Partner Spotlight – Magni Americas

● Mark Wiggins ● November 2, 2018 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

Magni Americas, Inc., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for November 2018. “Magni Americas was one of our big sponsors for this year’s Celebration of International Friendship,” said Foundation President/CEO Doug Tystad. “Flo Rothbrust, a former member of our board of trustees, is the CEO and we can’t… Read More

Fundraiser highlights history, Foundation mission

● Mark Wiggins ● October 29, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation conducted a fundraising event at the historic Frank Lloyd Wright home of Jim Blair in Kansas City on Oct. 25, 2018. Friends of the Foundation were in attendance at the event, which was hosted by Kevin Hancock, Foundation Trustee Wes Westmoreland and Michael Lintecum. The Foundation’s purpose… Read More

Pershing lecture examines ‘The Fate of the Kaiser’

● Elizabeth Hill ● October 26, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

On Oct. 24, Dr. Donald Scott Stephenson presented “Caesar Without Legions: The German Army and the Fate of the Kaiser” as part of the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War Centennial Series. Dr. Stephenson examined the Kaiser’s decision, when in November 1918, the Kaiser was facing defeat… Read More

Space Force subject of InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● Elizabeth Hill ● October 25, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Thomas A. Gray, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Liaison to the Combined Arms Center and Army University, spoke on the topic of a “Space Force” on Oct. 24 as part of the Inter-Agency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2019. The title of Mr. Gray’s presentation… 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

Foundation hosts new KC marketing company for ‘Walk and Talk’

● Mark Wiggins ● October 19, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On Oct. 11, the CGSC Foundation hosted i.3.Identity, a new marketing company in Kansas City whose associates have nearly 200 years combined experience in marketing, content, and communication experience. Foundation President/CEO Doug Tystad first led the group on a driving tour of Fort Leavenworth, taking them around to the key… Read More

DJIMO leads fall NSRT program

● Mark Wiggins ● October 19, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation cohosted a National Security Roundtable program Oct. 16-17, 2018 at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The focus of this program was on the relationships and issues… Read More

CGSC Foundation announces new President/CEO

● Mark Wiggins ● October 16, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

The CGSC Foundation has completed its search for a new President/Chief Executive Officer this fall with the selection of retired Army Colonel Roderick M. Cox. Cox has served as the program director of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center since March 2016. The Foundation’s search began in April this year after… Read More

5th annual special event at KC’s Kauffman Center honors international military students

● Mark Wiggins ● October 12, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

On Oct. 4, the CGSC Foundation hosted the fifth annual “Celebration of International Friendship” to welcome and celebrate the 2019 class of international military students at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City. This was the fifth year of the event and as is typical, the… Read More

NGA topic of second InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture for AY 2019

● Elizabeth Hill ● September 26, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Ralph M. Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer, led a discussion on the roles and missions of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on September 24 – the second to speak as part of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2019. The NGA is both a combat support agency… Read More