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Art 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

Jewish 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 ...

CSI 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 ...

Former 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 ...

Standing 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 ...

Kansas 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 ...

InterAgency 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 ...

InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – August 22

The first lecture of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2018 is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., Aug. 22, in the Arnold ...

International 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

Partner Spotlight- Commerce Bank

Commerce Bank is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for August 2017. “The CGSC Foundation is fortunate to have such a great partner ...

Long time Operational International member is Person of the Month – August 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected long time Operation International Committee member Maxine Hunter as the Person of the Month for August ...

Park 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

KC 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 ...

Box 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 ...

Thai 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 ...

Partner Spotlight – Biringer’s Shop and Service

Biringer’s Shop and Service in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for July 2017. “The CGSC Foundation is ...

Foundation social media specialist is Person of the Month – July 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected marketing/social media specialist Linda Carpentier as the Person of the Month for July 2017. A native of St. ...

Foundation 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

Box Gallery hosts leadership panel discussion

As part of the “Art of War: Gifts of Peace” art exhibit at The Box Gallery (1000 Walnut St., KCMO), the gallery hosted a leadership discussion panel ...

First Army Civilians graduate CGSOC

Army University Public Affairs – Four Army Civilian Corps employees are the first to complete the Command and General Staff Officers Course at Fort ...

Foundation continues support to summer reading program

The CGSC Foundation with tremendous support from its Soldier and Family Programs sponsors JE Dunn Construction and Northrop Grumman Corporation are ...

Nine 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 ...

Harris 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 ...

CGSOC 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 ...

The 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 ...

CGSC 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 ...

Son 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 ...

SAMS 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 ...

Special 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 ...

International 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 ...

CGSOC Class of 2017 – Persons of the Month for June

The CGSC Foundation has selected the 2017 graduating class of CGSC’s Command and General Staff Officer’s Course (CGSOC) as the Person(s) of the Month ...

Partner Spotlight – Fairfield Inn & Suites, Leavenworth

Fairfield Inn & Suites in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for June 2017. The relationship between the ...

InterAgency 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 ...

CGSC Class of 2017 graduation – June 9

The graduation ceremony for the CGSC Class of 2017 is scheduled for 9 a.m. on June 9, 2017 at Fort Leavenworth's Main Parade Field (Kearny ...

International Officer badge ceremony – June 8

The international officers of the CGSC Class of 2017 will receive their International Officer Badges signifying their graduation in a ceremony ...

Local 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, ...

‘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 ...

Memorial Day 2017

Memorial Day represents a day of national awareness and reverence, honoring Americans who died while defending the nation and its values. Memorial ...

138 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 ...

CGSC Alumni Association mission – a new vision

During our first ten years of service, we established an Alumni Outreach website as a means to keep alumni connected with the College. We were busy ...

SAMS graduation ceremony – May 25

The 2017 class of the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) graduation ceremony will be conducted at 9 a.m. on May 25, 2017 in the Eisenhower ...

Two 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

8th Annual Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium brings change

The Foundation and the CGSC Department of Command and Leadership co-hosted the annual Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium April 24-25. This was the ...

Jaax 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, ...

SAMS faculty and Class of 2017 – Persons of the Month for May

The CGSC Foundation has selected the faculty and 2017 graduating class of CGSC’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) as the Person(s) of the ...

Lecture 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 ...

Former 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 ...

French 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 ...

USAID career minister visits Fort Leavenworth

Career Minister Dr. Dirk Dijkerman recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of a Simons Center special speakers program. Dijkerman is a retired U.S. ...

Ambassador Kennedy returns to Fort Leavenworth

Ambassador (Ret.) Laura Kennedy returned for a second visit to Fort Leavenworth in April, again serving as the DACOR visiting professor of diplomacy ...

Two former leaders to be inducted to Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame May 11

ARMY UNIVERSITY, FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.—Fort Leavenworth will induct leaders from two distinct eras into its Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Lewis ...

Partner Spotlight – Shining Stars Catering

Shining Stars Catering, LLC, in Kansas City, Missouri is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for May 2017. The relationship between ...

2017 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 ...

Commerce 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 ...

Retired 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 ...

Foundation 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 ...

VETMotorsports 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 ...

Public invited to free exhibit for the ‘Art of War’

The CGSC Foundation with support from the Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas City will host an art exhibit entitled “The Art of War” at the City of ...

Webster 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 ...

Partner Spotlight – DeMaranville and Associate CPAs LLC

DeMaranville & Associate CPAs LLC in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for April 2017. The relationship ...

Brown-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 ...

SAMS 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 ...

CGSC 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 ...

Chiefs 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 ...

USAID focus of InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – April 6

This seventh lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., April 6, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis ...

March Madness!…and more

The Foundation spent the first two months of the year preparing for a very active March and April. So far in March, the Foundation ...

Sinise 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 ...

Great 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 ...

DIA 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 ...

InterAgency Journal 8-1 (Winter 2017)

In this winter 2017 edition of the InterAgency Journal author Patti Bielling offers a model for better U.S. – Mexico security cooperation; David ...

Burns & 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, ...

New ethics chair is Person of the Month – March 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. Shannon E. French, the new General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair of Ethics, as the Person of the ...

Vietnam 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 ...

Public invited to World War I lecture March 16

The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth invite the public to ...

Sixth lecture in InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series – March 15

The sixth lecture in the new InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., March 15, in the Arnold Conference Room of the ...

Art 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 ...

Celebrating the CGSC art and gift collection

The "Art of War Initiative" will be formally rolled out to the public here shortly. We are excited to be able to team with the Todd Weiner Gallery in ...

Johnson 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 ...

Foundation, 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 ...

U.S. Student Detachment deputy is Person of the Month – February 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected Ty Bruner, Deputy to the Commander of the CGSC U.S. Student Detachment, as the Person of the Month for February ...

Partner Spotlight – Advantage Printing

Advantage Printing in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for February 2017. The relationship with the CGSC ...

College, 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 ...

Johnson & Johnson Chairman/CEO addresses CGSC class

Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson spoke to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on Feb. 6, 2017 in Eisenhower ...

Vietnam 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 ...

National 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 ...

Women of Accelerent tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

The CGSC Foundation has hosted many “Walk and Talks” in the past year, but none that focused solely on women. That changed on Jan. 12 when Foundation ...

Foundation 2016 ‘Hotwash’

The Foundation completed its tenth year of service in 2016 on a number of high notes. For such a small staff, we packed a lot into the year. We ...

Partner Spotlight – Todd Weiner Gallery

The Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas City is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for January 2017. The significance of a partnership ...

CGSC Educators of the Year are Persons of the Month – January 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected the CGSC Educators of the Year – Dr. Jack Kem and Lt. Col. Christopher Johnson – as the Persons of the Month for ...

InterAgency Journal 7-3 (Fall 2016)

The fall edition of the Simons Center’s InterAgency Journal offers interagency practitioners and others a variety of topics to explore. – How can we ...

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

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 ...

Federal Executive Board is focus of Brown-Bag Lecture

The fourth lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series was co-hosted by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School and the Simons Center ...

Foundation hosts holiday appreciation luncheon for vendors, supporters

The CGSC Foundation hosted a Holiday Appreciation Luncheon at the Frontier Conference Center on Dec. 9 for all of the vendors, suppliers and others ...

Third Vietnam War Commemoration lecture focuses on Battle of Ia Drang Valley

Dr. James H. Willbanks, CGSC’s General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History, delivered the third lecture in the Vietnam War ...

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