Latest Phi Beta Kappa Society Stories
Successful Convention Concluded with Record Breaking Attendance and Travel Industry Leaders Discussing Radical Ideas for Innovative Business Practices BOSTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the 42nd( )President of the United States spoke as the final keynote speaker at the annual 2012 GBTA Convention in Boston. The President was welcomed by attendees from all over the globe and discussed the current...
DUBLIN, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Irish American University, an American university with a campus on Merrion Square in Dublin, today conferred Master of Arts in International Relations degrees on 14 distinguished graduates. The ceremony took place in the historic Oscar Wilde House where the well known Dublin solicitor and author, Dr. Gerald Kean, was the commencement speaker and was followed by a private reception at the Shelburne Hotel. (Logo:...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As host of the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Meeting, the George Washington (GW) University is making the first Commitment to Action - a concrete plan to address a major global challenge - of the fifth CGI U Meeting to collect 20,000 used cell phones by March 2012. The campaign, called "GW Phones for Hope," will work with Hope Phones to recycle the used cell phones and use the proceeds to fund mobile health technology...
March 30 - April 1, 2012 WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former President Bill Clinton today announced that the George Washington University will host the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) March 30 - April 1, 2012. The announcement was made at the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in New York City. CGI U, founded by former President Clinton in 2007, provides a forum to engage both domestic and international students on the challenges facing the...
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll finds that the level of alienation among Americans has jumped up 11 points in one year, one of the highest single year movements ever. The last time the Index jumped by this much was from 1972 to 1973 during the Nixon Administration. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO ) Almost every year since 1966, the Harris Poll has measured how alienated Americans feel and then calculated the Harris Alienation Index...
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MWW Group (www.mww.com), one of the top ten global independent public relations firms, announced today that Traci E. Carpenter has joined the agency as Director of Speechwriting and Content. Carpenter brings extensive experience in speechwriting, strategic messaging and content development to the firm, previously serving as a senior speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and Governor Andrew Cuomo. In this new position, Carpenter will support MWW...
DENVER, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtela, the world's largest independent managed network and security services company, announced today it is partnering with CIOsynergy to host several events offering a unique opportunity to listen to and meet former President Bill Clinton and business leader Steve Forbes. These invitation-only events - held in Houston, Chicago, and San Francisco - provide a networking forum for each region's top information technology (IT) leaders to discuss and debate...
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll finds that the level of alienation among Americans remains, as it was in 2009, somewhat lower than it was for most of the years that George W. Bush was president, and all of the years when Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush were in the White House. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO) Almost every year since 1966, the Harris Poll has measured how...
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to continue to encourage Americans to support the relief efforts in Haiti, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush appear in a new television PSA released by the Ad Council today. In the new spot, the Presidents acknowledge the generosity of Americans following the tragedy and communicate the immediate and long-term needs in Haiti. Viewers are directed to donate to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF), which will help those who...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In today's remarks at the House Republican Issues Conference, President Obama praised the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) plan for reforming health care, entitled: "Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System," as a bipartisan health care proposal that is worthy of consideration by both Republicans and Democrats. According to President Obama, the plan, which was developed by former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard...
