Center for Teaching International Relations

“Organizations exempt purpose:to develop tomorrows global leaders through educational programs geared toward middle and high school students designed to bring understanding and engagement with international issues.program definition:the world affairs challenge program (wac) consists of three parts. Part one, the formal presentation, includes student team study of a select global issue development of a problem statement and proposed solution that is creatively developed into a presentation. That presentation is then made at the wac in front of a panel of judges. Part two, the collaborative question, is a problem solving exercise where members of different teams are assembled ad hoc to analyze a new global issue,develop a problem statement and solution and present to a panel of program definition contd:judges all on the fly in a 45 minute period. The third element is an online global quiz. Following the competition, students are connected to a network of universities and organizations where they can continue their development into global thinkers, doers and leaders. Significant achievements this past year include: 17962significant fundraising event featuring peter yarrow of peter, paul & mary. Wac team participation included teams from kansas city and some international teams strengthened ties with local rotary clubs to support our programs.”

“Description amountin kind income 4,124special events income 30”

“Description amountmaterials,supplies,general expenses 1,301world affairs challenge expenses 13,080travel meetings 778registration fees 114insurance 3,244fundraising expense 1,734”

“Category beginning of year end of yearsecurity deposits 215 220accounts receivable 814 0prepaid exp 0 550”