September; 2008
Issue
53
In This
Issue:
*Consul General's message
*Colleen Graffy
*Salon Maturzystow
*Summer School on Security Issues
*Blog on Elections
Fall feels like it has arrived here with cooler mornings and shorter days. It was a terrific summer here in Poland. My staff and I had the chance to visit cities and towns across our consular region. Some of the visits we made include my trip to Karpacz in southwestern Poland, where I was privileged to see some fine Western horseback riding. I also heard from the mayor there about development plans for the region. It was my honor to attend a remembrance ceremony for the 2,000 Jews killed during WWII in Rymanow in southeastern Poland on August 13. My staff had the opportunity to visit farms in the Opole region to hear about agricultural methods. Ambassador Ashe also visited Wroclaw and Lower Silesia in August, meeting with mayors and regional officials.
Several of us who work at the consulate also traveled back to the United States this summer to visit family and friends. I know the U.S. was also a popular destination for our Polish friends, and it is wonderful to hear about their experiences. New York and the national parks in the west seem to be at the top of everyone’s lists!
Of course the big news here in Poland was the signing of an agreement on missile defense in Warsaw a few weeks ago. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Warsaw and talked about the deepening of the security cooperation between our two countries. Americans know what outstanding partners Poles have been in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we look forward to our new defense cooperation. For details on the missile defense agreement, please visit our website.
Our website also has two features I’d like to highlight. One is a special report on the crisis in Georgia and the U.S. response. You can find this at the top right hand corner of the web page. We also continue to feature a special section on the U.S. elections, now just two months away. For the latest on the party conventions and the final two months of the 2008 presidential race, please see the special “U.S. Elections” icon, also on the top right hand corner of the web site.
Anne Hall
Consul General
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Visits Krakow
Colleen P. Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, will visit Warsaw, Krakow, Ruda Slaska and Wroclaw September 4-9, 2008. During her various public appearances she will talk about the U.S. experience in public diplomacy. In Krakow, Deputy Assistant Secretary Graffy will have an opportunity to participate in a roundtable session with internet journalists and bloggers. She will also visit the Herbert Hoover School in Ruda Slaska and then visit the American Corner in Wroclaw to meet with high school students and discuss the U.S. elections. A meeting with alumni of U.S. government exchange programs will conclude the visit in Wroclaw.
Colleen P. Graffy's bio
Salon Maturzystow in Southern Poland
The Consulate’s Educational Adviser will participate in "Salon Maturzystow" in Southern Poland cities. The United States Consulate General in Krakow maintains an Educational Advising Center which actively promotes United States higher education in Poland by offering accurate, comprehensive, objective and timely information about educational opportunities in the United States and guidance on how to access those opportunities. Interested students can get information on the admissions process, necessary documentation, fees and required standardized tests.
In order to reach out to a larger group of students, the Consulate’s adviser and a representative of the Polish-American Fulbright Commission in Warsaw will participate in the events organized in the framework of "Salon Maturzystów", an educational fair organized by Perspektywy. They will present opportunities for graduates of Polish high schools to study in the U.S. and will discuss the U.S. university admissions process. The students will learn about standardized tests they are required to take to be admitted to American colleges and universities and various ways to find funding to pay for U.S. studies.
The students can meet the
Educational Advisers and talk about U.S. study opportunities in the
following cities:
For further details, please call Educational Adviser at: 012 424 5140
Summer School on Security Issues for Ukrainian and Georgian Journalists and Academics
Within the “Partnership for Democracy” Project, the U.S. Consulate General and The Higher School of Law and Administration (WSPiA) in Rzeszow are organizing a summer school on: “Security in Theory, Practice and Public Awareness” which will be offered to a group of 20 Ukrainian and Georgian journalists and journalism professors. Consul General Anne Hall and WSPiA Rector Jerzy Posluszny will launch the summer school on September 22. The key-note speaker will be Ambassador Jerzy M. Nowak, President of Euro-Atlantic Association. Other speakers include: Consul Susan Parker-Burns, speaking about the U.S. view of Poland’s role in NATO, Polish journalists who have covered NATO deployments, American business representatives and Polish Army and Police Commanders. The week-long summer school includes site visits at the Polish-Ukrainian Battalion and the Rzeszow Police headquarters. Ukrainian and Georgian media will also have an opportunity to speak directly to NATO and EU representatives during two video conferences with Brussels and Strasbourg.
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