American University
 American University  (University)    | |
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| Motto | Pro deo et patria (Latin) |
| Formation | 24 February 1893 |
| Headquarters | Washington DC, United States |
| Type | Private |
| Slogan | Turn us on 24/7 on campus channels 2 & 15 and online |
| Sponsored by | Luminate |
| Other name | Eagles |
| Subpage | •American University/President |
| One of the top five feeder schools to the U.S. Foreign Service, Congressional staff, and the CIA | |
The American University (AU or American) is a private research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893 at the urging of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who sought to create an institution that would promote public service, internationalism, and pragmatic idealism.[1][2] AU broke ground in 1902, opened in 1914, and admitted its first undergraduates in 1925. Although affiliated with the United Methodist Church, religious affiliation is not a criterion for admission.
American University has eight schools and colleges: the School of International Service, College of Arts and Sciences, Kogod School of Business, School of Communication, School of Professional and Extended Studies, School of Public Affairs, School of Education,[3] and the Washington College of Law (WCL). It has over 160 programs, including 71 bachelor's degrees, 87 master's degrees, and 10 doctoral degrees, as well as JD, LLM, and SJD programs. AU's student body numbers over 13,000 and represents all 50 U.S. states and 141 countries; around a fifth of students are international. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[4]
American University's alumni, faculty, and staff have included two Pulitzer Prize winners, two Nobel Prize winners, one United States Senator, 25 United States Representatives, 18 Ambassadors of the United States, and several foreign heads of state. American University is one of the top five feeder schools to the U.S. Foreign Service, Congressional staff, and the CIA ('other governmental agencies' as Wikipedia coyly describes it).[5][6][7]
Event Sponsored
| Event | Description |
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| Luminate | Pierre Omidyar's foundation for financing global media and civil society groups. It is unknown how close it aligns to certain US government agencies. |
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myron Brilliant | Businessperson | Bridge between the business world and the intelligence-connected organizations. Also lobbyist for free trade agreements. | |||
| Graham Brookie | Deep state functionary "Terror expert" | "Former U.S. government advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism" connected to the Integrity Initiative/Institute for Statecraft complex | |||
| Robert Byrd | 20 November 1917 | 28 June 2010 | |||
| Michael Cohen | 25 August 1966 | Lawyer Fraudster | A fraudulent US lawyer "who came out of nowhere to occupy a prominent spot in Trump’s orbit," found dead in 2021. | ||
| Theodore Couloumbis | 1935 | Greece | Academic | Greek academic | |
| Nonie Darwish | 1948 | US | Journalist | ||
| Kenneth Duberstein | 21 April 1944 | Civil servant | President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989. | ||
| Jeffrey Gedmin | Academic | ||||
| Richard Gutjahr | 1973 | German | Journalist | A spookily prescient journalist who just happened to be situated twice in two weeks to shoot video of "terrorist" attacks. | |
| Robert Kagan | 26 September 1958 | US | Co-founder of the Project for the New American Century | ||
| Michael Kempner | 31 January 1958 | Businessperson | |||
| Munira Mustaffa | Spook "Terror expert" | ||||
| Bruce Schneier | 15 January 1963 | Author Academic | An expert on cryptography, who has written over a dozen books on the subject. | ||
| Christopher Sharpley | US | Spook Deep state operative | |||
| Frances Townsend | 28 December 1961 | ||||
| Lodewijk J. R. de Vink | February 1945 | Netherlands | Businessperson | Dutch Bilderberger businessman |
References
- ↑ http://www.american.edu/trustees/Charter.cfm
- ↑ Pub.L. 52–160, H.R. 10304, 27 Stat. 476, enacted February 24, 1893
- ↑ https://www.american.edu/soe/%7Ctitle=School of Education | American University, Washington, DC|website=American University|language=en|access-date=2019-11-18}}
- ↑ https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131159 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=28 July 2020}}
- ↑ https://schar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/foreign-service-feeder-schools-1793x1267-1793x1267.jpg |title=Top Foreign Service Feeder Schools |publisher=American Foreign Service Association |year=2015 |access-date=April 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162620/https://schar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/foreign-service-feeder-schools-1793x1267-1793x1267.jpg |archive-date=January 4, 2017 }}
- ↑ https://www.legbranch.org/everything-youve-ever-wanted-to-know-about-educational-pipelines-to-capitol-hill/%7Ctitle=Everything you've ever wanted to know about educational pipelines to capital hill|first=Casey |last=Burgat|date=4 November 2019|via=Legbranch.org}}
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/08/magazine/campus-recruiting-and-the-cia.html%7Ctitle=Campus Recruiting and the C.i.a.|first=David|last=Wise|date=8 June 1986|via=NYTimes.com}}
