The 2012 Window on the World International Festival is set for April 13-14 at Tennessee Tech University. This is a must see event featuring entertainment, food, display booths, vendors and a symposium.Read More
The Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter of the United Nations Association-USA announced the annual spring meeting and dinner set for April 17 featuring Vanderbilt University Professor of Law Michael Newton speaking on "International Tribunals: From Eichmann to Gadhafi."Read More
Congratulations to the Montgomery Bell Academy Academic WorldQuest team on their victory in the 2012 Tennessee State Championship match today. Team members Jake Simons, John Mellow, McKay Proctor and Will Stewart, and coach Annie Williams will represent Tennessee at the World Affairs Councils of America national competition for WorldQuest at Georgetown University in Washington, DC...Read More
The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to be among the organizations co-sponsoring a symposium examining international trade and investment in Nashville. The event is Belmont University's 3rd Annual Center for International Business (CIB) Symposium and is set for this Thursday, March 29, 2012.Read More
EVENT: Documentary screening at MTSU. This documentary examines the harsh realities behind the mounting water crisis from both local and global perspectives. Learn how politics, pollution and human rights are intertwined in this important issue that affects every being on Earth. With water drying up around the world and the future of human lives at...Read More
The Tennessee World Affairs Council announced today that the "Spotlight on Turkey" teachers workshop, phase I of the program, has been rescheduled for April 14, 2012 (vice March 24, 2012). The change was made to permit registration of additional teachers, to reach the program minimum participation level. "Spotlight on Turkey" is a three part program...Read More
The Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) Program provides a professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States to participate in a program aimed at globalizing teaching and learning in their classrooms.Read More
United States Sen. Lamar Alexander; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who has served as ambassador to Singapore and China and was a recent contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination; Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, and Bill Richardson, a former governor of New Mexico who has served as U.S....Read More
ATTENTION TEACHERS: The World Affairs Councils of America has arranged a conference call for TN WAC to share with our schools, other interested organizations and TN WAC members. Contact TN WAC for more information and to sign up for this conference call opportunity. Inside Egypt: The Path Forward with Mohamed Younis, Gallup Senior Analyst Monday,...Read More
The Constitution provides power to both the President and the Congress in making United States foreign policy but it is not always clear who has the decisive voice and how the process works. The role Congress plays will be examined in a seminar featuring Dr. George Ingram, Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition...Read More
