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 from the surrounding area, packed into the Arnold Conference Room at CGSC’s Lewis and Clark Center to attend the inaugural lecture in CGSC’s Academic Year… Read More

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 Patricia Ladnier, the 2017 Simons Center Interagency Writing Award winner from the School of Advanced Military Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.… Read More

InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – August 22

● mhwiggins ● August 17, 2017 ● Events Past Events Simons Center News ● No Comments

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 Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. This InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture will feature Mr. Patrick J. Wesner, the Command and General Staff College… Read More

Son Tay Raider visits Simons Center

● mhwiggins ● June 13, 2017 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

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 Arthur D. “Bull” Simons Memorial Chapter of the Special Forces Association, and serves the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Colonel Arthur “Bull” Simons led… Read More

InterAgency Journal 8-2 (Special Edition 2017)

● mhwiggins ● June 2, 2017 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

The InterAgency Journal is pleased to once again partner with expert practitioners and scholars from across the Department of Defense to bring you this special edition on weapons of mass destruction. – Dr. John Mark Mattox, the director of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Graduate Fellowship Program and Senior… Read More

Jaax speaks on ebola, biological warfare

● mhwiggins ● May 8, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● 1 Comment

Dr. Jerry Jaax, Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army Veterinarian Corps, and former Kansas State University Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance, visited Fort Leavenworth on May 1 as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series. Jaax is a world-renowned expert in the field of pandemic infectious disease control, serving 26… Read More

Former Ambassador to Boznia-Herzegonvina speaks in CGSC, USM classes

● mhwiggins ● May 4, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Patrick S. Moon, former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, visited the Leavenworth area April 26-28 to share his expertise as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series program. During his visit Ambassador Moon… Read More

USAID career minister visits Fort Leavenworth

● mhwiggins ● May 3, 2017 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Career Minister Dr. Dirk Dijkerman recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of a Simons Center special speakers program. Dijkerman is a retired U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Career Minister with a vast amount of experience in the agency, most notably serving as the Executive Coordinator for the U.S. Ebola… Read More

Ambassador Kennedy returns to Fort Leavenworth

● mhwiggins ● May 3, 2017 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Laura Kennedy returned for a second visit to Fort Leavenworth in April, again serving as the DACOR visiting professor of diplomacy for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Class of 2017. Kennedy, who previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and… Read More

USAID focus of InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – April 6

● mhwiggins ● March 28, 2017 ● Events Past Events Simons Center News ● No Comments

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 and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. This lecture features Mr. Patrick J. Wesner, the Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for Development Studies, who will… Read More

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