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Scowcroft Institute to be dedicated in Fall
By: MacKenzie Garfield
Issue date: 4/9/07 Section: News
The Board of Regents has established the Brent Scowcroft Institute at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service. The institute will be staffed within the next few months and then formally dedicated next fall during the 10-year anniversary celebrations of both the George Bush Presidential Library Complex and the Bush School.
"The institute is going to be the facility to promote policy-oriented research," said Charles Hermann, program director for international affairs at the Bush School. "We will be dealing with major issues of concern with our government and other governments, and just global politics generally. The idea is to encourage new studies by Bush School faculty members by bringing in visiting scholars and policy makers to sit down and reflect on what they are doing."
Hermann said the institute will be an intellectual retreat for policy makers and teachers who are looking to solve global problems. However, policy makers are not the only ones who will benefit from the institute, he said.
"We will have regularly a variety of public events, and they will certainly be open to the public," Hermann said. "So if there are students on the campus who are interested in public affairs, this will be another outlet to hear people talk on these subjects."
These public events will include lectures, seminars and conferences.
Another goal of the institute is to promote publications on various issues of public policy and global problems. Students at the Bush School will benefit from these publications, as well as other institute initiatives, as they work on their final projects for graduation, Hermann said.
"Bush school students are required to do a capstone project for a real world client," Hermann said. "They will be able to work through the Scowcroft Institute."
Within the next few months, the institute will be looking for a director and a deputy director. Hermann said the director would most likely be a member of the A&M faculty. The funds needed to perform many of the initial duties to establish the institute, including the initial hirings, have already been ascertained. Future funding will most likely be a mixture of public funds and private donations.
"The Bush Library Foundation has very generously provided some of the start-up money," Hermann said. "Future funding will be a combination of private funds and it is also possible that the institute will do some work, consulting or contracts, that result in public support as well."
Hermann worked with Dick Chilcoat, dean of the Bush School, and Ambassador Roman Popaduik, executive director of the Bush Library Foundation, to establish this foundation.
"The institute is going to be the facility to promote policy-oriented research," said Charles Hermann, program director for international affairs at the Bush School. "We will be dealing with major issues of concern with our government and other governments, and just global politics generally. The idea is to encourage new studies by Bush School faculty members by bringing in visiting scholars and policy makers to sit down and reflect on what they are doing."
Hermann said the institute will be an intellectual retreat for policy makers and teachers who are looking to solve global problems. However, policy makers are not the only ones who will benefit from the institute, he said.
"We will have regularly a variety of public events, and they will certainly be open to the public," Hermann said. "So if there are students on the campus who are interested in public affairs, this will be another outlet to hear people talk on these subjects."
These public events will include lectures, seminars and conferences.
Another goal of the institute is to promote publications on various issues of public policy and global problems. Students at the Bush School will benefit from these publications, as well as other institute initiatives, as they work on their final projects for graduation, Hermann said.
"Bush school students are required to do a capstone project for a real world client," Hermann said. "They will be able to work through the Scowcroft Institute."
Within the next few months, the institute will be looking for a director and a deputy director. Hermann said the director would most likely be a member of the A&M faculty. The funds needed to perform many of the initial duties to establish the institute, including the initial hirings, have already been ascertained. Future funding will most likely be a mixture of public funds and private donations.
"The Bush Library Foundation has very generously provided some of the start-up money," Hermann said. "Future funding will be a combination of private funds and it is also possible that the institute will do some work, consulting or contracts, that result in public support as well."
Hermann worked with Dick Chilcoat, dean of the Bush School, and Ambassador Roman Popaduik, executive director of the Bush Library Foundation, to establish this foundation.
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