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| Erich Hernandez talks about the 2009 Global Youth Forum |
January 6, 2010 |
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 Erich was featured in his local newspaper and discussed what he learned about sustainability at the Global Youth Forum as well as his plans for staying involved with PTPI.
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| Mark Stansberry Inducted to Western Oklahoma Hall of Fame |
November 20, 2009 |
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Mark Stansberry, Chairman of PTPI's Board of Directors, was recently inducted to the 2009 Western Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Mary Jean Eisenhower, PTPI's presdient and CEO, joined Mark for the event and read the citation.
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| PTPI Korea Chairman Advocates Art of Giving |
November 9, 2009 |
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Kim Seung-nam, Chairman of PTPI Korea, talks to The Korea Times about his plans for increasing the number of chapters in Korea and about his belief in the importance of giving.
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| School Supplies Distributed in Tanzania Thanks to PTPI |
November 4, 2009 |
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U.S. service members distributed school supplies to more than 600 students at Tanzanian primary schools on November 2, 2009. The supplies were provided by PTPI's Operation International Children.
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| GYFHC Attendee Inspired to Continue Helping in Latin America |
October 22, 2009 |
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Zac Liskay spent time in Costa Rica last summer when he took part in PTPI's Global Youth Forum Humanitarian Conference. Familiar with the existing need in Latin American countries, he decided to dedicate his senior high school project to continuing to make a difference.
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| PTPI Member Inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame |
October 22, 2009 |
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Ken Bingman has been involved with PTPI for many years, leading countless Student Ambassador delegations and participating in PTPI's Humanitarian and Cultural Mission to Tanzania in 2008. Congratulations to Ken on this outstanding honor.
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| PTPI Member Recognized for Humanitarian Project |
October 12, 2009 |
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Olivia DeWeese was determined to participate in Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) despite the lack of a PTPI Student Chapter in her area. Her local paper published her essay on how she insulated five homes by collecting denim jeans.
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| Eisenhower Promotes Peace at Energy Luncheon |
September 22, 2009 |
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Mary Eisenhower speaks to attendees of the International Energy Policy Conference; discusses some of her favorite memories.
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| A New PTPI Student Chapter in Kansas City |
August 27, 2009 |
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Students ages 13-18 in the Kansas City area are encouraged to join the most recent addition to the PTPI Chapter network. Attend an orientation meeting August 31, 2009 from 3:10 to 3:50 pm at Sumner Academy. Read the press release for more information.
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| The Mississippi Press talks to Patrick Hollingsworth and Rod Hister about the GYFHC |
July 19, 2009 |
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 Both Patrick Hollingsworth, a student delegate, and Rod Hister, a leader, spoke to The Mississippi Press about participating in PTPI's Global Youth Forum Humanitarian Conference to Costa Rica.
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| Homestays with PTPI's Interlaken, Switzerland Chapter |
July 17, 2009 |
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 PTPI’s Interlaken/Bernese Oberland, Switzerland Chapter recently hosted American high school students traveling on a People to People Student Ambassador program. The 42 students and four teachers, who traveled from Texas, enjoyed a 3-day stay in Interlaken, a resort town nestled in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, as part of their three-week European tour.
After a warm welcome from chapter president Thomas Ammann and city councilman Philippe Ritschard at Interlaken's city hall, the visitors were greeted and whisked off by the many families from the region who each hosted two to three students or teachers in their homes. Families came up with different and creative ways to show their guests a slice of life in Switzerland. Some explored castles while others took boat rides on a pristine lake, visited Swiss schools (just in time for year-end parties), cheered at a village soccer tournament, hiked in the mountains, picked produce from a garden or ate Swiss specialties, like fondue and – of course –chocolate.
As in previous years, a team from the Interlaken chapter organized a special program for the students' last day. This year, at a lovely restaurant on the shores of the lake of Thun, the students took part in an information and discussion forum on the topic of education. They were asked to compare the different school systems of the U.S. and Switzerland with the help of local educators and students. The invited speakers gave colorful, anecdotal accounts of the multi-tiered Swiss education model to an attentive audience, who quickly learned about the path of a Swiss student from kindergarten through the higher education levels.
The students were then broken up into smaller groups, where they could explore the pros and cons of both systems in greater detail with a Swiss student or teacher. While a delicious pasta lunch was being prepared, students sat outside under a sunny sky and chatted, then summarized their impressions and comments on a question sheet. Their conclusions were then presented after lunch. Families, students, teachers and organizers alike all came away with new impressions and perspectives about each others' school experiences.
The American students, for example, were impressed with the lack of competition for university places in the Swiss system, which is more geared to early professional tracking and upper-level secondary schools that offer a wide range of career and vocational training. They also found year-round schooling and low costs to be a Swiss advantage. Some, however, preferred the large spectrum of sports and extracurricular activities of a U.S. school, which do not exist in Switzerland. All were in agreement in their dislike of standardized tests and the lack of financial investment in academic programs in the U.S. Switzerland's early foreign language instruction also impressed the American students.
Lighter hearted conversation accompanied lunch and dessert, followed by good-bye hugs and wishes for happy travels to the next destination, the Alsace region of France. Thomas Ammann bid farewell to the homestay guests as the families stayed behind to wave the tour bus goodbye, with the hope that some would find their way back again to the beautiful Alpine region and their Swiss “families”.
Article by Regina and Ernest Walti
Translated to English by Claudia Mariani
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| GYFHC Delegate Featured in The North County Times |
July 15, 2009 |
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 David Hines recently left for Costa Rica as one of the 31 delegates taking place in PTPI's 2009 Global Youth Forum Humanitarian Conference. His local paper spoke with him about the trip and why he wanted to take part.
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| PTPI's East Brunswick, New Jersey Chapter Helps Children in Uganda |
June 26, 2009 |
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For Global Youth Service Day, members of PTPI's East Brunswick, New Jersey (Synergy) Chapter collected over 10,000 books that will be sold to raise funds to create opportunities for education for the children affected by war in northern Uganda.
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| Delray Beach teen helps People to People International |
June 24, 2009 |
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Kailene Lambert of PTPI's Delray Beach, Florida Student Chapter was recently interviewed about the chapter's outstanding efforts to make a difference in both their local and global communities.
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| PTPI's Greenwood, SC Chapter Raises Money for Local Scholarship Program |
April 4, 2009 |
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 The Chapter's fundraising events gave guests an opportunity to experience authentic British cuisine while supporting a scholarship fund that will provide opportunities for learning more about the mission of PTPI.
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| Peace Studies Conference at Lander a success |
March 23, 2009 |
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Lander University hosted its first Peace Studies Conference on March 14. The conference, sponsored by the university and the Greenwood chapter of People to People International (PTPI), brought together Lander faculty to examine the subject of peace studies from historical, political and psychological perspectives.
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| Greenwood, SC Chapter Sponsors Peace Studies Conference |
February 26, 2009 |
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On March 14, Lander Univeristy in Greenwood, SC USA will host a Peace Studies Conference sponsored by the Greenwood, SC chapter of PTPI.
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| KC Star feature article on Mary Eisenhower |
February 21, 2009 |
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 Hearing a call. Answering it.
Someone grabbed Mary Eisenhower by the arm. There’s a person here you must meet, she was told.
Eisenhower glanced across the room. She knew immediately who the person was. He looked like his father.
Her heart sank. Was it appropriate that she, an Eisenhower, and Sergei Khrushchev were invited to the same conference? What would she say to the son of the shoe-banging, bury-the-West Nikita Khrushchev?
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| PTPI's Sparta, NJ (All 4 Peace) Student Chapter featured in local newspaper! |
January 2, 2009 |
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 PTPI Student Chapter members embraced the holiday spirit and helped the homeless in their community during their break from school.
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| Eisenhower Library Hosts Afghan Teachers, Mary Eisenhower to Speak |
November 16, 2008 |
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Eight Afghan teachers currently attending K-State will attend a public Forum at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum on Friday, November 21, 2008. Mary Eisenhower will provide the opening remarks. The teachers will discuss current issues and their perspectives. The event is free of charge and open tot he public.
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| Mary Eisenhower to Receive Honorary Doctorate |
November 10, 2008 |
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The Board of Trustees of Park University recently announced that Mary Eisenhower will be the recipient of the school's highest honor, an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. She will also deliver the December Commencement address.
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| Mary Jean Eisenhower Visits Cary |
October 30, 2008 |
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 PTPI's president and CEO discusses putting Peace through Understanding into action and shares a bit of the personal history that led her to her current career path.
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| Gary Sinise Honored for Humanitarian Work |
October 22, 2008 |
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 Gary Sinise, co-founder of People to People International program Operation Iraqi Children, will receive an honorary doctorate degree of Fine Arts from California State University, Stanislaus on Saturday for his outstanding accomplishments as an artist, philanthropist and humanitarian.
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| Amb. Mansour Joins PTPI's Atlanta Chapter |
October 20, 2008 |
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Ambassador Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel to the Southeast and a new member of PTPI's Atlanta Chapter, recently spoke to fellow members about challenges in Israel and the importance of mutual understanding.
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| Margaret Stoltzfus Awarded Eisenhower Distinguished Service Award |
October 13, 2008 |
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 Margaret Stoltzfus was presented with PTPI's second highest award by PTPI Board Chairman Troy Nash at the OSKIOWA Chapter's 40th anniversary celebration in Iowa. Photo by Duane Nollen of The Oskaloosa Herald.
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