Change affects all organizations. How well the organization plans for and responds to change determines how successful it will be. In the past couple of years, the CGSC Foundation has been undergoing significant change and we are planning for 2018 to be no exception. In 2016 and 2017, the Foundation… Read More

In the last column I wrote that we would have our 2017 Program Report available so that you can see what we did during the year. When you download and look through the report, you’ll see why we say that we’re small but busy! The programs we’ve fostered and the… Read More

The new year brings the pride of accomplishments for the year just ended and excitement for things to come. We here at the Foundation are exceptionally proud of our record of support to our mission in 2017. We’re now closing the records and preparing for our annual audit as we… Read More

The classrooms are empty, the parking lot is mostly empty, the halls and the food court are fairly quiet so it must be that time of year again when we slow down the pace of the college to a crawl in order to celebrate the holidays. As I write, we… Read More

This is a wonderful time of year. – We moved quickly through Veterans Day honoring the sacrifice of so many, to Thanksgiving where we gave thanks for the blessings we have, and now move on to the Christmas holiday season with so many multi-cultural celebrations all based on hope and… Read More

I wanted to report on our activities in support of the new classes of 2018 at CGSC. The Foundation has packed a lot of activity into the first three months of the school year in support of the college and our mission. We are a small organization but we believe… Read More

During our first ten years of service, we established an Alumni Outreach website as a means to keep alumni connected with the College. We were busy building programs and securing resources for the Foundation so that the current students and faculty would benefit from our support. Since my arrival as… Read More

The Foundation and the CGSC Department of Command and Leadership co-hosted the annual Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium April 24-25. This was the eighth symposium in the series, which dates back to 2009. In previous years, the symposium was conducted as an elective for CGSOC credit but in 2017, we conducted… Read More

The Foundation spent the first two months of the year preparing for a very active March and April. So far in March, the Foundation has: Facilitated, in partnership with the Todd Weiner Gallery of Kansas City, an art exhibit in the Lenexa City Hall with items from the CGSC Art… Read More

The “Art of War Initiative” will be formally rolled out to the public here shortly. We are excited to be able to team with the Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas City in putting together a long term project that focuses on CGSC’s vast collection of art and gifts. Many of… Read More