This event will include a conversation with Canadian Ambassador to the U.S., Gary Doer. In October 2009, Gary Doer assumed his responsibilities as Canada’s 23rd representative to the United States of America.

Prior to taking up his current position in Washington, Ambassador Doer served as Premier of Manitoba for ten years. During that time, he worked extensively with U.S. Governors to enhance Canada-U.S. cooperation on trade, agriculture, water protection, climate change and renewable energy. In 2005, he was named by Business Week magazine as one of the top 20 international leaders on climate change.

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Location

Blinken Auditorium, The Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

Dress Code

Business professional

Francisco J. Sánchez serves as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, a post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama in 2009, and will be our guest speaker for this event.

As Under Secretary, Sánchez leads the International Trade Administration, an organization of 2400 employees with offices throughout the United States and in 72 countries. Sánchez leads the efforts to improve the global business environment by helping U.S. businesses compete abroad.

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Location

Blinken Auditorium, The Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

Dress Code

Business professional

Henry Givray, President & CEO of SmithBucklin Corporation, will offer students insights into the fundamentals of leadership as well as how to apply these principles on a daily basis. Mr. Givray is a dedicated, ongoing student of leadership who is committed to speaking on the topic as a way to serve others.

Henry Givray's biography

Henry Givray's published articles

Location

Blinken Auditorium, The Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

Orientation for students enrolled in our fall 2012 programs

Location

Blinken Auditorium, The Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

Reminders

• The dress code is business professional
• This event is mandatory for all students

This mini-conference focuses on you and your professional development. After a keynote speaker, you will select two out of several workshops to attend. Watch for more information on this exciting event!

Monday, June 11th / 1:30pm / The National Housing Center, 1201 15th Street NW

Required for most programs, please check your syllabus.

Orientation for the Summer 2012 program attendees

Location

Blinken Auditorium, The Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

Reminders

The dress code is business professional.

This event is mandatory for all students.

Blinken Auditorium, TWC Residential & Academic Facility (RAF)

Business professional

Kate Lehrer

Ms. Lehrer has written four novels including Best Intentions, When They Took Away the Man in the Moon, Out of Eden and Confessions of a Bigamist, as well as short stories, essays and book reviews.  Her work has received outstanding reviews and Out of Eden won the Western Heritage Award for outstanding fiction.

Ms. Lehrer is a frequent panelist on the Diane Rehm Show’s “Reader’s Review” on National Public Radio, and she has been a guest on a number of national television shows.  She participates in wide range of literary organizations and often speaks at book club meetings and other events.  A founding member of PEN/Faulkner, she now serves on the organization’s Writers in Schools Advisory Board.  She also has been active in the Washington Literacy Council.

Ms. Lehrer lectures at colleges and universities and serves on the Board of Visitors at TCU’s AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the advisory council for the Arts and Sciences at George Mason University.  With Jim Lehrer, she was keynote speaker at the AddRan College Board of Visitors lunch in 2003 and was a participant in the inaugural Schieffer Symposium last year.

Ms. Lehrer previously has been recognized with honorary Doctors of Letters degrees from Goucher College and McDaniel College.

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Jim Lehrer

Executive Editor & Anchor--PBS

Host of "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS, Jim Lehrer has been honored with numerous awards for journalism, including the Chairman’s Award at the 2010 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the 1999 National Humanities Medal, presented by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and in October 2011, the National Press Club presented him with their top honor, the Fourth Estate Award. In 1999, Lehrer was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame with MacNeil and into The Silver Circle of the Washington, DC, Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He has won two Emmys, the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award, the George Foster Peabody Broadcast Award, the William Allen White Foundation Award for Journalistic Merit and the University of Missouri School of Journalism’s Medal of Honor. In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Larry D. Lauer

Moderator

Larry D. Lauer is a pioneer in integrated marketing and strategic communication for academic institutions and nonprofit organizations. From 1999 to 2009 he served as TCU’s first vice chancellor for marketing and communication, and was executive director of its strategic planning initiative, The Commission on the Future of TCU. In 2009 he became TCU’s first vice chancellor for government affairs. In addition, he is distinguished professor of strategic communication at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism and an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Currently he also serves as strategic marketing advisor to the American Council on Education (ACE).

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• View the SMLS Calendar
• Learn more about the Leaders Series

Location

TWC’s Residential & Academic Facility (RAF)

About

The Washington Center invites you to join in conversation with some of the most important leaders in today’s private philanthropic community for the Roundtable on Philanthropy and Social Responsibility. Together we will explore new avenues for addressing our most pressing problems and advancing our national project of forming a more perfect union here and around the world.

Participants

Katherine B. Bradley

President

CityBridge Foundation

Herb Tillery

Executive Director

College to Success Foundation

Alison Derbenwick Miller

Director of Corporate Citizenship

Oracle Education Foundation

Douglas Wood

Program Officer

Ford Foundation

Lori Smedley—Moderator

Senior Vice President

The Washington Center

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Location

P1 Level, TWC Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

If you are interested in helping out with the TWC Food Drive contact Resident Assistant, Tristine Harris at Tristine.Harris@twc.edu.

Bathtub Project

Student Life invites you to donate your NEW and GENTLY USED soaps, shampoos, hygiene items, laundry items, and cleaning supplies, which will be collected and used to benefit local intentional community homes.

Come celebrate an evening of culture. The Washington Center's international students will be hosting an International Festival for all students. The evening will include a talent show featuring live music and dance performances, country information tables, a DJ specializing in music from around the world, and free food!

Location

P1 Level, TWC Residential and Academic Facility (RAF)

View the fall 2012 International Festival photo set