Fall 2019 Members Only Dinner December 2nd at Cosimo’s Restaurant
Dear WAC-MHV member: The Fall 2019 Annual Meeting Members Dinner will be held on Monday, December 2nd at 6 pm at Cosimo's Poughkeepsie (Delafield Street) in their second floor Wine…
Great Decisions: The Middle East Regional Disorder
Monday, Nov. 4th, 2019, 7:00 - 8:30 pm Facilitator: Matt Murray, Dutchess Community College. As the presidency of Donald J. Trump passes the halfway point, the Middle East remains a…
Regime Survival in the Middle East: Authoritarianism and the Politics of Migration in Egypt
October 30, 2019 at Marist College - HC2023 at 7pm. Talk co-sponsored by Marist College and WAC-MHV. Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas, Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Birmingham…
Great Decisions: Decoding U.S – China Trade
Monday, October 21st, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Jean-Claude Fouere. Though arguably the most advanced economy in the world, the United States still…
Great Decisions: State of the State Department
Monday, September 9th, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Malia Du Mont, Bard College. During the Trump administration, the usual ways of conducting diplomacy…
Great Decisions: Refugees and Global Migration
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Michael O'Sullivan, Professor of History at Marist College Today, no countries have open borders.…
Great Decisions: The Rise of Populism
Monday, May 13th, 2019, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Martin Charwat. Mass migration, and the problems associated with it, have directly abetted the…
6th Annual Student World Affairs Council (SWAC)
Saturday, April 13, 2019, Dutchess Community College, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Sponsored by The World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Richard Reitano Endowed Chair in Social Sciences (DCC) The…
Academic WorldQuest Regional Championship 2019/Nationals Results!
Saturday, March 2nd, 9:30 a.m., Henry Wallace Center, FDR National Historic Site Eighteen area high school teams compete in this international affairs quiz bowl. The winner will travel to Washington…