DOCSLIB.ORG

DOCUMENT RESUME ED 361 257 SO 023 211 TITLE Directory Of

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 361 257 SO 023 211 TITLE Directory Of DOCUMENT RESUME ED 361 257 SO 023 211 TITLE Directory of Resources: For International Cultural and Educational Exchanges. INSTITUTION United States Information Agency, Washington, D. C. PUB DATE 92 NOTE 130p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Cultural Exchange; *Culture Contact; *Exchange Programs; Higher Education; *Intercultural Communication; International Cooperation; *International Educational Exchange; Peace;Secondary Education ABSTRACT This directory is an inventory of government and private organizations that administer exchangeprograms and related educational activities aimed at strengthening mutual understanding between people of the United States and other nations. Descriptive narratives provided with the entriesare drawn from material provided by the organizations or obtained from other directories.Individual academic institutions with internationalprograms are omitted because of the volume. The listings are divided into threelarge sections. The first lists 40 United States governmentdepartments and agencies. Only those offices that have internationalprograms of their own or are points of contact for international visitorsare listed. Unless the purposes and programs are self-explanatory,a brief description is included. Addresses are given for offices withina department or agency if they differ from that of the headquarters. The second section lists federal boards and commissions and containssix entries. The final division identifies privateorganizations. This section lists 216 private organizations thatsponsor cultural or educational programs, or work to promote internationalunderstanding and world peace. Many of the groups centeron a specific nation or area, or on a particular interest such as law, libraries,or area studies. At the end of the directory isan alphabetical listing of all the entries, a subject index that categorizesagencies and organizations according to principal fields of ilAterest,and a list of acronyms. (DK) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the hest thatcan be made from the original document. **********************************7.************************************ DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES For International Cultural and Educational Exchanges U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Education& Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) )6chis doumcenthasbeen reproduced as owed from the parson or organization otipirating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Pornts ot wawa opinions stated in this docu. mint ISO not neCeifianly represent official OE RI position or policy UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY n 7 f C IWK. le 4'4 t; FOREWORD This Directory provides an inventory of U.S. government and private organizations that administer exchange programs and related educational activities aimed at strengthening mutual understanding between Americans and the peoples of other nations.It is the hope of the Directory's editors that the Directory will facilitate public contact with the organizations listed and foster increased contact between the organizations themselves.Descriptive narratives are drawn from material provided by the organizations or obtained from other directories. While it is the editors' intention to provide a comprehensive listing of exchange organizations, there will inevitably and regrettably be some relevant institutions overlooked. We also caution readers that inclusion in the Directory in no way constitutes endorsement by the U.S. Information Agency or any other agency of the U.S. government. Finally, we have intentionally omitted individual academic instituiions whose international programs are collectively so numerous they would require a separate directory. At the end of the Directory the reader will find an alphabetical listing, a subject index which categorizes agencies and organizations according to principal fields of interest and a list of acronyms. We sincerely hope that this publication will be of lasting value to users both overseas and in the United States. Directory Staff Advising, Teaching and Specialized Programs Division - Room 349 U.S. Information Agency 301 ith Street SW Washington, D.C. 20547 TABLE OF CONTENTS U.S. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 4 FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS 17 PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS 20 ALPHABETICAL LISTING 105 SUBJECT INDEX 111 ACRONYMS 126 4 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES Entries for U.S. Government departments and agencies list only those offices which have international programs of their own or are points of contact for international visitors. In most instances, the purposes and programs c these offices are self-explanatory; for others, a descriptive line or two is included. More detailed information is generally readily available since most government agencies issue information or fact sheets about their programs. Addresses are given for offices within a department or agency when they differ from that of the headquarters.It can be assumed that individual offices listed without addresses either are located in or may be contacted through the headquarters. The user's attention is drawn to another publication published annually by the U.S. Information Agency which directly complements this Directory's government section--the annual Report on U.S. Government International Exchange and Training Programs. It provides detailed data on approximately 100 exchange and training programs administered by 23 federal agencies. Copies may be obtained free of charge from: Exchanges Coordination Unit Office of Acader:c Programs Room 256 U.S. Information Agency Washington, D.C. 20547 4 LT" AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID) See U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Independence Avenue, 12th and 14th Streets, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250 Office of International Cooperation and Development Development Resources Division (202) 690-1924 Research and Scientific Exchange DMsion 690-4872 The Graduate School, U.S. Department of Agriculture See listing under Private Organizations' UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY (ACDA, 320 - 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20451 Public Affairs (202) 647-8677 BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING (BIB) 1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 Executive Director (202) 254-8040 CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST (EWC) See East-West Center under Private Organizations U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 14th Street at Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230 Bureau of Economic Analysis Associate Director for International Economics (202) 523-0695 Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy 377-3022 Deputy Assistant Secretary, Europe 377-5638 Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere 377-5324 Deputy Assistant Secretary, Africa, Near East & South Asia 377-4925 Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific 377-5251 5 The U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration Office of Policy and Planning 377-5211 National Telecommunications and Information Administration Office of International Affairs (202)377-1304 Bureau of the Census Suit land, Maryland 20233 International Statistical Program Center (ISPC) (301)763-2850 Center for International Research 763-4024 Patent and Trademark Office Crystal Park 2, Arlington, Virginia 22202 Office of Legislation and International Affairs (703)305-9300 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Director for Community Relations (703)697-5976 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202 Office of Intergovernmental and Inter-agency Affairs (202)401-0404 Center for International Education 708-7283 Administers some individual and institutional Fulbright awards for Americans to study and conduct research abroad; also administers grants to foreign area studies centers at U.S. universities International Studies Branch 708-7283 Fulbright Group Projects Abroad 708-7283 Fulbright Seminars Abroad 708-7283 Undergraduate International Studies & Foreign Languages 708-7283 Business and International Education 708-7283 Centers for International Business Education 708-7283 Advanced Training and Research Branch 708-7283 Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 708-7283 Fulbright Faculty Research Abroad 708-7283 Research and Studies Program 708-7283 National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships 708-7283 International Visitors Program 708-7283 6 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585 International Research and Development Policy (202)586-6770 Visitors and Assignments, International Program Specialists 586-6770 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460 Office of International Activities (202)260-4870 International Visitors Coordinator 260-5437 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES (EXIMBANK) 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20571 Marketing & Program Development Office (202)566-4490 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) 500 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20472 Assistant Associate Director of International Affairs (202)646-4002 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 1100 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20573 Director of Policy Planning and Analysis (202)523-5746 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Constitution Avenue, 20th and 21st Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551 Office of Protocol (202)452-3324 7
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Stereoscope and View Offer
    M - jN-- - lfr S- - M -- SHE NATlUJSAi IKIBUJXIS WASHINGTON D a THURSDAY JANUARY 31 1907 force of setting a nail and pounding it New Mexico Speaker Cannon and Sen- ¬ satisfied with him Mr Shonts retained NEW BLOOD IN SENATE gently day by day year by year till he THE ISTHMIAN CANAL ¬ ME got ators Frye Halefrnd Blackburn were his Presidency of the Clover Leaf Rail How the Deaf it in to the head Curtis is not a members of tW House when he was road which the President did not alto ¬ full blooded Indian as has been said He declined a third election to Con ¬ gether approve Furthermore Mr but is thi son of the late Capt Curtis gress from New Mexico He was a Chief Shontss idea of digging the canal seem ¬ Are -- Engineer Sfaontss Resignation Wel Made That August Body Undergoing Some Striking Changes Result a veteran of the war of the rebellion member tlR Republican ed Washington to Hear an Indian of National to be a life of ease in and mother His mothers Committee for 121 years from 1875 to comedHe was Not Wholly Satisfac- ¬ for the Commission Chairman with cf the Elections So Far 1S87 and he conducted the Blaine cam- ¬ plenty of society for his wife and yuSSer from defective hearing paign In 1884 tory to the President and Secretary write to GEO P WAY of Detroit who Tiln 192 he was made daughters Mrs Shonts and the two lor twenty flve years was so deaf Secretary of Wan by President Harri- ¬ Misses Shonts from Europe a no was Dractlrtiiv it t that Taft Fnjineer Stevens More Accept ¬ returned son serving In thaiCabinet to the close few months ago
    [Show full text]
  • Mining Wars: Corporate Expansion and Labor Violence in the Western Desert, 1876-1920
    UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones 2009 Mining wars: Corporate expansion and labor violence in the Western desert, 1876-1920 Kenneth Dale Underwood University of Nevada Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Latin American History Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Repository Citation Underwood, Kenneth Dale, "Mining wars: Corporate expansion and labor violence in the Western desert, 1876-1920" (2009). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/1377091 This Dissertation is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Dissertation in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. This Dissertation has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MINING WARS: CORPORATE EXPANSION AND LABOR VIOLENCE IN THE WESTERN DESERT, 1876-1920 by Kenneth Dale Underwood Bachelor of Arts University of Southern California 1992 Master
    [Show full text]
  • Excellence in Truth and Service
    EXCELLENCE IN TRUTH AND SERVICE ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2015 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT 1 1 HISTORY OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY 2 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN 3 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 5 THE YEAR IN REVIEW 12 STUDENT ACCOLADES 15 HIGH-PROFILE VISITORS 16 ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS 24 FINANCIALS 28 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 29 ADMINISTRATION 2On HOWARD the cover: UNIVERSITY Inauguration 2014-2015 of Wayne ANNUAL A. I. REPORTFrederick, 17th president HISTORY OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY Since 1867, Howard has awarded more than 100,000 degrees in the professions, arts, sciences and humanities. Howard ranks among the highest producers of the nation's Black professionals in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering, nursing, architecture, religion, law, music, social work and education. The University has long held a commitment to the study of The University competes in 19 varsity sports, including basketball, disadvantaged persons in American society and throughout the football, bowling, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, world. The goal is the elimination of inequities related to race, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. Regarded as one of the color, social, economic and political circumstances. As the only most prestigious institutions of higher learning, current enrollment truly comprehensive predominately Black University, Howard is approximates 11,000 students from virtually every state, the one of the major engineers of change in our society. Through its District of Columbia and more than 70 countries. The University traditional and cutting-edge academic programs, the University traditionally has had the largest gathering of Black scholars across seeks to improve the circumstances of all people in the search for the globe.
    [Show full text]
  • Rackstraw Downes
    RACKSTRAW DOWNES 1939 Born in Kent, England 1961 BA in English Literature, Cambridge University, England 1961-62 English-Speaking Union Traveling Fellowship 1963-64 BFA and MFA in Painting, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1964-65 Post-Graduate Fellowship. University of Pennsylvania 1967-79 Teaches painting at the University of Pennsylvania 1969 Marjorie Heilman Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1971 Yaddo Residence Fellowship 1974 Ingram Merrill Fellowship 1978 CAPS 1980 National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1989 Academy-Institute Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1998 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 1999 Inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 2009 Delivered Ninth Annual Raymond Lecture for the Archives of American Art 2009 The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship The artist lives and works in New York City and Presidio, Texas Solo Exhibitions 2018 Rackstraw Downes, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, NY, Sept 5-Oct 14 2014 Rackstraw Downes, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, NY, April 3- May 3 2012 Rackstraw Downes, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, NY, Oct. 11 – Nov. 24 2010-11 Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1974–2009, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; travels to: Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC Rackstraw Downes: Under the Westside Highway, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT 2010 Rackstraw Downes: A Selection of Drawings 1980-2010, Betty
    [Show full text]
  • Statement of Deforest B. Soaries Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Before the U.S
    STATEMENT OF DEFOREST B. SOARIES CHAIRMAN, U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES May 12, 2004 Good morning Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is DeForest B. Soaries. I am the chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). EAC is comprised of four commissioners. Seated at the table with me are Commissioners Gracia Hillman, who serves as EAC vice chair, Paul DeGregorio and Ray Martinez III. Our biographies are attached to this statement. We are pleased to be here this morning to discuss HAVA implementation, the work of the EAC and our Fiscal Year 2005 budget. During the next few minutes, I will describes the progress that has been made to implement the provisions of the Help America Vote Act since its enactment in 2002, including EAC’s accomplishments in the four months that it has been in existence and the important work that lies ahead. As you know Mr. Chairman, the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) established EAC as a new federal agency, to be headed by four commissioners, who are appointed by the President. The commissioners serve staggered terms and no more than two of them may be of the same political party. HAVA Section 203(a)(4) required EAC to be established no later than 120 days after the enactment date of the law. HAVA was enacted on October 29, 2002; therefore, EAC should have been established by February 26, 2003, but the commissioners were not appointed until December 13, 2003.
    [Show full text]
  • Esperanza Cortes Exhibition Guide
    CANTAR DE CIEGOS / SONG OF THE BLIND E S P E R A N Z A C O R T É S S E P T E M B E R 4 , 2 0 2 0 - F E B R U A R Y 6 , 2 0 2 1 M A Y E R G A L L E R Y T C V A . O R G CONTENT 1 CONTENT 2 - 5 ABOUT THE ARTIST 6 ARTIST STATEMENT 7 EXHIBITION STATEMENT 8 - 15 WORKS IN EXHIBIT 16 BEHIND THE SCENES 17 PROMPTS AND ACTIVITIES 18 THANK YOU PAGE 1 about the artist Cortés is a recipient of awards including: The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship; BRIC Media Arts Fellowship; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement Grant; Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Art in Embassies Program; Puffin Foundation Project Grant; Bronx Museum of the Art, AIM Program; New York State Biennial; Robert Esperanza Cortés is a Colombian born Rauchenberg Foundation, Change contemporary multidisciplinary artist Grant; New York Foundation for the based in New York City. Cortés has Arts and Sustained Achievement in exhibited in the United States in solo the Visual Arts Award. and group exhibitions in venues including Smack Mellon Gallery, Cortés’s is a recipient of residencies Neuberger Museum of Art, Bronx including: McColl Center for Arts + Museum of Art, Queens Museum, El Innovation: Museum of Arts and Museo Del Barrio, MoMA PS1, Socrates Design Artist Studio Residency; BRIC Sculpture Park and White-box Gallery Workspace Program; The Caldera in New York City.
    [Show full text]
  • Collection 1880S–1940S, Floor 5 Checklist
    The Museum of Modern Art Fifth Floor, 1880s-1940s 5th Fl: 500, Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brâncuși Bird in Space 1928 Bronze 54 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/2" (137.2 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm) Given anonymously 153.1934 Fall 19 - No restriction Constantin Brâncuși Fish Paris 1930 Blue-gray marble 21 x 71 x 5 1/2" (53.3 x 180.3 x 14 cm), on three-part pedestal of one marble 5 1/8" (13 cm) high, and two limestone cylinders 13" (33 cm) high and 11" (27.9 cm) high x 32 1/8" (81.5 cm) diameter at widest point Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange) 695.1949.a-d Fall 19 - No restriction Constantin Brâncuși Mlle Pogany version I, 1913 (after a marble of 1912) Bronze with black patina 17 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 12 1/2" (43.8 x 21.5 x 31.7 cm), on limestone base 5 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 7 3/8" (14.6 x 15.6 x 18.7 cm) 17 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 12 1/2" (43.8 × 21.6 × 31.8 cm) Other (bronze): 17 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 12 1/2" (43.8 × 21.6 × 31.8 cm) 5 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 7 3/8" (14.6 × 15.6 × 18.7 cm) Other (approx. weight): 40 lb. (18.1 kg) Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange) 2.1953 Fall 19 - No restriction Constantin Brâncuși Maiastra 1910-12 White marble 22" (55.9 cm) high, on three-part limestone pedestal 70" (177.8 cm) high, of which the middle section is Double Caryatid, c.
    [Show full text]
  • Daily Digest Senate Daniel W
    Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Daily Digest Senate Daniel W. Sutherland, of Virginia, to be Chair- Chamber Action man of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Routine Proceedings, pages S1217–S1321 Board for a term of six years expiring January 29, Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolu- 2014. tion were introduced, as follows: S. 2670–2672, and Francis X. Taylor, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board S. Res. 462. Page S1271 for a term of two years expiring January 29, 2010. Measures Passed: Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Federal Rules of Evidence: Senate passed S. 2450, Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. Pages S1319–21 to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address Messages from the House: Pages S1269–70 the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the Executive Communications: Pages S1270–71 work product doctrine. Pages S1317–19 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S1271–72 Measures Considered: Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Troop Redeployment: Senate continued consider- Pages S1272–73 ation of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2633, to provide for the safe redeployment of United Additional Statements: Page S1269 States troops from Iraq. Pages S1226–34, S1235–58 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Pages S1273–75 The motion to proceed was withdrawn. Page S1258 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S1273 Global Strategic Report: Senate resumed consider- Text of S. 1200, as Previously Passed ation of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. Pages S1275–S1317 2634, to require a report setting forth the global Record Votes: One record vote was taken today.
    [Show full text]
  • GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION and ITS GLOBAL NETWORK a Thesis
    GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION AND ITS GLOBAL NETWORK A Thesis Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Masters of Arts Xingyu Hai December, 2012 GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION AND ITS GLOBAL NETWORK Xingyu Hai Thesis Approved: Accepted: _________________________________ _________________________________ Advisor School Director Mr. Durand Pope Dr. Ann Usher _________________________________ _________________________________ Committee Member Dean of the College Mr. Rod Bengston Dr. Chand Midha _________________________________ _________________________________ Committee Member Dean of the Graduate School Mr. Neil Sapienza Dr. George R. Newkome _________________________________ Date ii ABSTRACT This work deals with the Guggenheim Foundation’s “Global Museum Network” and its international collaborations with a variety of partners. It also includes a look at the global business management model that has been developed by the Guggenheim Foundation administrators. The main purpose of this work is to examine the “branding system” which was created and utilized by the Guggenheim Foundation and to analyze the system’s advantages and disadvantages within their global operation. The Guggenheim brand system depends on the multination art policies, the development of foreign funding sources, and dealing with international partners and sponsors. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………….…....1 II. CULTURE LEGACY OF AMERICAN PHILATHOPIST…………..3 III. BRAND, BRANDING
    [Show full text]
  • The Clinton Administration and Recognition of Women's
    THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND RECOGNITION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS1 KAREN GARNER Abstract: Summarizing various dimensions of transformative social change sought by transnational feminists, political scientist Mary Hawkesworth wrote in 2006: “Social change includes issue creation and agenda setting, transformation of prevailing discourses, and modification of global conventions, as well as the alteration of the procedures and policies of national governments and international institutions” (Hawkesworth, 2006, p. 68).2 All these social change components were in play as feminist activists sought to transform the substance and conduct of U.S. foreign policy during the Clinton Administration, (1993- 2001). This paper assesses events that took place during the first two years of President Clinton’s tenure in office and explains how “the administration,” that is, liberal feminist allies working inside the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), responded in limited but consequential ways to pressing women’s rights issues that feminist organization activists working outside of government defined. These two years coincided with two important United Nations world conferences: the 1993 UN World Conference on Human Rights (HRC) and the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). In the 1990s, feminist nongovernmental organization activism coalesced around a series of UN conferences that marked the end of the Cold War era. Scholars often cite this NGO activism as the driving force that elevated gender consciousness among governments worldwide and stimulated the creation of a variety of national women’s policy offices to address social, political, and economic inequalities between women and men, as well as an array of women’s human rights issues.3 During this time, U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Fall 2000, Volume 90 Number 4
    TIhe MAqAziNE of ColoRAdo Scl-iool of MInes Or. John U. Trefny: An interview with the president 4 Events Calendar Mines researchers receive two R&D 100 Awards: Two professors honored in R&D Magazine 9 Short Takes 10 Mines teams up with a dinosaur named "Sue" CSM helps design and teach a K-12 institute on paleontology 16 Mines Athletics 18 MINES Alumni Events Dr. John U. Trefny Mines is published quarterly by the Colorado School of President, Colorado School of Mines Mines and the CSM Alumni December January February March Association for alumni and By Marsha Konegni friends of the School. C Denver-area Lunch Bunch Colorado ET Denver West Lunch Bunch Comments and suggestions Where are the students? / holiday party at meets at the Chamber Players / Section breakfast, 8 meets at the are welcome. They may the Petroleum Club, Buffalo Rose, feature David Krakauer Sheraton Hotel, Buffalo Rose in be directed to the phone I remember What Is CSM's role in education? 555 17th St., Golden, 11:30 a.m. (clarinet) at the . 137 Union Street, Golden, 11:30 a.m. numbers or address listed very clearly For all our students—from K-12 programs, Denver, 11 a.m. Green Center, 7 p.m. Lakewood, 6:45 am. below. attending my to undergraduate, to graduate, to Call 303-273-3295 The concert is free, but or 3290 for Wings Over a fund-raising freshman professional outreach-—^we must Alumni Tennis John Trefny reservations. 2 Denver, a tour of reception with the Grand Junction assembly more continuously evolve to meet changing the Airplane Museum artist is $50 (adults) or Section luncheon at 1 5 event in Phoenix President with Mines tennis than 40 years circumstances and societal needs, constantly at Lowry Field, 1 p.m.
    [Show full text]
  • Commencement Program, 2019
    263 rd COMMENCEMENT MAY 20, 2019 20, MAY R D COMMENCEME 263 NT CLA S S O F 2 019 M A Y 20, 20 1 9 CLASS OF 2019 KEEPING FRANKLIN’S PROMISE In the words of one elegiac tribute, “Great men have two lives: one which occurs while they work on this earth; a second which begins at the day of their death and continues as long as their ideas and conceptions remain powerful.” These words befit the great Benjamin Franklin, whose inventions, innovations, ideas, writings, and public works continue to shape our thinking and renew the Republic he helped to create and the institutions he founded, including the University of Pennsylvania. Nowhere does Franklin feel more contemporary, more revolutionary, and more alive than at the University of Pennsylvania. His startling vision of a secular, nonsectarian Academy that would foster an “Inclination join’d with an Ability to serve Mankind, one’s Country, Friends and Family” has never ceased to challenge Penn to redefine the scope and mission of the modern American university. When pursued vigorously and simultaneously, the two missions – developing the inclination to do good and the ability to do well – merge to help form a more perfect university that educates more capable citizens for our democracy. Penn has embodied and advanced Franklin’s revolutionary vision for 279 years. Throughout its history, Penn has extended the frontiers of higher learning and research to produce graduates and scholars whose work has enriched the nation and all of humanity. The modern liberal arts curriculum as we know it can trace its roots to Franklin’s innovation to have Penn students study international commerce and foreign languages.
    [Show full text]