The Foreign Service Journal, November 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2013 59 AFSA NEWS To Support the AFSA Scholarship Program Designate CFC #11759 Please consider supporting the AFSA scholarship program by designating #11759 on your Combined Federal Campaign pledge card or online donation. The AFSA Scholarship Fund has changed its name to Foreign Service Youth Scholarships-AFSA, but the number remains the same (CFC #11759). Last year, AFSA provided more than $230,000 through need-based scholarships and merit awards to 90 Foreign Service students to aid in their college expenses. Please visit www.afsa. org for details. NEWS BRIEF awards ask for Foreign Service employees who have “exhibited extraordinary accomplishment involving initiative, integrity, intellec- tual courage and construc- tive dissent.” The awards publicly recognize individu- als who have demonstrated the intellectual courage to question the status quo and take a stand, no matter the sensitivity of the issue or the consequences of their actions. There are four dissent awards: the Christian A. Herter Award for a member of the Senior Foreign Service; the William R. Rivkin Award for an mid-level officer; the W. Averell Harriman Award for an entry-level officer; and the F. Allen “Tex” Harris Award for a Foreign Service specialist. Recipients receive a prize of $4,000 and a trophy. For more information go to www.afsa.org/dissent or contact Perri Green, AFSA’s coordinator for special awards and outreach, at green@afsa.org and (202) 719-9700. Deadline for the 2014 dissent awards is Feb. 28. n Dissent continued from page 56