4th Annual Caroline and Ambassador Charles Adair Memorial Lecture

On September 1, 2010, students from the Washington Semester Program ,Washington Mentorship Program, and the Washington Semester Graduate Gateway Program came together for the Fourth Annual Caroline and Ambassador Charles Adair Memorial Lecture.  It was standing-room only in the Kay Spiritual Center on American University's campus as the keynote speaker J. Stapleton Roy took the stage.   J. Stapleton Roy, vice chairman of Kissinger Associates, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S. at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, discussed China's rapidly growing economy and its relationship to the United States.

The students were truly enlightened - hear from one of them below:

"After a group lunch at the Tenley Cafe, all three groups came together for a lecture on the AU main campus with former U.S. Career Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy.  His speech was really good and very interesting.  I was really grateful that I could listen to such an inspiring man.  I think the future of China and its relationship with its neighbors and the rest of the world, especially the USA, is one of the most interesting themes in international relations today.  If one country makes a mistake then there can be tremendously dangerous consequences for the whole world."  - Kilian Zitxelberger, Germany, Washington Semester Program International Business and Trade Student

Students with J. Stapleton Roy

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