Defense Intelligence Agency topic of latest brown-bag lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● December 11, 2019 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

The fifth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2020 was conducted Dec. 10, 2019, in the Arnold Conference Room in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Roderic C. Jackson, the Defense Intelligence Chair and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Representative to the Combined… Read More

Ambassador Canavan conducts first visit to CGSC

● Mark Wiggins ● December 9, 2019 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Academic Year 2020 CGSC Foundation and DACOR Visiting Professor of Diplomacy, Career Minister (Ret.) Ambassador Katherine Canavan conducted her fall term visit Dec. 2-6, 2019. Her visit included meeting in a variety of forums with more than 300 students and faculty from the Command and General Staff School, the… Read More

Foundation elects two new trustees, approves strategic plan during quarterly meeting

● Mark Wiggins ● December 9, 2019 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation conducted its fourth quarter board of trustees meeting on Dec. 4, 2019, at the offices of Spencer Fane in downtown Kansas City. Highlights from the meeting include board member approval of a strategic plan outlining the major goals for the Foundation over the next four years. Trustees… Read More

Support the Foundation by shopping on AmazonSmile

● Mark Wiggins ● December 6, 2019 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Giving to the CGSC Foundation has never been easier than this holiday season… or all year long. If you are doing any online shopping with the popular retailer Amazon, you can direct Amazon to donate to the Foundation at no extra cost to you. The way Amazon gives is through… Read More

CGSC Foundation announces new scholarship program

● Mark Wiggins ● December 3, 2019 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation announces the launch of a new competitive scholarship program for children and grandchildren of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College alumni who are Life Members of the Foundation’s Alumni Association. The scholarship program is open to high school seniors who will begin their college studies in… Read More

KC Federal Executive Board director presents at IA Brown-Bag Lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● November 27, 2019 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, the executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), spoke about the many, many programs of the Greater Kansas City FEB during the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture conducted Nov. 26, 2019, in the Lewis and Clark Center’s Arnold Conference Room. Hisle briefly touched on… Read More

Former Foundation president Hyrum W. Smith dies at age 76

● Mark Wiggins ● November 22, 2019 ● Featured News Releases ● 2 comments

Former CGSC Foundation President Hyrum W. Smith, 76, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2019, after a battle with pancreatic cancer for the last several months. Smith is most well known as the founder of the industry leading time management solutions company Franklin-Quest in 1983 and is one of the creators behind… Read More

Partner Spotlight November 2019 – Advantage Printing

● Mark Wiggins ● November 21, 2019 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

Advantage Printing in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for November 2019. The relationship with the CGSC Foundation and Advantage Printing has been ongoing since the Foundation began operations in 2006. “We’ve had a long relationship with Advantage Printing owner Curt Gilfert,” said CGSC Foundation President/CEO… Read More

Kids in Foundation-sponsored reading programs present thank you

● Mark Wiggins ● November 19, 2019 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Nora Walker, the community library technician at the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Reasearch Library (center in the photo), visited the CGSC Foundation offices on Nov. 19, 2019, to present the Foundation with a “thank you” from the children that participate in the library’s youth reading programs the Foundation sponsors. Walker… Read More

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