When speaking to a college student (especially one about to graduate) everyone’s favorite inquiry happens to be “So what do you want to do next?” I’ve become so accustomed to answering this question with a response as automatically generated as the response to how I’m doing today, that I’ve forgotten why I chose my field of [...]
Archive for February, 2012
29 Feb
Costa Rica: From Coffee and Bananas to Advanced Manufacturing
Thursday, January 26, 2012, the World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosted Anabel González, Foreign Trade Minister of Costa Rica. González came to speak about the country’s growing economy, the changes it has made and why Charlotte and Costa Rica would make for ideal business partners. Once the largest exporter of bananas and a large exporter [...]
14 Feb
Highlights from WorldQuest & Academic WorldQuest 2011
The World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosted 24 high schools and 40 community groups at the 2011 Joint WorldQuest / Academic WorldQuest competition last year. Over 500 people competed in this global knowledge competition on world history, geography and current events.
3 Feb
Travel the World. Where Will You Go?
I do know, however, that being exposed to the existence of other languages increases the perception that the world is populated by people who not only speak differently from oneself, but whose cultures and philosophies are other than one’s own – Maya Angelou As Mark Twain said, ”travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” In [...]
