In 2016, Spakenkill High School team members, Courtney Noll, Neil Errickson, Jon Shwoerer, and Jacob Webster won the Regional Academic World Quest Competition, thus landing them a position at the National competition in Washington, D.C. to compete with the guidance of their coach, Jim Daley. Christopher Weida from the World Affairs Council accompanied the team […]
Monday, April 4, 7-8:30 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library. James Ketterer, Director of International Academic Initiatives and Senior Fellow Institute of International Liberal Education, Bard College, and World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley Board member, will facilitate a discussion on "The Rise of ISIS". Born out of an umbrella […]
Saturday, April 16th, 2016 at Dutchess Community College Area college students organize and run a conference dedicated to world affairs. A keynote speaker will present and there will be small workshops with papers presented by students on the Global Poverty topic. Come enjoy their enlightening presentations and discussions. https://wacmhv.org/swac-call-for-papers/
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016, 7 pm at The Henry A. Wallace Center of the FDR Library, Hyde Park Join us to hear Professor Sean McMeekin, from Bard College talk about "The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923". Sean McMeekin is a Professor of History at Bard College in […]
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016, 7 pm in Room 2023 Hancock Hall, Marist College Hear Professor Lyle Goldstein, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College talk about "China's Naval Build-up".
Monday, May 9th, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library Great Decisions Program Discussion, "International Migration" with Juris Pupcenoks, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marist College, and World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley Board member, as facilitator. As a record number of migrants, fleeing conflicts in Syria, […]
Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 6 pm at the American Bounty Room of the Culinary Institute of America Join us for our Member-Only Dinner and a presentation by World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley Board member and Professor of Economics at Dutchess Community College talk about "The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: New Kid on the […]
Monday, June 6th, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library Great Decisions Program Discussion, "The Kurds" with Martin Charwat, Past President of the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley, as facilitator.
Weds, Oct. 5, 7 pm. A panel of experts on US foreign policy to discuss foreign policy challenges and opportunities the next US president will face and the positions of the current candidates. FDR Museum and Library. Stephen Pampinella, Asst. Prof. of International Relations, SUNY New Paltz Pavlina Tcherneva, Assoc. Prof. and Chair, Economics Dept.,and Research […]
Mon., Oct. 24, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library. Great Decisions Program Discussion, “Climate Geopolitics” with Steven Leibo, International History and Politics, The Sage Colleges. In the past few years, the American public has become more aware of the damage wrought by climate change. From droughts in […]
Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library. Great Decisions Program Discussion, “Cuba and the U.S.” with Patricia Ferrer-Medina, Assist. Prof. of Spanish Literature and Language, Marist College, as a facilitator.
Weds., Nov. 30, 7 pm. Dr. Monica Parker, Director of the Bloodborne Viruses Laboratory and Faculty at Wadsworth Center School of Laboratory Sciences of the NYS Department. of Health, will discuss the current state of global public health, how current concerns like Ebola, Zika, HIV/AIDS, and others are being managed by state and federal governments, […]