The latest lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted March 1 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown ...
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Foundation trustees elect new officers at February board meeting
The CGSC Foundation elected new officers over the past six months as part of a sweeping effort to update the by-laws which we believe will continue to ...
Read MoreEthics of cyber defense topic of latest brown-bag lecture
On Feb. 26, Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich, the John H. & John M. Kane Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas, led a discussion on ...
Read MoreCGSS Students meet with Undersecretary of the Army
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) students and faculty of Staff Group 30D, of the Fort Belvoir Satellite Campus Class 18-001, ...
Read MoreDr. Willbanks presents at Jan. 31 Vietnam lecture
The tenth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown ...
Read MoreCGSC selects Dr. Kevin Shea as Emeritus Professor
Dr. Kevin Shea, a professor in CGSC’s Department of Command and Leadership (DCL), was appointed as a “Professor Emeritus” during his retirement ...
Read MoreCALL highlights lessons learned from State personnel
The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) recently published a new installment in their "News From The Front" series focused on the experiences of ...
Read MoreBrown-bag lecture features CIA presentation
Mr. Kevin Rousseau, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for National Intelligence Studies, conducted a presentation on the ...
Read MoreVFW supports top award for CGSC graduates
On Jan. 10, Lynn W. Rolf, III, director of programs for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited Fort Leavenworth and the CGSC Foundation to present a ...
Read MoreKAMO Adventures reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
On Dec. 11, representatives from KAMO Adventures took a “walk and talk” tour of Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College. CGSC ...
Read MoreChairman’s USO Tour 2017 visits deployed troops
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff took his USO Tour to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 2017. Hundreds of servicemen and women ...
Read MoreKansas Department of Transportation leaders visit Fort Leavenworth
On Dec. 14 the CGSC Foundation hosted Kansas Secretary of Transportation Richard Carlson and Merrill Atwater, who is the director of Aviation at KDOT ...
Read MoreKC Federal Executive Board topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture
Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), conducted a presentation on the FEB in the latest ...
Read MoreWillbanks addresses CORDS in latest Vietnam lecture
In the ninth lecture of the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture series conducted Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, ...
Read MoreLeavenworth School District underwriters participate in Walk and Talk program
On Dec. 7, CGSC Foundation CEO Doug Tystad received a short notice request from the Leavenworth School District chief financial officer to host a ...
Read MoreAmbassador McCarthy visits Fort Leavenworth
As part of the CGSC Foundation / Simons Center’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah A. McCarthy visited Fort Leavenworth Dec. ...
Read MoreInterAgency Journal 8-4
This issue of the InterAgency Journal features writings on ethics, leadership, strategic communications, educating, and the world order. – The lead ...
Read MoreCall for Papers: 2018 Ethics Symposium
The 2018 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium will be conducted April 30-May 1, 2018. This year’s theme is: The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on Military ...
Read MoreKansas City Public Library leaders tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
On Nov. 13, Crosby Kemper, the executive director of the Kansas City Library, and Carrie Coogan, the library's deputy director of public affairs, ...
Read MoreRussian Revolutions subject of latest WWI lecture
Dr.’s Sean Kalic and Gates Brown presented their lecture on “The Russian Revolutions” as part of the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War ...
Read MoreFormer Commandant Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman dies at 96
Former CGSC Commandant Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman died Nov. 8 at 96 in a retirement facility in Washington, D.C. According to reports, his son, John H. ...
Read MoreBrown-bag lecture features State Department presentation
Mr. Andrew B. Mitchell, a career Foreign Service Officer, led the discussion in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture conducted Nov. 14, in the Arnold ...
Read MoreFormer CGSC Dean presents on climate change at Park University
As part of the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Program, the Simons Center in partnership with Park University sponsored a presentation by U.S. ...
Read MoreSecond Women of Accelerent tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
On Sept. 24, the CGSC Foundation hosted the second group of women affiliated with the “Women of Accelerent.” Accelerent is a strategic networking ...
Read MoreNSRT program focuses on China, North Korea
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation ...
Read MoreVietnam lecture highlights Naval operations
The eighth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, ...
Read MoreUN Assistant Secretary-General meets with CGSC students, faculty
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Kevin M. Kennedy met with faculty and students in a professional development session Oct. 19, in Eisenhower ...
Read MoreGallery curators discuss Art of War Initiative on local public radio
Assistant Gallery Director Meghan Dohogne and Poppy Di Candeloro, an independent curator and researcher, both with the Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas ...
Read MoreCGSC adds three leaders to International Hall of Fame
The Command and General Staff College inducted three international military leaders, into its International Hall of Fame on Oct. 12, 2017 at the Lewis ...
Read MoreKC Economic Development Council and partners tour post
On. Oct. 5 the CGSC Foundation was pleased to host a group from the Kansas City, Mo., Economic Development Council and their partners including the ...
Read MoreFBI analyst briefs on homegrown violent extremism
On Oct. 12 more than 100 students, staff, and faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College gathered in the Arnold Conference Room to ...
Read MoreU.S. Army Chorus joins tribute to CGSC international military students
The CGSC Foundation hosted the fourth annual “Celebration of International Friendship” Sept. 29 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts ...
Read MoreGladstone Rotary Club reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
Members of the Gladstone Rotary Club (Gladstone, Mo.) enjoyed a tour of Fort Leavenworth on Sept. 14. After meeting their tour guide, Foundation ...
Read MorePershing lecture takes a look at the German home front
On Sept. 20, Dr. Scott Stephenson, a professor in CGSC's Department of Military History, delivered a lecture entitled "Total War Comes to the ...
Read MoreInterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture features NGA
On Sept. 18, students, faculty, and staff of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College once again filled the Arnold Conference Room to attend an ...
Read MoreSmithsonian Magazine features Art of War Initiative
On Aug. 15, U.S. Navy veteran and Kansas City freelance writer Anne Kniggendorf visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to explore the ...
Read MoreVietnam War documentarian Ken Burns presents at CGSC
Documentarian Ken Burns, introduced his and, fellow documentarian, Lynn Novick’s upcoming ten part series, The Vietnam War, to the Command and General ...
Read MoreArt of War: Gifts of Peace exhibit kicks off in Johnson County Library system
The latest exhibit in the “Art of War: Gifts of Peace” exhibit series kicked off Sept. 5 at the Johnson County Library’s Central Resource Library in ...
Read MoreChair of Ethics kicks off academic year with CGSC visit
Dr. Shannon French, the General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair of Ethics, visited Fort Leavenworth Aug. 29-30, to begin her duties as the ...
Read MoreArt of War Initiative featured in KC Studio magazine
The CGSC Foundation's "Art of War Initiative" is featured in the September/October edition of KC Studio magazine, a publication that covers the arts ...
Read MoreBrig. Gen. Efflandt becomes 2nd Provost of Army University
(ARMY UNIVERSITY/FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.) Brigadier General Scott L. Efflandt became the second Provost of the Army University in an assumption of ...
Read MoreArt of War Initiative featured in KC podcast
CGSC Foundation Director of Development Joan Cabell recently conducted an interview with John Koster and Jim Murray of the Northland Symphony, who are ...
Read MoreFoundation Trustee Skip Palmer dies at 72
Long time CGSC Foundation trustee Harold "Skip" Palmer II, died Aug. 31, 2017, at the young age of 72. Skip fought a valiant fight against cancer and ...
Read MoreFoundation conducts 2017 full board meeting
The CGSC Foundation conducted its annual board of trustees meeting Aug. 29-30 in the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. On the ...
Read MoreJewish Community Center reps tour CGSC, focus on art
On Aug. 16, representatives from the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas, joined the CGSC Foundation for a tour of Fort Leavenworth and ...
Read MoreCSI founding member, CGSC professor Dr. Roger Spiller dies at 72
Editor's note: The obituary below was originally published on the Leintz Funeral Home website. Dr. Spiller was well-known and respected by students ...
Read MoreFormer U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers delivers Powell Lecture
The Colin L. Powell Lecture for the CGSC class of 2018 was conducted at 8:30 a.m., Aug. 23, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark ...
Read MoreStanding room only at first brown-bag lecture of AY2018
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, more than 100 students, staff, and faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), as well other individuals ...
Read MoreKansas City group tours Fort Leavenworth and CGSC
On Aug. 10, Wes Westmoreland, a trustee of the CGSC Foundation, invited a group from the Kansas City Community to tour. The group started their tour ...
Read MoreInterAgency Journal 8-3
This issue of the InterAgency Journal offers a variety of topics we hope you find interesting and informative. Our lead article is authored by ...
Read MoreInternational Flag Ceremony Aug. 14 opens Command and General Staff College Academic Year
The Command and General Staff College opened its academic year with the International Flag Ceremony for Command and General Staff Officer’s Course ...
Read MoreFoundation trustee receives collegiate fraternity’s achievement award
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stanley F. Cherrie, current CGSC Foundation trustee and a member of the Founding Board of trustees, was recently honored with one of ...
Read MorePark University reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
On July 26, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Richard F. Keller hosted representatives from Park University on a “walk and talk” tour of the Command and General Staff ...
Read MoreFoundation trustee featured in the news
Foundation Trustee Benny Lee and his business DuraComm Lighting was recently highlighted in a feature story in the Kansas City Business ...
Read MoreKC business leaders take Walk and Talk tour
On July 25, CGSC Foundation Trustee Wes Westmoreland and his wife Vanessa hosted a group of business leaders from the Kansas City Community on a “Walk ...
Read MoreBox Gallery hosts poetry reading as part of Art of War Initiative
As part of the “Art of War: Gifts of Peace” art exhibit at The Box Gallery (1000 Walnut St., KCMO), the gallery hosted a poetry reading event on July ...
Read MoreThai general inducted into International Hall of Fame
The Command and General Staff College inducted General Surapong Suwana-adth, Chief of Defense Forces for the Royal Thai Armed Forces, into its ...
Read MoreFoundation trustee receives Rotary Club’s Ben Craig Distinguished Service Award
At a special awards and recognition luncheon meeting June 26, CGSC Foundation trustee Mike Meyer was awarded the Overland Park Rotary Club’s highest ...
Read MoreFoundation hosts KC Southern and Sandler Training in Walk and Talk program
On June 15, the CGSC Foundation hosted representatives from KC Southern and Sandler Training on a “walk n talk” tour of the post and the ...
Read MoreNine warrant officers graduate CGSOC Class of 2017
Special report by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Weaver Prosper – The Warrant Officer (WO) Corps is one steeped in history that goes back at least as far ...
Read MoreHarris Leadership award goes to Army nurse
U.S. Army nurse Major Genna Speed received recognition for her leadership abilities and was selected as the winner of the Lieutenant Colonel Boyd ...
Read MoreCGSOC Class of 2017 graduates
Nearly 1,200 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course graduated on June 9 at 9 a.m on the Fort Leavenworth main ...
Read MoreThe Box Gallery hosts reception for ‘Art of War: Gifts of Peace’ exhibit
The Box Gallery in Kansas City, in conjunction with the CGSC Foundation and the Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas City, hosted a reception June 8 to ...
Read MoreCGSC Class of 2017 international students receive badges, awards
Major General John S. Kem, Provost of the Army University and Deputy Commandant of the Command and General Staff College presented the International ...
Read MoreSon Tay Raider visits Simons Center
Mr. Terry Buckler, president of Chapter 29 of the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, visited the Simons Center on June 6. Chapter 29 is the Colonel ...
Read MoreSAMS student featured in DoD’s ‘Face of Defense’
A student from the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) has been featured in "Face of Defense," a news feature that runs on the Defense ...
Read MoreSpecial Forces major receives top SOF student award
Maj. Scott Harr received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General Staff Officer ...
Read MoreInternational officers present gifts to CGSC
On May 30, a group of international military students in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) class of 2017 presented gifts of ...
Read MoreInterAgency Journal 8-2 (Special Edition 2017)
The InterAgency Journal is pleased to once again partner with expert practitioners and scholars from across the Department of Defense to bring you ...
Read MoreLocal public radio covers Art of War Initiative
KCUR (89.3 FM) in Kansas City recently published a feature story about the CGSC Foundation's "Art of War Initiative" on their website.– For years, ...
Read More‘Art of War: Gifts of Peace’ exhibit to run June 2 – July 28
The Box Gallery in Kansas City (1000 Walnut St.), in cooperation with the CGSC Foundation and the Todd Weiner Gallery, invites the public to attend a ...
Read MoreMemorial Day 2017
Memorial Day represents a day of national awareness and reverence, honoring Americans who died while defending the nation and its values. Memorial ...
Read More138 officers graduate from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.-The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies graduated 138 officers from two courses on May 25 at 9 a.m. in the Eisenhower ...
Read MoreTwo leaders inducted into Hall of Fame
Fort Leavenworth inducted leaders from two distinct eras into its Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Lewis and Clark Center May 11. Deceased Major ...
Read MoreFoundation CEO interview with KCMO Talk Radio
A few weeks ago, Foundation CEO Doug Tystad sat down for an interview with Greg Knapp from KCMO Talk Radio (103.7FM/710AM). This was an opportunity ...
Read MoreJaax speaks on ebola, biological warfare
Dr. Jerry Jaax, Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army Veterinarian Corps, and former Kansas State University Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance, ...
Read MoreLecture focuses on Special Forces in Vietnam
Dr. Rich Kiper, a retired Infantry/Special Forces officer, presented the seventh lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series on May 4 at 6 ...
Read MoreFormer Ambassador to Boznia-Herzegonvina speaks in CGSC, USM classes
Ambassador (Ret.) Patrick S. Moon, former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and ...
Read MoreFrench Army mutinies topic of Great War lecture
Dr. Ethan Rafuse, a professor of history at CGSC, presented “The French Mutinies” in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort ...
Read More2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium – ‘The Ethics of Future Warfare’
The 2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium was conducted April 24-25, 2017 at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. This year’s theme was ...
Read MoreCommerce Bank reps visit CGSC
The CGSC Foundation was delighted to host representatives from Commerce Bank for a visit April 20. Andrew Kaplan, EVP and director of private ...
Read MoreRetired Army nurse speaks in Vietnam lecture series
This sixth lecture in the series entitled “Stories of a New Army Nurse” was presented on April 19 in the Riverfront Community Center in ...
Read MoreFoundation hosts ‘Walk and Talk’ April 13
The Foundation continued its “Walk and Talk” outreach program by hosting a visit on April 13 from representatives from several companies in the Kansas ...
Read MoreVETMotorsports offering volunteer opportunities May 13-14
VETMotorsports, an award winning program for post 9/11 injured warfighters, seeks veteran volunteers to participate in an automotive road racing event ...
Read MoreWebster University leadership visits CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
Katie Ervin, Midwest Regional Director for Webster University, and a CGSC Foundation board member, invited her colleagues from St. Louis and ...
Read MoreBrown-Bag Lecture attendees learn about USAID
Mr. Patrick J. Wesner, the Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for Development Studies, led a discussion on the roles and missions ...
Read MoreSAMS hosts spring NSRT program
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the CGSC Foundation cohosted a National Security ...
Read MoreCGSC professor selected for national committee
CGSC's George C. Marshall Chair of Military History, Dr. James H. Willbanks (Lt. Col. U.S. Army, Ret.) was recently selected by the National Archives ...
Read MoreChiefs Ambassador visits CGSC
On March 3, Kansas City Chiefs Ambassador David Lindstrom visited Fort Leavenworth in a special CGSC Foundation "walk and talk" visit. Lindstrom’s ...
Read MoreSinise to receive AUSA’s highest honor
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) announced March 15 that actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise had been selected as the 2017 recipient of ...
Read MoreGreat War lecture addresses U.S. entry into WWI
Dr. Richard S. Faulkner, CGSC professor of history and CGSC’s William A Stofft Chair of Military History, presented “The Giant with Feet of Clay: The ...
Read MoreDIA focus of recent brown-bag lunch lecture
The sixth lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series was conducted from 12:30-1:30 p.m., March 15, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis ...
Read MoreBurns & McDonnell reps visit Fort Leavenworth
Two representatives from one of Kansas City’s largest firms took advantage of the CGSC Foundation’s “Walk and Talk” program March 9. Jen Parker, ...
Read MoreVietnam lecture addresses limitations of the air war
Dr. John Curatola, associate professor of history at the U.S Army School of Advanced Military Studies, presented the fifth lecture in the Vietnam War ...
Read MoreArt of War exhibit kicks off with reception March 2
On March 2, the CGSC Foundation and the Todd Weiner Gallery hosted an opening reception for an art exhibit entitled “The Art of War” at the City of ...
Read MoreJohnson County Library Foundation staff tours post
The Johnson County Library Foundation staff enjoyed an afternoon with the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth on Feb. 21. Susan Mong, Joseph Keehn and ...
Read MoreFoundation, KU School of Business cohost Executive Leadership Summit
The 2017 Executive Leadership Summit cohosted by the KU School of Business and the CGSC Foundation, Inc., was conducted Feb. 17, 2017 at the BEST ...
Read MoreCollege, Foundation host visit from global logistics association
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College with support from the CGSC Foundation hosted a visit from 16 members of the Heartland Roundtable of ...
Read MoreVietnam lecture focuses on Gen. Westmoreland, strategy
The fourth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and ...
Read MoreNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture
In the fifth InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture on Jan. 26, Mr. Ralph M. Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer, led a discussion on the roles and ...
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