CGSC Foundation announces new President/CEO

● Mark Wiggins ● October 16, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

The CGSC Foundation has completed its search for a new President/Chief Executive Officer this fall with the selection of retired Army Colonel Roderick M. Cox. Cox has served as the program director of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center since March 2016. The Foundation’s search began in April this year after… Read More

5th annual special event at KC’s Kauffman Center honors international military students

● Mark Wiggins ● October 12, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

On Oct. 4, the CGSC Foundation hosted the fifth annual “Celebration of International Friendship” to welcome and celebrate the 2019 class of international military students at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City. This was the fifth year of the event and as is typical, the… Read More

NGA topic of second InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture for AY 2019

● Elizabeth Hill ● September 26, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Ralph M. Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer, led a discussion on the roles and missions of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on September 24 – the second to speak as part of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2019. The NGA is both a combat support agency… Read More

Former dean speaks on global threat of climate change

● Elizabeth Hill ● September 26, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Brigadier General (Ret.) Wendell Chris King, Ph.D., P.E., Dean Emeritus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) addressed students and faculty from the University of Saint Mary’s (USM) on September 21, the International Day of Peace, as part of the Simons Center Distinguished Speaker Series. The presentation… Read More

Executive Leader Summit explores leader development

● Mark Wiggins ● September 14, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation in support of CGSC’s School for Command Preparation conducted an Executive Leader Summit on Sept. 6 on Fort Leavenworth. The purpose of the summit was to learn about the Army’s leader development processes and compare and contrast them to the civilian sector and allow the military and… Read More

CASA tours CGSC, learns about simulations

● Mark Wiggins ● September 5, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Mike Hockley, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for eastern Kansas, and chair of the CGSC Foundation, received a demonstration of the CGSC’s simulations center on Sept. 4, 2018 at the Lewis and Clark Center, Fort Leavenworth. Hockley was encouraged to gain an understanding of the use of… Read More

A storied 53-year career celebrated

● Mark Wiggins ● September 5, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

On Aug. 30, 2018, Dr. William J. Gregor completed a 53-year career as a Soldier and Army Civilian that began with his swearing in as a cadet on Trophy Point at the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1965, and ended as a highly respected professor of social sciences… Read More

WWI lecture focuses on American Expeditionary Forces in 1918

● Elizabeth Hill ● August 30, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

On August 23, 2018, Dr. Richard S. Faulkner, William A. Stofft Professor and Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, presented “Into the Crucible: The AEF in Battle September-November 1918,” at the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. In his presentation, Faulkner explored… Read More

General Ann Dunwoody stresses standards in lecture to CGSC class

● Mark Wiggins ● August 29, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

General (Ret.) Ann Dunwoody addressed the CGSC Class of 2019 on Aug. 28 in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Dunwoody’s presentation entitled “Stewarding the Profession of Arms” served as the Class of 2019’s introduction to ethics. Gen. Dunwoody served more than 37 years… Read More

Brown-bag lecture series kicks off with focus on State Department

● Mark Wiggins ● August 29, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Matthew P. Roth, the Commandant’s Distinguished Chair for Diplomatic Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) and Department of State liaison to the Combined Arms Center, presented the inaugural lecture for academic year 2019 of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series on August 27. A Career… Read More