2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium – ‘The Ethics of Future Warfare’

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

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 “The Ethics of Future Warfare” – an exploration of the changing and unchanging nature of future warfare. One unchanging aspect discussed during the symposium was personal… Read More

Vietnam Commemoration Lecture – May 4

● Mark Wiggins ● April 27, 2017 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

The public is invited to the next lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series scheduled for May 4 at 6 p.m. in the Riverfront Community Center (123 S Esplanade St.) in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. A reception hosted by the CGSC Foundation will begin at 5:30 p.m. In this seventh… Read More

World War I lecture – May 3

● Mark Wiggins ● April 27, 2017 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

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 attend the 11th in a series of lectures intended to educate the public about World War I during its 100-year commemoration. – Dr. Ethan Rafuse,… Read More

Commerce Bank reps visit CGSC

● Mark Wiggins ● April 26, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation was delighted to host representatives from Commerce Bank for a visit April 20. Andrew Kaplan, EVP and director of private banking—Western region; Diana Bentz, vice president and manager of talent development; and Robin Trafton, fine art curator for Commerce Bank and curator of The Box Gallery. The… Read More

Retired Army nurse speaks in Vietnam lecture series

● Mark Wiggins ● April 26, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

This sixth lecture in the series entitled “Stories of a New Army Nurse” was presented on April 19 in the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, by Susan Backs, a retired Army nurse who spent her first tour of duty as a young nurse in Vietnam. Susan Backs… Read More

Foundation hosts ‘Walk and Talk’ April 13

● Mark Wiggins ● April 26, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

The Foundation continued its “Walk and Talk” outreach program by hosting a visit on April 13 from representatives from several companies in the Kansas City area including the Marriott Hotels, Olsson Associates, Main Event, and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. On the morning of April 13, the group gathered… Read More

VETMotorsports offering volunteer opportunities May 13-14

● Mark Wiggins ● April 21, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

VETMotorsports, an award winning program for post 9/11 injured warfighters, seeks veteran volunteers to participate in an automotive road racing event on Saturday, May 13, through Sunday, May 14, at Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, Kansas. Team owners will place veteran volunteer participants into teams as pit crews and assigned… Read More

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

● Mark Wiggins ● April 20, 2017 ● Events News Releases Past Events ● No Comments

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 Lenexa’s art gallery in City Hall (12350 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, Kan. 66215). The exhibit will be on display from Feb. 28… Read More

Webster University leadership visits CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

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

Katie Ervin, Midwest Regional Director for Webster University, and a CGSC Foundation board member, invited her colleagues from St. Louis and Washington, D.C., to tour Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College on April 3, 2017. Those colleagues included Julian Schuster, Provost, Senior VP, and Chief Operating Officer;… Read More

Ethics Symposium set for April 24-25

● Mark Wiggins ● April 13, 2017 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

The 2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium will be conducted April 24-25, 2017. This year’s theme is “The Ethics of Future Warfare.” The symposium will include a variety of guest speakers, panel sessions and general discussions. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and concludes at 12:30 p.m. on… Read More