For our accomplishments, we were honored at a dinner by First Lady Hilary Clinton in 1997. The Chairman and Vice Chairman also serve as Consultants to the FPA in order to help spread Great Decisions to more universities nationwide. The Great Decisions Committee is comprised of twenty-seven undergraduates who are selected each September through a competitive application process. The committee is a student organization that participates in outreach projects to local retirement communities and secondary schools. During the Spring, the committee also arranges meetings with distinguished speakers.
All events are free and open to the public.
Events this past Fall included meetings with the Chief Negotiator of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on protecting the Ozone layer, Ambassador Richard Benedick, the Cambodian Ambassador, Ambassador Roland Eng, and the British Ambassador, Sir Christopher Meyer. Your grade is determined by your attendance at all of the eight lectures, as well as your attendance and participation in the eight discussion sections. You must attend the entire lecture. You are permitted one absence from a lecture OR a discussion session. After that one free absence, you can write a letter to a policy leader regarding an international issue that concerns you and thereby make up one additional absence from a lecture or discussion session.