World Affairs Council
of Western Michigan

The past and present leadership of the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan (WACWM) paid tribute to executive director emerita Dixie Anderson at a special event held at the University Club in downtown Grand Rapids. Anderson retired at the end of 2017 after 22 years of service and while the Council expressed its appreciation at a November 2017 public event by giving her a lifetime achievement award, there had not yet been a final celebration event with her friends and fri

Given China’s intrinsic importance to the trajectory of the 21st century, the global economy, and indeed Michigan’s financial future, a conversation on U.S.-China relations with China’s top diplomatic representative to the United States could not be more timely. His Excellency Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., will be the featured speaker at the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan’s 69th anniversary event, to be held at 12 noon on Friday, February 8, at the A