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SUMMARY:Practice Match Dec 4 | Academic WorldQuest High School Global Affairs Challenge
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\nPractice Match #1\n  \nRegister Now \n  \n \nDecember 4\, 2022 @ 1:00pm Via Zoom\nAcademic WorldQuest teams join us for the first of two practice matches to prepare for the 2023 Tennessee Championship match. \nThe December 4th match will be via Zoom and will give teams an opportunity to become familiar with the competition format and to work through questions from the ten topics being considered. \nOn December 4th you will compete on topics 1-5 from the 2023 Study Guide. \n1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife\n2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation\n3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability\n4. Combating Global Food Insecurity\n5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword \nTeachers and teams who have already registered will be sent an email with the Practice Match Zoom info.  \nIf you have not already registered for the 2023 Academic WorldQuest challenge please do today.  \nRegister HERE. \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org > \n\n2023 Academic WorldQuest Global Challenge\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The championship match (Mar 2023) will be in person at Belmont University. The two practices sessions will be virtual. \nRecent WorldQuest seasons have been impacted by Covid-19 measures. There are no restrictions in place as of September 2022 but TNWAC will ensure compliance with CDC\, WACA and other appropriate steps should public health concerns arise. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 2023 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. Covid-19 restrictions may limit venue availability. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \n \nPlans for 2022-23 \nDates \n\nDECEMBER 4\, 2022 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART I (optional) via Zoom | Topics 1-5\nJANUARY 29\, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART II (optional) via Zoom | Topics 6-10\nMARCH 5\, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University | check in at 12:30p\nAPRIL 27-30\, 2023 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2023 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes  \nStudents. TNWAC will announce student prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \nTeachers. In recognition of the role teachers play in the advancement of global literacy in the classroom TNWAC will award grants to the teacher sponsors of the top three teams in the TNWAC Championship match. The grants can be used by the teachers for global affairs related materials in the classroom. \nFirst Place Team Teacher – $500.00\nSecond Place Team Techer – $250.00\nThird Place Team Teacher – $250.00 \nResources \nLinks to the Study Guide\, Teachers Guide\, Operations Information and flyers are contained in THIS LINK. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2023 Topics\n1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife\n2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation\n3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability\n4. Combating Global Food Insecurity\n5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword\n6. Great Decisions\n7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia\n8. The Future of Supply Chains\n9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy\n10. Current Events \n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale from the Foreign Policy Association. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match where Great Decisions will be used as a topic.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org > \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Series | Ambassador John Kornblum | Dec 6
DESCRIPTION:TNWAC was honored to be named World Affairs Council of the Year for 2022 in November among the network of 95 independent councils.  \nHelp us continue the public service work of “global literacy” in our communities.  \nRegister Now\n\n \n\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nand with Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nvia Zoom \nA Conversation with Ambassador John Kornblum\n \nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nTuesday\, December 6\, 2022 \n@ 10:00 a.m. CT\nRegister Now\n  \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council in partnership with the American Council on Germany\, launched the “In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” series in January with a conversation with Ambassador John Kornblum as storm clouds gathered. The series has followed the twists and turns of the unprovoked war over the last nine months.  \nUkrainian forces have successfully turned to the offense in the east while Russia continues to brutalize the civilian population with missile and drone strikes aimed at crippling infrastructure and energy supplies\, turning out lights and turning off heat “weaponizing winter.” Questions remain about the resilience of the West’s commitment to Ukraine — military\, humanitarian and other financial aid — and the endgame — what will it take to end the war. \nTNWAC’s and ACG’s “In Focus” series on the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues on December 6th with Ambassador John Kornblum\, providing insights and perspectives on the political\, diplomatic\, military and strategic developments. \n\n\n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \n\nPreviously in the In Focus series: \n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | What Makes Putin Tick? | Katia Glober and Andrew S. Weiss | Nov 14 | Video | Podcast | Transcript\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Kornblum\, Velikova\, Walker | Aug 25 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Cold Wars | Prof Thomas Schwartz | Aug 18 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective | Jul 21 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nRussia’s Invasion | Amb John Kornblum | Is This The New Normal? | Jul 7 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nRussia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Humanitarian Crisis | Tamara Demuria | June 29 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nThe War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Dr. Liana Fix | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nWar in Europe | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\nThe continuation of this work depends on you. \nRegister Now\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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