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Division of Public Affairs
International Graduate University of Washington, DC is dedicated to providing excellent service to its neighborhood and community, to the City of Washington DC, to the Virginia and Maryland metropolitan areas, and to our nation. To fulfill this commitment through its Division of Public Affairs, it provides assistance and guidance to organizations as well as its campus facilities, when needed, as is indicated in the endeavors described in this section.
International Graduate University President, Dr Walter Boek, District of Columbia Mayor, Anthony M. Williams, Virginia Congressman, Thomas M. Davis, III, State of Virginia Senator, Jeanne Marie Devolites Davis, and University Professor, Dr Jean K. Boek
This "Capitol Hill East Civic Association" has its regular meetings at the campus.
From the left side: Martha Loomis; Mike Sullivan, Chairman; Alexandria Bergman, Secretary; and Rob Bergman.
The District of Columbia Commission for Women meeting in the University’s President’s office on the Capitol Hill Campus on nine consecutive Monday evenings to plan the conference on Women’s Issues. Beginning at the front left side of the photograph and moving clockwise around the table the participants are: Mrs. Vera Abbot, Mrs. Tina Smith, Dr. Shari Miles, Ms. Peg Hacskaylo, Ms. Tanya Blue, Ms. Jacqueline Coleman, Mrs. Brenda Richardson, Ms. Winona Lake Scott, and Dr. Jean Boek.
The Humanities Council of Washington, DC held an important Board meeting at the University during which its members decided the year - long projects it would support.
A neighborhood family needing a facility for a gathering were welcomed to use the campus.
A small Montessori School in the neighborhood was permitted to use the University's Hall for graduation services.
The Glee Club of the nearby DC Watkins School performed on the Campus for an audience of family members and neighbors.
The Executive Office of the Mayor, in cooperation with the organization called United Nations Individuals Fighting Impossibilities, had a most successful amateur night, "Diamonds in the District", in the University Hall.
District of Columbia Mayor Anthony M. Williams who appointed Faculty Member Dr. Jean K. Boek to the Womens Commission.
Linda Cropp, Chairman, District of Columbia Council, and Faculty Member Dr. Jean K Boek discussing District of Columbia school issues.
The United States Capitol Police, needing a location near the Capitol for quick reactions in times of stress, have trained hundreds of officers on the Campus.
The Metropolitan Police Department's request for a work station on the Hill was met with the provision of work space, including a washroom and other amenities, which they use at any time with keys provided them.
Two faculty members served the science community as elected presidents of the Washington Academy of Sciences. For a numbers of years, the University also provided headquarters for the Washington Academy of Sciences which had been founded in 1898, as an affiliation of eight scientific associations meeting in Washington, DC, including the Biological Society of Washington and Chemical Society of Washington. The number of scientific organizations in the Academy increased to 37 and included the American Society for Microbiology, Washington Branch, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronomics, Washington Section.
A series of four lectures on "The Environment" was provided free to the public.The distinguished speakers were:
Dr. Constantinos Doxiadis, Chairman, Athens, Greece, Technological Institute
Dr. Leslie A. Chambers, Director, Institute of Urban Ecolology, University of Southern California, and of the Alan Hancock Foundation
Dr. Gordon Maskew Fair, Professor Emeritus, Sanitary Engineering of Harvard University
The Honorable Edmund S. Muskie, Senator from Maine.
A special Lecture Series by the distinguished former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, a Governor of the University, on the subject of "What Are We Living For", was presented free to the public on three evenings.
Lecture I. The Ethics
Lecture II. The Logics
Lecture III. The Esthetics
(All three lectures were published as books by PJD Publications LTD)
For the first time in their long distinguished careers, "Third Party Candidates for the Presidency" were on a platform together. The University sponsored a free discussion of "Critical Issues" with The Honorable John Anderson on the left, Dr. Walter E. Boek, Moderator, and The Honorable Eugene McCarthy, in the House Office Caucus Room.
In accordance with objectives of the University, faculty and staff participate in professional meetings in their fields of interest. For example, University President, Dr. Walter E. Boek, led a session at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Conference entitled," Macro Engineering in the 21st Century", where gigantic projects like the Three Gorges dam and power stations were considered.
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