A World Affairs Council

May 29: Special Forum on STEM Education Initiative

        New For Educators:

• July 10-12 / Washington, D.C.

  Forum for Policymakers and Practitioners Join educators, decision-makers, and thought-leaders from across the country for Asia Society’s national forum on the leading policy innovations and best practices that will advance international knowledge and skills as an essential component of a rigorous 21st century education.  To download the Forum agenda and to register, please click here

• This fall: Boston area high school competition!

  Academic WorldQuest We wish the high school girls of Newton Country Day School and their coach, Juliette Zener, further success as they compete in the National Academic WorldQuest Competition, to be held in Washington, D.C. on April 4-6, 2008.  Congratulations also to runner-up team Billerica Memorial High School and Coach Craig Perrier for preparing so well to make our first regional competition an exciting, close and friendly contest. Register here for the Fall 2008 WorldQuest

          NEW FOR STUDENTS:      

• Essay Contest: Submit by June 9
   

  Leonard Marks Essay Contest: First Prize $8,000! The American Academy of Diplomacy seeks submissions for the 2008 Leonard Marks Foundation Essay Contest. This contest promotes creative thinking about implementing a practical foreign policy, and is open to undergraduate and graduate students of international affairs. Winners receive cash prizes and a chance to discuss their essays with senior State Department officials in Washington, D.C. Read the contest guidelines

• June 28-July 12 / Washington and Lee University
   

  Global Scholar 2008 Americans for Informed Democracy, a non-profit leader in global education, is pleased to offer Global Scholar 2008 for rising high school juniors and seniors. This two-week summer program at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, offers students college-level coursework in international relations.  Students also develop leadership skills and global awareness through videoconferences with their peers around the world, visits to Washington, D.C., and an interactive global crisis simulation. Click here for details, or contact Kate Willard at (410) 962-8773 or kathleen@aidemocracy.org