The Foreign Service Journal, September 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2014 69 AFSA NEWS LUNCHT IME SERENADE On June 11 and 23, AFSA hosted the State Department’s choral ensemble, the T-Tones (including the Journal ’s own Steve Honley), as they performed concerts of English music from the Elizabethan era. The half-hour lunchtime concerts featured madrigals and sacred music, all a cappella except for the finale: a movement fromWilliam Croft’s “Ode for the Peace of Utrecht,” written in 1713. AFSA/DEBRABLOME AFSA AND FS I I NAUGURATE NEW CAP I TAL B I KESHARE STAT I ON On July 24, AFSA, in collaboration with the Foreign Service Institute and Capital Bikeshare, inaugurated the new Capital Bikeshare station located outside the FSI campus in Arlington, Va. Director of FSI Transition Center Ray Leki (above left) and AFSA State VP Matthew Asada (above right) officially cut the ribbon on the new station. AFSA, FSI and Capital Bikeshare collaborated for more than two years on getting the new station installed at the Arlington Boulevard entrance to the FSI campus. The expansion of Capital Bikeshare to FSI is in accordance with the department’s wellness program and AFSA’s Strategic Plan to improve the quality of work/life across the Foreign Service (AFSA has also been working to have showers installed in all department facilities, which would especially benefit employees after their bike rides to work). The new station services more than 3,500 students, faculty and staff at FSI, in addition to the general public. It is the 322nd station in the program and the 71st in Arlington. The Bikeshare station at FSI is ready for public use. Bike on! –Adrian Rios, Labor Management Intern