Fairfield Inn leaders are ‘Persons of the Month’ – January 2018

● Mark Wiggins ● January 10, 2018 ● Person of Note ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation has selected Michael Watson and Brian Huntington from the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Leavenworth, Kansas, as the “Persons of the Month” for January 2018. Watson is the general manager and Huntington is the assistant general manager of the Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel located just outside… Read More

Partner Spotlight – First Command Financial Services

● Mark Wiggins ● January 10, 2018 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

First Command Financial Services is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for January 2018. “First Command is a great partner of the CGSC Foundation,” said Col. (Ret.) Roderick M. Cox, the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center Program Director. “They are the sole sponsor of the highly successful Command and General… Read More

KAMO Adventures reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● January 2, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On Dec. 11, representatives from KAMO Adventures took a “walk and talk” tour of Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College. CGSC Foundation trustee Mike Myer, who is also on the board of KAMO Adventures, set the visit up for the group. The group’s tour began with a… Read More

Chairman’s USO Tour 2017 visits deployed troops

● Mark Wiggins ● December 27, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

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 filled a hanger on Bagram Airfields Flight Line to enjoy multiple entertainers bring holiday cheer to the deployed members. The tour also made stops in… Read More

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

● Mark Wiggins ● December 20, 2017 ● CEO Update ● No Comments

The classrooms are empty, the parking lot is mostly empty, the halls and the food court are fairly quiet so it must be that time of year again when we slow down the pace of the college to a crawl in order to celebrate the holidays. As I write, we… Read More

Happy Holidays from the CGSC Foundation and the Simons Center

● Mark Wiggins ● December 19, 2017 ● News Releases ● No Comments

Happy Holidays from the CGSC Foundation and the Simons Center! Left to right: Col. (Ret.) Roderick M. Cox, Program Director, Simons Center; Joan Cabell, CGSC Foundation Director of Development; Elizabeth Ditsch, Simons Center Program Assistant; Ann Soby, CGSC Foundation Director of Operations; Jennifer Herron, Foundation Database/Gift Shop Operations; Col. (Ret.)… Read More

Kansas Department of Transportation leaders visit Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● December 19, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On Dec. 14 the CGSC Foundation hosted Kansas Secretary of Transportation Richard Carlson and Merrill Atwater, who is the director of Aviation at KDOT and also the great grandson of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a “Walk and Talk” tour of Fort Leavenworth and CGSC. As Carlson and Atwater… Read More

No. 23/Fall 2017 (November)

● Mark Wiggins ● December 12, 2017 ● Foundation News Magazine ● No Comments

The 2018 classes of SAMS and CGSOC are well underway and into the rhythm of their academic year. – In this issue we highlight our 4th annual Celebration of International Friendship where we welcomed the 2018 class of international military students. We also continue our “CGSC 101” series that highlights… Read More

KC Federal Executive Board topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● December 12, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), conducted a presentation on the FEB in the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Dec. 12, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. During his presentation, Hisle discussed the role… Read More

Willbanks addresses CORDS in latest Vietnam lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● December 11, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

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, Kansas, Dr, James H. Willbanks, General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College,… Read More