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The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at The University of Montana promotes better understanding of Asia, U.S. relations with Asia, and ethics in public affairs in the spirit of Senator Mike Mansfield (1903-2001) and his wife and life partner Maureen Hayes Mansfield. The Center houses programs that focus on the peoples and cultures of modern Asia and ethics in public affairs, the core interests and hallmarks of Senator Mansfield's career.

Economic empowerment

SEEKING U.S. AND ASIAN PARTICIPANTS FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

For the third year, the Mansfield Center is honored to host the Professional Fellows Program of the U.S. Department of State.  The focus for 2014 is Economic Empowerment.  We are now seeking Asian and U.S. participants for this exciting exchange program. 

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Asia and Cyber Security with David Hamon

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event!

See photos from Asia and Cyber Security on our flickr!

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The Mansfield Center is pleased to announce that Morgan Pett of Custer County High School and Sara Nelson of Flathead High School are the 2014 Adult Participants! We would like to thank all who applied and are proud of Montana’s commitment to international exchange and education.


Applications are now closed for AYLP 2014.

Learn more about AYLP Cambodia

Check out our AYLP 2014 Student Flyer


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Wintersession in Vietnam

Dec. 26, 2013 - Jan. 19, 2014

Class Full!  Waiting list now being formed or call to inquire about next year!


Today

Attention all Faculty:

Applications for the Yamaguchi Opportunity Fund for Asia-related research and curriculum are due December 6th!

See What's New

Fall 2013 Lecture Series

Upcoming Speakers

Study Abroad

Mansfield Internships

In the News

New Chief: Mansfield Center is Place to Foster Global Outlook, Discussion - Missoulian

Montanans See Opportunity in Troubling Technological World - Missoulian

Group Looks to Position UM, Missoula as Cybersecurity Hub - Missoulian

Solving An Old Problem: Mapping the Law - Kaimen

Brown Bag Series

The Brown Bag Lecture Series has concluded for the Fall 2013 semester.

Check back later for information about our Spring 2014 lecture series!


Robert McCoy is retired from the U.S. Air Force, where he worked as a Korea specialist during his long career. He studied Korean language and culture at Yale's Institute of Far Eastern Languages and advanced Korean studies at the Monterey Defense Language Institute, and holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Maryland and the University of Nebraska. He has spent more than 15 years in Asia.

The Mansfield Center

Level 4, Mansfield Library

University of Montana

Missoula, MT 59812

(406) 243-2988

(406) 243-2181 fax

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