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the ambassador series

Slide Show: The Ambassador Series: Scenes from the 2008-2009 SeriesThe UIS/WSEC Ambassador Series

A Jewel for Springfield

UIS and WSEC are reviving a Springfield tradition:  The Ambassador Series. 

This series brings ambassadors from around the world to Springfield.  Each dignitary makes a lunch presentation and a spirited question-and-answer period follows.

Ambassadors come to Springfield for the opportunity of speaking with Springfield’s business and community leaders.  During their presentations, the ambassadors will share business, economic, and political insights. 

His Excellency Dennis Richardson, Australian Ambassador to the U.S.WSEC TV will film all programs for broadcast on its network and for other PBS stations.

The Series This Year:

  • October 7: His Excellency Dennis Richardson from
    Australia--See photos
  • November 10: Ambassador Maurice S. Parker, former Maurice S. Parker, former U.S. Ambassador to SwazilandU.S. Ambassador to Swaziland and Ambassador-in-
    Residence at the University of Illinois Chicago
  • February 3, 2010, featuring His Excellency Michael Collins from IRELAND
  • March 3, Her Excellency Renée Jones-Bos from the NETHERLANDS
  • April 7, His Excellency Jean-Paul Senninger from LUXEMBOURG
  • May 5, To Be Announced

His Excellency Michael Collins, Ireland's Ambassador to the U.S.Place

The Prairie Heart Institute Dove Conference Center,
619 E. Mason Street, Springfield, Illinois

When

Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Programs (and taping bHer Excellency Renee Jones-Bos, the Netherlands' Ambassador to the U.S.y WSEC) begin at noon and last until 1 p.m.

For the Series of Six

  • $860 for the series for a table of eight (8)
  • $108 for the series per person

Cost will be prorated for future lunches.

His Excellency Jean-Paul Senninger, Luxembourg's Ambassador to the U.S.You Can Help Influence Springfield's Future Leaders

A Special Opportunities Fund will allow students—high school or university—from the community to attend a series lunch.  The same Fund will also assist ambassadors from countries whose budgets cannot support their participation in the series.

Questions?

Call Dawn Orlove at 217.206.6058.