Command and General Staff College Foundation News - 23

Mr. Patrick J. Wesner,
the Command and
General Staff College
Distinguished Chair for
Development Studies,
leads a discussion on
the roles and missions
of the United States
Agency for International
Development (USAID) in
the seventh InterAgency
Brown-Bag Lecture on
April 6.

In the coming weeks the Simons Center
will sponsor a visit from Ambassador (Ret.)
Patrick Moon, former U.S. Ambassador
to Bosnia and Herzegovina, to support the
academic instruction in European Security
studies. In May, we will bring in Dr. Jerry
Jaax, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.), the Army
veterinarian who was a key contributor in
dealing with the 1989 Reston Ebola outbreak
as detailed in the best-selling book, The Hot
Zone, to support the West African Scholars
program
The Simons Center is also active in
supporting the outreach mission of the U.S.
Army Command and General Staff College The sixth lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series featured Mr. Gustav A. Otto, the
by assisting in the effort to showcase the Defense Intelligence Chair and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Representative to the Combined
Center and Army University. Mr. Otto led a discussion and provided insight into the DIA,
world-class academic expertise of the CGSC Arms
which is one of our nation's least understood intelligence organizations.
faculty and the positive scope of its academic
curriculum. Both Ambassador Kennedy and
Minister Dijkerman made presentations at the
University of St. Mary and Park University, respectively, and in articles illustrates the clear and present danger weapons of
May several members of the CGSC faculty are scheduled to mass destruction continue to pose.
make presentations in support of area universities' curricula
As the year progresses, the Simons Center will continue its
and in support of programs hosted by the International mission to support the College and to bring together experts
Relations Council of Kansas City
from all agencies to develop interagency leaders, improve
In May, the Simons Center will publish a special topic interagency operations, and build a body of interagency
InterAgency Journal on the various challenges posed by knowledge. We encourage you to visit our website and gain a
weapons of mass destruction. Once again, the Center has better understanding of how you may join us in our mission.
partnered with Dr. Mark Mattox, director of the Countering Visit www.TheSimonsCenter.org to learn more.
Weapons of Mass Destruction Graduate Fellowship Program
at the National Defense University, to publish a special
Visit the CGSC Foundation Flickr site for more photos
edition penned by expert practitioners and scholars from
from all the brown-bag lectures - https://www.flickr.com/
across the Department of Defense. This new collection of
photos/cgscfoundation/albums
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