Our Scholarships

Our Scholarships

For High School Seniors and Current College Students The following AAFSW scholarships are available, with application deadlines in early April. Application forms are available early in the application year and will be announced in our Global Link newsletter, and on our website and Facebook page. AAFSW Merit Scholarship winner for 2013 Geoffrey Odlum with Debbi…

Arabian Night Enjoyed By All

Over 64 AAFSW members enjoyed a wonderful evening during the “Arabian Night” event that Sheila Switzer, AAFSW’s Program Chair, put together and Barbara Reioux, AAFSW’s Office Manager, helped organized very successfully. Our evening started with a guided tour of the impressive King Abdullah Cultural Hall (KACH). KACH is a small museum with state of the…

Our Fundraising & Family Crisis Fund: Supporting our Families/Spouses in Transiton

Our Fundraising & Family Crisis Fund: Supporting our Families/Spouses in Transiton

Tales of Survivors of the DOS Divorce and Separation Process The Department of State (DOS) views divorce as a private civil matter to be addressed by a civilian court. When the separation becomes difficult, including physical harm and non-physical harm, harassment and emotional abuse, the spouse is left with “a sense of loss and powerlessness”….

Engaging Presentation by the Hungarian Ambassador

On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide and its President, Dr. Joanna Athanasopoulos Owen, along with AAFSW Program Chair, Sheila Switzer, welcomed her Excellency, the Hungarian Ambassador to the USA, Dr. Réka Szemerkényi. AAFSW members and friends met at the George Marshall Auditorium in the Department of State in…

Our BookRoom

Our BookRoom

BookRoom, which sells used books of all kinds, is located in “Foggy Bottom Mall” in the basement of the State Department’s HST Building. It’s open November through September (closed during AAFSW’s Art & BookFair each October) during weekday lunchtime hours: 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. Drop in to get some bargain reading material, and support…