World Affairs Council of Montana
Bringing the World to Montana and Montana to the World since 2000.
Welcome to the World Affairs Council of Montana, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering global understanding and awareness in Montana’s classrooms and communities.
Our Mission
The Council, founded in 2000, enables Montanans to appreciate the relationship of foreign policy and international issues to their lives in the Rockies. The Council offers opportunities to better understand world events through people-to-people diplomacy, distinguished speakers, overseas visits, and educational outreach programs. As globalization reaches into all corners of the Big Sky, the Council seeks to help educate citizens about their increased political, economic, and cultural integration into the world community. We invite you to join us, and we appreciate your support and interest.
The World Affairs Council is registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization.
COUNCIL NEWS
Membership Survey
In efforts to improve our programs and membership services, we want to hear from you. Please take a few moments to complete our membership survey online. Let us know what global issues matter most to you and what programs you would like to see in the future.
Click here to take the member survey.
Recent and Upcoming Events»
WorldQuest Team Trivia Fundraiser
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Join us Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 5:30pm
for an exciting evening in support of global education
and the World Affairs Council of Montana
Evening events will include a social hour/ silent auction with cash bar
followed by dinner and team trivia challenge
Doubletree Hotel ~ 100 Madison ~ Missoula, Montana
$50 per person/$300 per team
MUST PREREGISTER AND PAY BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24th
What is WorldQuest?
The WorldQuest fundraiser is modeled after Academic WorldQuest (AWQ), the flagship educational program of the World Affairs Council of Montana. With more than 50 highschool teams from across Montana competing last year, it has become the 3rd largest AWQ competition in the nation. The WorldQuest fundraiser will follow the same format as Academic WorldQuest – teams competing to show their knowledge of global events.
How to play the game?
Gather a group of friends, co-workers, neighbors or relatives and form a team of 6 people who enjoy trivia. Then determine a captain and decide on a team name. Individuals, businesses, non-profits, and schools are encouraged to form teams. Don’t have a team of 6? Don’t worry, sign up individually and you will be placed on a team.
Questions with multiple-choice answers will be read and projected onto a screen and announced by the MC – similar style to ‘pub quiz’ . Categories will include current events, history, geography, international culture and customs and more. Teams will put their heads together to agree on an answer for each question and at the end of the program, judges determine the winning team. Awards will be presented to the teams with the highest scores.
2012 WorldQuest Quiz Categories
1)Where in the world? World geography – places and faces 2)That’s news to me! Current events and potpourri round 3)It’s only customary… World customs, cultures, cuisine, and more
4)You don’t say…Languages, words, and sayings from around the globe 5) TBA
Click here to learn more!
To register online for this event click here.
Global Education Initiatives »
Academic WorldQuest 2012 – Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
FINAL registration deadline: January 20, 2012
Registration is now open for the most popular Global Education Initiative. Montana’s Academic WorldQuest has now become the 3rd largest AWQ competition in the nation with more than 50 teams competing in the 2011. This exciting global knowledge team challenge engages high school students in world affairs as they compete for the opportunity to represent Montana at the national competition in Washington DC. This program is generously sponsored by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation. Visit the Academic WorldQuest page for 2012 competition details. New schools welcome – Pledge a team today to receive an early registration discount.
Full-day event featuring international activities including a foreign film discussion with UM Professor Dr. Udo Fluck, international student roundtable activities, presentation by Council founder Ambassador Mark Johnson (ret.), global team challenge and the AWQ afternoon competition with a sponsored team dinner.
Click here for more information!
2012 Discover Turkey Program Announced
Date TBA
For the fifth consecutive year, the World Affairs Council of Montana has received a generous grant to host a ‘Discover Turkey’ teacher workshop to introduce Montana educators to the rich history, culture and traditions of Turkey. Teachers that participate in this workshop will be eligible to apply for one of three study-tour scholarship positions to visit Turkey this summer and organize community follow-up education programs. Following the 2012 program series, this will make a total of 20 Montana educators that have traveled to Turkey as a result of the Council’s efforts to provide global eduaction resources to Montana’s students and educators!
This program is sponsored by the World Affairs Councils of America with the generous support of the Turkish Cultural Foundation.
National High School Essay Contest: Republic of Azerbaijan
Submission deadline: February 28th, 2012
We are pleased to announce a National High School Essay Contest on the Republic of Azerbaijan in partnership with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation for the 2011-2012 year. Ten student winners from councils around the country will be invited to participate in a two week Study Tour of Azerbaijan this June. This program is open to all high school students in Montana.
Azerbaijan is a country category for this year’s 2011-2012 Academic WorldQuest competition and may be of particular interest to those students participating in Academic WorldQuest.
Project Details
Student essay submissions must be received by the World Affairs Council of Montana by February 28th and may be submitted electronically to wacmt@montanaworldaffairs.org or sent by USPS mail. A committee of Council members and staff will select the top three essays from Montana and submit them to the World Affairs Councils of America national office. From this pool of top winning essays from councils around the country, 10 students will be selected to win a two week Study-Tour to Azerbaijan during the third week of June.
For essay topics and details, click here: Azerbaijan Essay Contest Flier.
Please note – submissions should be sent directly to the World Affairs Council of Montana’s office by February 28th, 2011.
Distinguished Speaker Program »
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Please visit the Past Events page to see previous events.
The Montana world Affairs Council is an affiliate of the
World Affairs Councils of America
