Minnesota International Center

Minnesota International Center
Purpose To facilitate public foreign policy discussions
Location
Region served
 Minnesota
Official language
 English
Affiliations University of Minnesota
Website www.micglobe.org

The Minnesota International Center (MIC) is Minnesota's primary facilitator of foreign policy discussions available to the public.[1] The MIC is not officially part of the University of Minnesota, but it is located on the university's campus.[2] The Global Programs and Strategy Alliance operates out of the MIC.[3] The MIC selects teachers to travel to Turkey to participate in the Teacher Study Tour program, operated by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.[4] Every year, the MIC hosts a fundraising dinner dedicated to a different country.[5] In 1998, the dinner was dedicated to Brazil.[6] Josephine Benz Carpenter was the MIC's director from 1987 until 1990.[7] Emily Anne Tuttle also served in this position for a time.[8] Abbas Mehdi became a member of the MIC's board in 1997.[9] In 2002, the MIC partnered with the Rosenmeier Center for State and Local Government and the Brainerd Lakes Area Chambers of Commerce to host a presentation by Robert Flaten called "Iraq, the U.N. and the Politics of Preemption".[10]

References

  1. ↑ Robert J. White (2001). Stephen Richards Graubard, ed. "Minnesota and the World Abroad". Minnesota, Real & Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture (Minnesota Historical Society): 256. ISBN 0873513975.
  2. ↑ Stanford E. Lehmberg (2001). The University of Minnesota, 1945-2000. University of Minnesota Press. p. 127. ISBN 0816632553.
  3. ↑ Linda White (August 19, 2013). "Letters of wife of MN Congressman Walter Judd to be published as book". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ Stefanie Briggs (August 22, 2013). "Armstrong H.S. Teacher Studies in Turkey During the Summer". Golden Valley Patch. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Minnesota Celebrates Malaysia This Weekend". Bernama. June 20, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Dimitria T. Phill (June 16, 1998). "International Center focuses on Brazil and its food". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ Patricia C. Harpole (1998). Barbara Stuhler, Gretchen V. Kreuter, ed. "Brief Biographies of Other Minnesota Women". Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays (Minnesota Historical Society): 342. ISBN 0873513673.
  8. ↑ Ben Cohen (November 23, 2007). "Perry Ketchum, a civic and business activist". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ Samir Dasgupta, ed. (2004). The Changing Face of Globalization. Sage Publications. p. 319. ISBN 0761932917.
  10. ↑ "Rosenmeier Center to host Iraq discussion with guest speaker". Brainerd Dispatch. October 7, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2013.