Frontier Work
Members of the SRREJ team pose together for a photo, June 6. From left: Ta'Adhmeeka Beamon, Brittany Greer, Jessica Huber, Clare Polke, Special Representative Desirée Cormier Smith, Michael Orona, Sydney Franklin, and Darius Edgerton....
Retirements | August 2023
Civil Service
Bonte, David J.Cawley, Barbara A.Dentzel, Sonia E.Fleck, Barbara J.Gilmore, Towana K.Hausheer, Charles S.Joubert-Lin, Rachael-Therese S.C.Khan, AfzalManzek, Joann S.Maurer, Hans C.Moore, Carey L.Nichols, Timothy B.Orbin Jr., Joseph J.Robinson, Robert H.Umerez, Guillermo L.Wingard, Michael A.Winkelman,...
Designing for diplomacy in Italy’s city of commerce and style
By Glyn T. Davies
Few cities match Milan’s style, sophistication, and financial clout. A world city on a par with Los Angeles or Mexico City, Greater Milan’s ten million people and its strengths in commerce,...
American Space inaugurated in Indonesia’s national mosque
Embassy Jakarta, in collaboration with Indonesia’s National Mosque, Istiqlal, inaugurated an American Space located at the Mosque Library, June 6. Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia and the first and only...
Embassy Muscat kicks off Mental Health Awareness Month
By Patricia Dos Santos-Archie
Embassy Muscat held a kick-off event, May 16, in response to President Joe Biden’s proclamation of May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The event highlighted resources available through the Department of...
IRM division achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
By Nadine A. Hunt
The Bureau of Information Resource Management’s (IRM) Business, Management, and Planning Directorate’s Strategic Planning Division (SPD) has achieved International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification. ISO is the world’s largest developer...
Department dragon boat racing team wins gold
“Diplomatic Row,” a dragon boat team composed of Department of State and World Bank employees, won first place in the 200-meter B Division Mixed Finals at the Washington D.C. Dragon Boat Festival held on...
Office of Overseas Schools
By Mark E. Ulfers and Elise Webb
As the pandemic pushed students from classrooms to living rooms and forced educators to find creative ways to engage and teach, the Office of Overseas Schools kept watch...
ConGen Erbil hosts New Year celebration
The U.S. Consulate General in Erbil hosted a celebration for Nawroz (Persian New Year) or Newroz (Kurdish New Year) in March 2023. This holiday ushers in a two-week period of celebration in countries spanning...
