The Foreign Service Journal, October 2012

62 OCTOBER 2012 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS AFSA Scholarship Program Change Please note that all applicants for AFSA Financial Aid for the 2013-2014 school year must have a par- ent who is an active-duty, retired or deceased mem- ber of AFSA. Since 1997, this has been required of all applicants for the AFSA Academic and Art Merit Awards, which are a benefit of AFSA membership. The Associates for the American Foreign Service Worldwide will apply the same criteria to the schol- arships they sponsor under AFSA’s program. Please visit www.afsa.org/scholar for more details. NEWS BRIEF Help FS Youth Attend College During this year’s Combined Federal Campaign, please consider pledging to CFC #11759, “Foreign Service Youth Scholarships—AFSA.”Your donation will help to fund undergraduate need-based col- lege scholarships and merit awards for high school seniors who are children of Foreign Service employ- ees. AFSA is on track to help 100 students in the 2012-2013 school year, with awards totaling more than $225,000, but only with your support. Applica- tions will be available in November at www.afsa.org/ scholar. NEWS BRIEF Adair Lecture, Continued from page 61 to diplomats what courage is to soldiers.” Amb. Freeman was joined on stage by AFSA President Susan Johnson, former AFSA President Marshall Adair, American University School of International Service Dean James Goldgeier and School of Professional and Expanded Studies Dean Carola Weil. Marshall Adair noted, “These lectures are intended to expose students to individuals who actually practice diplomacy—to add the operational perspective to their university’s aca- demic perspective. They are intended to challenge the students to get the most out of their university’s curricula, and to inspire them to future public service, perhaps with the Foreign Service.” n