SAMS graduates 158 students

The School of Advanced Military Studies conducted a virtual graduation ceremony that was posted to the Army University Facebook page and the CGSC YouTube site at 6 p.m. on May 21. The graduating class is comprised of 158 students – 16 from the Advanced Strategic Leader Studies Program (ASLSP) and… Read More

Armed Forces Day: Who Do You Salute?

● Elizabeth Hill ● May 14, 2020 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

For 70 years, our nation has upheld the tradition of Armed Forces Day, saluting those who serve in the Armed Forces on the third Saturday in May. This Armed Forces Day, the CGSC Foundation asks that you join us in saluting those serving at Fort Leavenworth, the best hometown in… Read More

Throwback Thursday: Ready, Set, Read!

● Elizabeth Hill ● May 14, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

TBT– While currently closed to the general public due to COVID-19, the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library’s (CARL) continues to provide excellent programs supporting military families sheltering at home, including Bingo for Books, Spring Into Reading, digital story time, and chalk drawing games. The library also provides educational resources… Read More

Thank you neighbors!

● Elizabeth Hill ● May 12, 2020 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

We asked. You answered. Thank you to all who participated in the CGSC Foundation’s #GivingTuesdayNow campaign we ran May 2-6. Along with the matching funds from a generous donor, we raised $5,600 to support the wonderful people and programs that make Fort Leavenworth “The best hometown in the Army.” We… Read More

Throwback Thursday: A Celebration of International Friendship

● Elizabeth Hill ● May 7, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The international military student program at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College provides a professional military cross-cultural exchange unrivaled anywhere in the world. International military officer participation in education and training at Fort Leavenworth dates back to 1894. More than 8,000 international graduates from 164 countries and their… Read More

Foundation launches new online Gift Shop

● mhwiggins ● April 24, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation has launched a new online Gift Shop to offer unique gifts and logo apparel to the CGSC family and friends. Shoppers can visit the online store at http://giftshop.cgscfoundation.org or by clicking on any of the links on the Foundation website or social media. “This has been in… Read More

Happy 10th Anniversary to the Simons Center!

● mhwiggins ● April 21, 2020 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (April 21, 2020) This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Simons Center and the work the Center does in the interagency arena. For 10 years the Simons Center has sought a better understanding of interagency operations and cooperation and ten years ago today, April 21,… Read More

CGSC Foundation announces 2020 scholarship program winners

● mhwiggins ● April 15, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation announces the winners of its inaugural competitive scholarship program. Austin Shoffner, a freshman at Texas A&M University, and Alannah Skinner, a freshman at Iowa State University, earned the $500 college-level scholarships. Abigail Loch, a senior at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas, and Aubrie Penfield, a senior… Read More

InterAgency Journal 11-1

● mhwiggins ● March 15, 2020 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

Welcome to this first edition of the InterAgency Journal for 2020. This year marks a milestone anniversary for the Simons Center and the work the Center does in the interagency environment. The Simons Center celebrates its 10th anniversary on April 21. As is the usual approach in the IAJ, feature… Read More

Brown-bag focuses on USAID’s mission to build self-reliance

● mhwiggins ● March 13, 2020 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

The eighth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2020 was conducted March 12, in the Arnold Conference Room in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Stephanie Chetraru, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for Development Studies, spoke on the… Read More