We have a number of Association. Senior Advisor issues and topics to get through [email protected] today and I’d like to introduce my The challenges of communicating Kevin Kajiwara colleagues who will be joining me to externally for companies continue Co-President, work through all of this. to evolve at a rapid pace. Andrea Political Risk Advisory [email protected] Calise, President of Teneo’s US First, we’re going to start with an Strategy and Communications Orson Porter update on the outbreak, focusing business will talk to us about Senior Managing Director [email protected] on the United States, and joining that. She provides investor me today on this is somebody relations, strategic and crisis Tony Sayegh Managing Director who’s familiar to all of you who communications, reputation [email protected] have joined our calls in the past, Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Impeachment on a Page
    Impeachment on a Page Whistleblower Complaint “In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election” Chairman Schiff outlines the 4 questions of his investigation 1. Did Trump seek foreign assistance for an election? 3. Was military assistance withheld until confirmation that the investigation would occur? 2. Was the meeting sought by the Ukrainian government conditioned on the Ukraine investigation of Vice President Biden and his son? 4. Were these issues covered up by the Trump administration? Headlines from Testimony to House Investigators “Joseph Maguire defends his handling of the “Kent told investigators he was cut out of Ukraine whistleblower complaint involving President policymaking after May meeting with Chief of Staff Mick Joseph Maguire Trump” – Fox News George Kent Mulvaney” – New York Times Acting Director of National Deputy Assitant Secretary Intelligence of State Testified September 25-26 Testified October 15th “Volker depicts Giuliani as the driving force “Sondland testifies that Trump directed diplomats to work behind an effort to get Ukraine to investigate Joe with Giuliani on Ukraine” – CNN Kurt Volker and Hunter Biden” – CBS News Gordon Sondland Former U.S. Special Envoy U.S. Ambassador to the to Ukraine European Union Testified October 3rd Testified: October 17th “McKinley told House investigators that he quit his job
    [Show full text]
  • The Elliott School of INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
    THE ELLIOtt SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT 2006/2007 MISSION THE MISSION OF THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IS: • To educate the next generation of international leaders • To conduct research and produce scholarship that advances understanding of important global issues • To engage the public and the policy community in the United States and around the world, thereby fostering international dialogue and shaping policy solutions Our mission is to create knowledge, share wisdom and inspire action to make our world a better place. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN recent survey of scholars ranked the Elliott School’s undergraduate and graduate programs in the top 10. Only five schools in the world were ranked this highly in A both categories. It’s an impressive club. It’s also an important club. The issues we study at the Elliott School—ranging from war and peace to poverty and development—affect the lives of billions of our fellow human beings. Powerful international dynamics—population growth, rising levels of resource consumption, the expansion of the global economy, mounting environmental challenges—will shape the world in the decades ahead. Wise policy and effective international cooperation will be more important than ever. At the Elliott School, the study of international affairs is not an abstract exercise. Our aim is to make our world a better place. The Elliott School is in a unique position to make a difference. Our location in the heart of Washington, DC—just steps from some of the most influential U.S., international and non- governmental organizations in the world—enriches our teaching and research, and it provides us with unmatched opportunities to engage the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Commencement Shines Through Showers Tens of Thousands Gather on the Mall by Nathan Grossman Campus News Editor
    STAFF EDITORIAL PAGE 4 ROTC COMMISSIONING PAGE 9 GWorld overhaul unnecessary GW students become Naval offi cers MONDAY The GW May 19, 2008 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 105 • Iss. 2 Hatchet @ AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Commencement shines through showers Tens of thousands gather on the Mall by Nathan Grossman Campus News Editor Rain showers and the threat of thunderstorms did not deter an estimated 25,000 people from gathering for Com- mencement on the National Mall Sunday. Organizers planned a shorter ceremony to account for the rain, which started falling about halfway through the ceremony during the presentation of honorary degrees to former University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and former Board of Trustees Chairman Charles Manatt. “We’ve been soaking you for 20 years, so what’s a little drizzle now?” said Trachtenberg, as the Mall quickly be- came a sea of multi-colored umbrellas and ponchos. “I’ve been saving that line for a long time,” he added. University spokesperson Tracy Schario said the short speeches from Manatt and Trachtenberg, as well as the brisk pace throughout the program, cut about 20 minutes from the ceremony. Commencement ended at 11:30 a.m., while in previous years it concluded closer to noon. The ceremony began at 9:30 a.m. with the procession of graduates, faculty and administrators, led by a team of bag- pipers and drummers. The GW Symphonic Band also per- formed, at one point playing the theme from “Star Wars.” At the outset of the ceremony, University Marshal Jill Kasle announced that many of the empty seats reserved for graduates were available to the general audience, initiating a rush of parents and family members looking for a better view.
    [Show full text]
  • Internship Notice
    The National Security Archive Fund, Inc. The George Washington University Phone: 202/994-7000 Gelman Library, Suite 701 Fax: 202/994-7005 2130 H Street, N.W. [email protected] Washington, D.C. 20037 www.nsarchive.org INTERNSHIPS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Presenting an unusual opportunity for students to: * Learn how the foreign policy process really works * Develop valuable research skills * Work with documents once classified TOP SECRET and higher * Become proficient in a 100,000-record computerized database THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE, an independent, non-profit research institute and library, regularly offers internships to students who are interested in international relations and how the U.S. foreign policy bureaucracy functions. INTERNSHIPS are unpaid. Academic credit or independent funding is sometimes possible; students should contact the appropriate persons at their school if they wish to pursue either of these options. Applications are accepted from students at any point in their college career, as well as from graduate students and recent college graduates. EACH INTERN is assigned to work with a staff analyst on a specific research project. Assignments generally include building chronologies of events; helping obtain, order and catalog government documents; assisting with computer data entry; and performing library and archival research. Every effort is made to keep non-substantive tasks to a minimum. While at the Archive, an intern can expect to gain a solid body of knowledge in their project area, as well as a familiarity with the resources available for foreign policy research in Washington and how to obtain documents through the Freedom of Information Act.
    [Show full text]