Don Garner

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Chicago Field Office invited me to participate in its first cohort of the Partnership Academy. This program is designed to inform CBP's partners about the mission and role of CBP in the Chicagoland Area and to provide a greater understanding of who they are as an organization.

Certificate of service award for connecting the Fulbright Association to the Chicago Consular Corps.

Chicago Sister Cities International is committed to promoting Chicago as a global city, developing international partnerships and networks, and sharing best practices on a city-to-city basis. In 1960, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley signed the first Sister Cities agreement with Warsaw, Poland. In the 1970s and 1980s, Chicago signed with seven additional Sister Cities. In 1990, former Mayor Richard M. Daley enacted an executive order to establish a volunteer Board of Directors, launching over 20… Show more

Chicago Sister Cities International is committed to promoting Chicago as a global city, developing international partnerships and networks, and sharing best practices on a city-to-city basis. In 1960, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley signed the first Sister Cities agreement with Warsaw, Poland. In the 1970s and 1980s, Chicago signed with seven additional Sister Cities. In 1990, former Mayor Richard M. Daley enacted an executive order to establish a volunteer Board of Directors, launching over 20 years of increased community engagement and a rapid growth in Sister City relationships. Since then Chicago has established official relationships with a total of 28 cities in almost every region of the world. Today, Chicago Sister Cities International is the most active Sister Cities organization in the world. Operating under the guidelines established by Sister Cities International, the program has greatly impacted Chicago’s international activity and its status as a leading global city.

On April 1, 2013, Chicago Sister Cities International merged with World Business Chicago. The newly merged organization binds Chicago’s international programming with its global economic development arm by aligning the inherent commonalities that exist between CSCI and WBC.

For the Milan Committee, please visit http://chicagosistercities.com/sister-cities/milan/. Show less

In addition to providing training for new agents and our law enforcement partners here and overseas, the FBI Academy also offers members of the community an up close and personal look at how we operate through our Citizens Academy program. The program brings the community’s civic, business, and religious leaders together to experience firsthand how the FBI investigates crimes and threats to our national security and learn about the various tools and techniques we employ to carry out our… Show more

In addition to providing training for new agents and our law enforcement partners here and overseas, the FBI Academy also offers members of the community an up close and personal look at how we operate through our Citizens Academy program. The program brings the community’s civic, business, and religious leaders together to experience firsthand how the FBI investigates crimes and threats to our national security and learn about the various tools and techniques we employ to carry out our mission.

Citizens Academy class members are nominated by a Bureau employee or a previous academy graduate. To be eligible, you must be at least 21 years old, with no felony convictions, and you must live and work in the Quantico area. Because of the classified investigative techniques discussed, nominees must also undergo a background check and get an interim security clearance.

Classes generally meet weekly in the evenings for three hours, for seven or eight weeks, and are taught by agents and experts from our Laboratory and Training divisions. Because the FBI Academy is where new agents are trained, the Citizens Academy curriculum mirrors new-agent training. That means class members get plenty of hands-on instruction—from shooting firearms and learning how to fingerprint and handcuff suspects…to collecting evidence from a crime scene and operating vehicles under emergency situations.
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Recognition for membership recruitment.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistantships. A candidate will submit a Statement of Grant Purpose defining activities to take place during one academic year in a participating country outside the U.S.

During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct… Show more

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistantships. A candidate will submit a Statement of Grant Purpose defining activities to take place during one academic year in a participating country outside the U.S.

During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.
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The Ambassadorial Scholarships program promotes international understanding and friendly relations among people of different parts of the world.

The scholarships sponsor undergraduate and graduate students, as well as qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the country where they study and give presentations about their own culture to Rotary clubs and other groups. Back home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the… Show more

The Ambassadorial Scholarships program promotes international understanding and friendly relations among people of different parts of the world.

The scholarships sponsor undergraduate and graduate students, as well as qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the country where they study and give presentations about their own culture to Rotary clubs and other groups. Back home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that deepened their understanding of another culture.

Through their generous contributions, Rotarians worldwide show a continued faith that today’s scholars will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.
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