The holidays are upon us, whether we’re ready or not! The CGSC classes let out last Friday and the students won’t return until January 3. I was in the food court today as instructors discussed their final grading requirements before they too head out for some well-deserved time off. It’s… Read More

As we close in on the end of 2016, we are conducting our annual fundraising appeal to our wonderful donors. Throughout the year, we receive donations and sponsorships from individuals, corporations, and foundations. At the end of the year, we do a special appeal to our individual donors to once… Read More

The CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees met on Sept. 21-22 at Fort Leavenworth. Our board normally meets twice a year, once in March and then again at our annual meeting in September. We had 21 trustees in attendance to consider important aspects of running the Foundation. I’d like to use… Read More

The Class of 2017 is well into the school year, students have established their routines, faculty is excited for the opportunity to help shape not only the future of our Army, but also that of the other U.S. military forces and officers from 86 countries. I’ve talked with a lot… Read More

The Class of 2016 graduated and has mostly departed which put the College into its “summer rhythm.”  Most people assume that because the students have left, everyone goes on leave, takes leisurely strolls in the hallways, gets caught up on reading, and so forth. But the College really doesn’t slow… Read More

Congratulations to the CGSC Classes of 2016! The SAMS Class of 2016 has graduated and departed for the most part and the CGSOC Class of 2016 graduates on June 10. The CGSC Foundation has been pleased to be a part of these classes and to have supported in a number… Read More

We recently conducted our semi-annual board of trustees meeting here at Fort Leavenworth. These are always high stress exercises because our trustees are our governing body and they have momentous decisions to make about the future of the Foundation. This meeting was no different. – We focused on big ideas… Read More

The CGSC Foundation just completed three very successful programs in support of our mission in the past two weeks: our Women’s Conference on March 2-3; the National Security Round Table (NSRT) cohosted with the School of Advanced Military Studies on March 8-9; and the General of the Armies John J.… Read More

In my previous column I told you that I would talk about some of our new programs for 2016 that the Foundation will be sponsoring or co-sponsoring with other organizations. We are pleased to be able to present what has become our “standard fare” including the Hyrum Smith talk to… Read More

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break as much as I did. I have talked to a number of students and faculty that were grateful for the break but were slowly getting back into the swing of the academic requirements. The Class of 2016 is on the downward slide, the… Read More