Added: 04/29/2006 |
Columbus Council: preceding achievements lead to succeeding advancementsThe Columbus Council on World Affairs, founded in 1975, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, serving the local business community and the leading educational resource for the international affairs. The Columbus Council is a member of the World Affairs Councils of America and annually makes a great advance in its activities, attracting more and more participants to educational programs and competitions, conferences and seminars.
What is achieved in the year of 2005? The youth education, promoted by the Columbus Council has gained a noticeable advancement. Recognizing the unique circumstances and needs of the modern educational system, the Columbus Council on World Affairs collaborated with the Office of International Affairs at The Ohio State University in 2004 to form an Education Advisory Committee (EAC). This committee consists of professionals in the field of education, representing local schools, community groups and government. The group meets regularly to advise the CCWA and OSU on current and future programming. Their opinions are important for regulating the format of programs, the increasing diversity of participating schools and students, and the guiding continuous improvement.
During the previous year, the Columbus Council educated over one thousand Central Ohio young people through a variety of educational programs. The students, who gathered for the education series, represented private, public and charter schools in urban, rural and suburban districts.
The community educational events, including eight Distinguished Lecture events and thirty Great Decisions events attracted over one thousand and two hundred Central Ohioans. In 2005, the Columbus Council introduced several new programs, comprising the Women in the International Affairs series, the CCWA Young Professionals Network, and the first intergenerational Great Decisions program during which high schools students conducted discussions about the war in Iraq at a local senior center.
The Women in the International Affairs is a program of a special interest and value. Gender roles are constantly changing and today the community starts looking at the impact of women in the context of global society. On April, 14, 2005, Gillian Martin Sorensen, a Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation, addressed the audience with the lecture entitled "The International State of Women". This address was a part of the Columbus Council on the World Affairs Women's Series, hosted in the partnership with the United Nations Association Columbus Chapter. Gillian Martin Sorensen is a member of the Women's Foreign Policy Group and a national advocate on matters, related to the UN and the UN-U.S. relationship as well as a brilliant example of the impact of women in the contemporary society.
Along with the contribution to the development of foreign affairs education, the Columbus Council also produces a great effect on building and maintaining the business cooperation and competition through its International Business of the Year Award. The Columbus Council on the World Affairs recognized the chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) as the 2005 International Company of the Year. Robert J. Massie, a president of the CAS, accepted the award at the council's 30th annual meeting on February, 8th.
The CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, provides the world's largest and most current collection of chemical and related scientific information, including the most relevant database of chemical substances, the CAS Registry. The famous products include SciFinder, SciFinder Scholar, STN, STN Express and STN AnaVist among others.
With each New Year coming, the Columbus Counsel sets up new objectives for succeeding and making the community succeed in the foreign affairs learning and practice.
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