Partner Spotlight April 2020 – Baan Thai Restaurant

Baan Thai Restaurant in Leavenworth, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for April 2020. “The Baan Thai Restaurant is part of a collection of small businesses working to provide assistance to those in our community who are severely impacted by the economic shutdown as a result of… Read More

Throwback Thursday: Benny’s a Good Man

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 16, 2020 ● News Releases ● No Comments

TBT: CGSC Foundation Trustee Benny Lee plays his clarinet at one of many receptions he has hosted for the Foundation. Lee is noted for his entrepreneurial success, community leadership, and philanthropy, and was recognized as “Kansas City Philanthropist of the Year” in 2014. Recently the CGSC Foundation recognized Lee’s efforts by naming him their “Person of the Month.”

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

Throwback Thursday: State Surgeon Speaks on Modern Epidemics

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 9, 2020 ● News Releases ● No Comments

TBT: Dr. Lee A. Norman, the State Surgeon of Kansas, presented a lecture entitled “Modern Epidemics: Why they occur and why we should worry!” on Monday, April 23, 2018. Dr. Norman spoke about public health issues facing the world at the time, as well as concerns for potential epidemics and pandemics.

Throwback Thursday: Gen. Powell receives Distinguished Leadership Award

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 2, 2020 ● News Releases ● No Comments

TBT: Gen. Colin L. Powell received the CGSC Foundation’s first Distinguished Leadership Award on April 28, 2008. “I am honored to receive this distinguished award,” said Powell. “The education I received 40 years ago at Fort Leavenworth was instrumental in allowing me to assume more important roles in our national security structure...”

Throwback Thursday: Lt. Gen. Arter’s Birthday Jump

● Elizabeth Hill ● March 26, 2020 ● News Releases ● No Comments

TBT: On September 6, 2011, the day before his 82nd birthday, Lt. Gen. Robert Arter, U.S. Army Ret., parachuted into CGSC Foundation’s First Annual Golf Tournament. It was quite the entrance!

Foundation status update

● mhwiggins ● March 23, 2020 ● CEO Update News Releases ● 2 comments

CGSC Foundation Friends and Supporters – Due to health and safety concerns relative to the COVID-19 virus and in cooperation with Army/CGSC and local civil authorities’ directives, we are cancelling or postponing all Foundation events through the first week in May. I thank you for joining with us to help… Read More

Partner Spotlight March 2020 – Geiger Ready-Mix

● mhwiggins ● March 17, 2020 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

Geiger Ready-Mix in Kansas City, Kan., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for March 2020. “Leaders from Geiger Ready-Mix have participated in and supported CGSC Foundation programs numerous times in the past,” said Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox. “From our National Security Roundtable Program to our leader development programs,… 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

KC Centurions visit CGSC

● mhwiggins ● March 13, 2020 ● Featured News Releases School News Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

More than 70 members of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Leadership Program visited Fort Leavenworth and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on March 10, 2020, as part of their two-year program to explore the opportunities and issues of the Kansas City metro area. “Members… Read More

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