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News - World Affairs Council

"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

Article Announces Fall 2009 Instant Issues Line Up
An article by Anne-Gerard Flynn covers the kick off of the 2009-2010 Instant Issues series in The Springfield Republican.
 

Renaissance School Takes First Place in 2009 Academic WorldQuest Competition
This article in The Springfield Republican recounts the fourth annual Academic WorldQuest competition from which the Springfield Renaissance School emerged as winner.

 

"The Future of Korea"
An interview with Charles "Jack" Pritchard, former Senior Director of Asian Affairs for the National Security Council and President of the Korea Economic Institute at a World Affairs Council Forum in October 2007.

 

National Recognition at World Affairs Council of America Conference
In February 2007, the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts received the 2006 Carol Marquis Award for School Program Excellence from the World Affairs Councils of America at the WACA national conference in Washington, DC.  Nearly a dozen Council members were on hand to celebrate this achievement.  Also at the meeting Council President Ken R. Furst was elected to the board of the World Affairs Councils of America.

Second Annual WorldQuest Competition

On February 11, 2007 the World Affairs Council fielded our second Academic WorldQuest competition,  Teams from Putnam Vocational-Technical High School, Springfield Central High School and defending champions the High School of Commerce International Baccalaureate Programme returned and faced newcomers Springfield Expeditionary Learning School and Springfield High School of Science and Technology.  After 100 questions on various aspects of world affairs, history and geography, Sci-Tech emerged as the winner with Commerce/IB coming in second and Expeditionary third.  The Sci-Tech team went on to compete against other teams from around the country at a national competition presented by the World Affairs Councils of America in March.