Minnesota World Affairs Center records 1958-1984
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Minnesota World Affairs Center
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The Minnesota World Affairs Center was founded at the University of Minnesota in 1950 as a response to a perceived need to improve the knowledge of U.S. foreign policy and world affairs. The center served as a clearing house for foreign policy information and offered lectures, conferences, seminars, pamphlets, and other publications. The center was not political, and it did not take a stance on any issue, but allowed people to be aware of each position. William C. Rogers was director of the cent...
Rogers, William C. (William Cecil), 1919-2005
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William C. Rogers was born on March 12, 1919 in Manhattan, Kansas. He was educated at the University of Chicago, earning his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in political science and international relations (1937-1943). Dr. Rogers came to the University of Minnesota in 1949 and created the World Affairs Center, one of the first in the United States. He served as director of the Center from 1949 to 1984, when he retired from the University. In addition, he was also a professor of political science and chairm...
University of Minnesota. Continuing Education and Extension
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The Foster Care Certificate Program was initiated in 1970 by the University of Minnesota's Continuing Education and Extension division as an experimental course for foster parents in the Twin Cities. The program was designed to help foster parents understand their role in the foster care system in Minnesota. In 1972, the program was expanded to offer a 15 credit certificate in foster parent education. Still directed at foster parents, the certificate focused on how to improve services to childre...
United Nations
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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...
