Last week retired Admiral Thad Allen (MPA 1986) was invited to receive the Colin Powell Public Service Award. As written in GW Today, "In his 39 years in the Coast Guard, Adm. Allen served in leadership roles during some of the country’s most challenging times. He was chief of staff of the U.S. Coast Guard after 9/11 and was the government’s point person during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the BP oil spill last April. Adm. Allen continued as national incident commander after he retired from the Coast Guard in May." He spoke to students of his GW Alma Mater, the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration in the Jack Morton Auditorium. His talk is a bit long, but I have attached the almost 2 hour video of it below if anyone is interested.
Another great speaker that is planning on coming is Jane Goodall! The Jane Goodall Institute is hosting the Global Leadership Awards in Lisner Auditorium on October 11. As part of the award ceremony Dr. Goodall is planning on speaking about her work and experiences. For those who do not know, Dr. Jane Goodall has focused much of her life on the conservation of chimpanzees in Africa, specially Tanzania. Her organization helps run a chimpanzee orphanage in Africa that takes care of young chimpanzees whose parents have been killed. You can check out the Jane Goodall Institute's website at http://www.janegoodall.org/.
A great thing about this speaker is that JGI kindly provided GW with 300 free student tickets. I am still trying to get my hands on one, but hopefully I will and I will be able to share the experience with you!
Finally, and sadly, GW's latest speaker was canceled. Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at Lisner Auditorium last night, but due to his hospitalization he was not able to attend. :( I am sure the GW community wishes the best to the former president for a quick recovery!
That's all for now! Remember if you have any questions please email me at kwollner@gwu.edu!
Until next time...
Kim
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