"The World Affairs Council is not just a great educational resource, it allows us to make high level contacts that are very useful for operating in the global economy."

John H. Davis
Trustee
The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation

 

  
National Public Radio President Kevin Klose with 9th graders
at Springfield Renaissance School

"I was deeply moved by the time I spent at The Renaissance School, and meeting the children who were gathered to study the Rwanda genocide was certainly a very meaningful encounter."
~ Kevin Klose, President
National Public Radio

Education

One of the most important missions of the World Affairs Council is to promote academic exchanges of students and teachers of Western Massachusetts. By fostering an environment for international learning, it is our hope that we enable our students to become “world-wise” citizens with global-thinking futures.

In addition to our work with the public schools, we develop and present on-going partner programs with various colleges throughout the Western Massachusetts area, including Bay Path College, Elms College, Mount Holyoke College, Springfield College, and Western New England College.

In the past, the Council has also worked with the City of Springfield to organize exchanges with our sister cities and sister schools in Tralee, Ireland; Viterbo, Italy; and Takikawa City, Hokkaido, Japan.


October 1, 2008
Annual Meeting
The Honorable Richard E. Neal
US House of Representatives, 2nd Massachusetts Congressional District
The Next Celtic Tiger? Understanding Northern Ireland and Its Future

6:00 p.m.--Cash Bar Reception
6:30 p.m.--Dinner & Business Meeting
Springfield Sheraton at Monarch Place

Cost and other details to follow soon.

November 6, 2008
Instant Issues Brown Bag Series
Dr. Stephen R. Platt
Assistant Professor of Chinese History, University of Massachusetts--Amherst
China Behind the Headlines
Noon--Sovereign Bank Community Room
1350 Main Street, Downtown Springfield
$8.00 per person/$15 with a lunch

This program is part of the Springfield Public Forum's 2008 The City Thinks program.

December 3, 2008
Mr. John Zogby
President, Zogby International
The Way We'll Be

Reception & Dinner
Springfield Sheraton at Monarch Place

Cost, start time and other details to follow soon.

January 24, 2009
Academic WorldQuest 2009 Local Competition
Western New England College



February 18-20, 2009
World Affairs Councils of America National Conference
Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC

More details to follow soon.