The Ford Motor Company Global Scholars, Governors, and U.S.-Panama Initiative Programs attended an event at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), an international public health agency with nearly 110 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of countries in the Americas.  Each student had the opportunity to hear from PAHO's Regional Director of Health Promotion and the Senior Advisor for Millennium Development Goals (MDG) & Health Targets. The two speakers discussed:   | View Full Article

An estimated 34 million people are living with HIV or AIDS, with a large number of this population residing in Sub-Saharan Africa. In an effort to help battle this deadly disease, TWC’s LGBTQA Civic Engagement Project raised over $600 for the Whitman Walker Health’s AIDS Walk. The event took place at the Freedom Plaza on Saturday, October 27th.   | View Full Article

Geoff Garin, President of Hart Research Associates and an American Pollster, discussed polling efforts prior to the November 6th presidential election and why he anticipated that President Obama would be reelected.   [View program on C-SPAN]   About the Road to the White House Course | View Full Article

The Washington Center will be open Wednesday, October 31.  Both Residential and Academic Facilities have power and we recommend students to report to their internship sites tomorrow, or call/email their internship site supervisors to ask if they should report their internship tomorrow.  Programming and classes will run as scheduled. Headquarters will also be open tomorrow.   If you have any questions, please send an email to communications@twc.edu. | View Full Article

The U.S.-Panama Initiative program had the special opportunity to tour the Organization of American States (OAS), the world's oldest regional organization of the Americas. Members of the OAS include all 35 independent countries of the Americas including Panama. The Organization was established to achieve an order of peace and justice, promote solidarity, strengthen collaboration, and defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of the member countries.   | View Full Article

Rob Richie, Executive Director of FairVote, and several other guests came together to discuss the "Evolution of Presidential Debates." The guest speakers discussed the candidates' performances in the first two presidential debates between President Obama and Mitt Romney in addition to analyzing prior presidential debates.   [View program on C-SPAN]   About the Road to the White House Course | View Full Article