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Site Updated: June 4, 2008

	Thanks for visiting the Tennessee World Affairs Council. Please explore our web site and learn about our programs designed to help our communities and students understand the world. Check out what's new and our calendar to find out about upcoming events of interest to you. We also ask you to consider becoming a member to strengthen our programs especially for Tennessee's school children and to consider making an individual or corporate donation. To learn more about our mission and organization click here.
	SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Turkish Cultural Program Teacher workshops and an opportunity for four teachers to travel to Turkey for a study tour this summer. STUDY TOUR DATES NOW POSTED STUDY TOUR DEADLINE EXTENDED- APPLICATION DUE AT TN WAC BY APRIL 25 WORKSHOP RESCHEDULED - CHECK FOR NEW INFO Click here for more information.		SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Visiting Speakers Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation April 16-18, 2008 Lt Gen Robert Gard and Col William Hauser hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council to talk about U.S. policy in the Middle East, especially the confrontation between America and Iran. Click here for more information.
	Summer Institute for Educators The World Affairs Council of Washington, DC recently announced the program for this summer's Institute on International Affairs for High School Educators, set for June 23-27, 2008. APPLY NOW Click here for more information		SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Teachers Workshop - Summer in DC - Persia DETAILS ARE NOW AVAILABLE on a funded workshop for teachers in Washington, DC available through the Tennessee World Affairs Council. CHECK NOW FOR APPLICATION INFORMATION Click here for more information.
	Global Dialogue The Tennessee World Affairs Council partnered with the Putnam County Library Friends on Sunday, February 17, 2008 to host a presentation by Tennessee Tech's Doctor Michael Gunter -- widely recognized expert on the Kurds in Iraq -- on his new book "The Kurds Ascending." Here is the audio recording from the event and information about his book.		WACA 2008 Annual Conference The Tennessee World Affairs Council was well represented at the 2008 annual conference of the Tennessee World Affairs and pitched in to help by recording all of the plenary sessions and posting the audio files to the TNWAC.org web site. Click here to visit the special section on WACA 2008.
	Tennessee World Affairs Council represented on WACA Leadership Delegation Visit to Saudi Arabia A delegation representing the World Affairs Councils of America is in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from November 30-December 8, 2007. Among the representatives from the Council system are members from Alaska, California, Montana, Michigan, New York, Virginia and Tennessee. TN WAC President Patrick Ryan is touring the Kingdom with the group and will share his perspectives on Saudi Arabia, including a gallery of new photos upon his return. Click here for more info on the trip		Ambassador Petr Kolar visits Tennessee as guest of World Affairs Council The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States Petr Kolar was hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council for visits with students at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee, the Senator Howard Baker Center for Public Policy in Knoxville, meetings with Governor Bredesen and local business people. Check here for the story of how it went.
	Information for Rotary Clubs of Tennessee Click here for information of interest to Rotarians in the Volunteer State -- more to come.		Middle East Scholar, Thomas Lippman Visits TN WAC -- Talked to universities, high schools, civic clubs and more during September 24-27 visit. Click here for articles (and audio) about the visit -- more to come.
	Leadership Putnam Youth Briefed on World Affairs Cookeville, TN – The nuclear weapons threat posed by North Korea and Iran, the genocide in Darfur, the global war on terrorism and the world’s sources of energy for the United States were among the topics raised by twenty four Putnam County high school students during briefings at the Tennessee World Affairs Council office in Cookeville. The rising juniors from area schools were participants in the week-long Leadership Putnam Youth Academy. [more]		Tennessee World Affairs Council and Cookeville Rotary Clubs Host Delegation of Doctors from Northern France Medical professionals from France met with Cookeville, Tennessee mayor Sam Sallee as part of their Rotary International Group Study Exchange program visit. Front from left: Team leader Jean Noel Hannecart, Dr. Perrine Enguerand, Dr. Hugues Coevoet, Dr. Anouck Schneider, Dr. Arnaud LaLanne, Mayor Sallee; back from left: John Bayless, President Cookeville Breakfast Rotary; Patrick Ryan, President Tennessee World Affairs Council and Ed Jared, Chair of the Rotary GSE Planning Committee. The Tennessee World Affairs Council hosted the delegation during their visit, April 22-26, 2007. [more]
	TN WAC VP Embarks on Ecuador Medical Mission [AUDIO REPORT] Vice President of the Tennessee World Affairs Council, Charles Womack, MD, departed with two dozen Tennesseans for a week-long medical mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador. We will update you with photos and reports from the visit. Meanwhile check out our discussion with Doctor Womack in this pre-departure interview -- click here for audio and background info. [more]