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The World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana is a community-based, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational programming on international and intercultural topics throughout our state and community, and to fostering linkages between the people and institutions of Kentucky and Southern Indiana and their counterparts throughout the world.   A scene from the 2006 Academic WorldQuest Competition, held at Bellarmine University by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
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		LICC Becomes World Affairs Council of Louisville and Southern Indiana Notice our new identity!  For twenty years the Louisville Community has known us as the Louisville International Cultural Center (LICC). In order to highlight our role in bringing high-quality international programming to our area, and to emphasize our role as the local chapter of the World Affairs Councils of America, we have become the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana! As the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana we will continue to provide international visitor programs in conjunction with the US Department of State and other governmental agencies, while increasing our level of service to the area through the speaker programs and educational activities for which World Affairs Councils are known throughout the nation. Please note that our new web address is www.wacaky-in.org. For additional information write us at contact@wacaky-in.org, or phone (502) 561-5422.
Coming Events
	WAC Initiates Global Economic Forum Series		WorldQuest: DuPont Manual Wins 2006 Worldquest Competition		World Affairs Council Announces Hershberg Scholarship Winners!
	On June 14th, the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana will begin its new Global Economic Forum Series. This speaker series is designed to complement our ongoing Global Issues Forum Series which began in the fall of 2005, and will feature periodic programs on international economic issues featuring well-known speakers on international business and economic topics. The Global Issues Forum Series will now be complemented by our Global Economic Forum, which on June 14th will open with Robert David Steele, founder and CEO of OSS.Net, Inc. He is the foremost international proponent for the improved sharing of global information among legitimate governments and organizations. Who: Robert David Steele, founder and CEO of OSSNet.com, expert on open source intelligence What: Searching for Osama Bin Laden: The Use of Intelligence in the War on Terror When and Where: June 14th, 2006, time and location to be announced. Ticket Information: Watch this website for updates or contact the World Affairs Council at (502) 561-5422 or contact WAC KY-IN via online form.   More about Global Economic Forum and Global Issues Forum...		The third annual Kentucky and Southern Indiana Academic WorldQuest Competition for area high school students was held March 4 at Bellarmine University. For the second year in a row, DuPont Manual High School emerged as victors and qualified for the National Competition held in early April at the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington, D.C. 2006 was a record year for the competition, sponsored locally by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky/Southern Indiana. Sixteen schools participated from all areas of the metro area and other areas of the state as well. Academic WorldQuest is a competitive team quiz game invented by former national World Affairs Councils board member Jennifer Watson Roberts and the Charlotte Council. Teams compete in rounds testing their knowledge of international affairs, geography, history, culture, flags, sports, current events, prominent newsmakers, economics, international organizations, and more. No other national competition covers the same subject area. The program started nationwide in March 2003, but, thanks to a grant from the Metro Louisville Government, the Louisville International Cultural Center and the Louisville World Affairs Council held the first local program in March 2004 with 6 metro area high schools participating. In 2005, the competition grew to include 10 high schools. Each high school team can be selected by any method that it chooses and includes 4 participating students, an alternate, and a coach. Coaches may be school staff, parents, or council staff.   More information on the WorldQuest program...		The World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana is pleased to announce those students selected to receive the 2006 second annual David Hershberg Scholarship Awards. Those awarded the scholarships are selected based on their commitment to international knowledge and understanding, and upon their plan for use of the funds to support a worthwhile study project abroad during the summer of 2006. Recipients must either live in the Louisville area or attend universities in the Metro Louisville and Southern Indiana region. This year’s award winners are: Alys William-Navarro, a New School graduate student who will use her scholarship to continue on-going research in Managua, Nicaragua for her doctoral degree. Victoria Orem, a graduate student at Indiana University Southeast who plans to use her scholarship to travel to Italy to complete a project in her chosen area of in international business. Christi Metzger, an aspiring Educator at the University of Louisville who will use her scholarship to travel to Spain and Rome for international study. The World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana congratulates the 2006 winners! Each winner will be honored at a reception to be held on May 19, 2006. Applications will again be accepted for the scholarship beginning in late 2006, with awards in March of 2007. Watch this website for the announcement of this years winners!   More information on the scholarship application process...