Gen. Ulysses S. Grant topic of dinner lecture at Riverfront Community Center – Sept. 21

● Mark Wiggins ● September 15, 2022 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation and its Simons Center are hosting a military history lecture focused on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on Sept. 21, 2022 at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (123 E. Esplanade St.). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and… 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.

Area 51: Very Secret, Very Cool, but not Aliens

● Elizabeth Hill ● October 31, 2019 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

As part of the Foundation’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Brent Geary, Ph.D., historian with the Central Intelligence Agency and the Center for the Study of Intelligence, presented a lecture titled, “Very Secret, Very Cool, but not Aliens: The U-2, the A-12 and Area 51,” to over 50 attendees at Park University… Read More

CGSC professor speaks on Russian threat to U.S. national security

● Elizabeth Hill ● October 23, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

As part of the Simons Center Distinguished Speaker Series, Professor Mark R. Wilcox, Associate Professor and LTG William Eldridge Odom Chair for Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College presented a talk titled, “Meeting the Russian Challenge in a Competitive Security Environment: Whither… Read More

State Surgeon of Kansas presents on modern epidemics

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 24, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● 1 Comment

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 in the Arnold Conference Room in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Dr. Norman spoke about public health issues the world… Read More

Ambassador McCarthy returns as DACOR Visiting Professor

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 23, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Ambassador Deborah McCarthy 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 2018. McCarthy, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania from 2013 to 2016, visited… Read More

Career Minister Gottlieb joins Distinguished Speaker Series

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 16, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Career Minister Gregory Gottlieb, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Gottlieb is the director of the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University, and also holds the endowed position as the Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor in Nutrition… Read More

Amb. Moon returns to Fort Leavenworth

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 12, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Ambassador Patrick S. Moon returned to the Fort Leavenworth area in early April of this year, where he again took part in the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Ambassador Moon, who served as the the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2013, visited Fort Leavenworth April… Read More