Mansfield Center Galleries

Mansfield Center galleries highlight programs and events hosted by the Mansfield Center. The left hand navigation offers links to images from past study abroad programs, international exchanges, and conferences hosted by the Mansfield Center, as well as a glimpse into the life of Mike Mansfield.

Featured Gallery: 2014 Year In Review

The Fall 2014 Mansfield Conference, "The Storied Past, The Troubled Future: The Imperative of Wilderness at 50 Years" drew several hundred people to discuss the importance of and the future of the Wilderness Act.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and hosted by the Mansfield Center, AYLP Cambodia 2014 engaged 20 Montana high school students and two high school teachers on an all-expense paid study of Cambodia focused on leadership development and community service.
The Mansfield Center's annual Spring and Fall Brown Bag Lecture series covered topics from the China-India Border Dispute, to Social Entrepreneurship, to Human Trafficking in Afghanistan.
The Mansfield Center's 2014 Asian Leadership Forum lineup included a CHINA Town Hall with a webcast by former President Jimmy Carter and guest speaker Robert A. Kapp; Global Pandemics and Bioterroism with David Hamon and Alex Philp; and three programs on Korea and the Legacy of Mike Mansfield with The Korea Society.
Students from the Chinese Youth Studies University studied at the University of Montana in summer 2014 with the Confucius Institute.
The Mansfield Center was honored to host three delegations in 2014 from ASAN, the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and Korea.
U.S. participants in the Economic Empowerment Program traveled to Southeast Asia to work with their fellowship partners to learn more about development in Southeast Asian countries.
Economic Empowerment Fellows from Southeast Asia partnered with Montana businesses to study best business practices and development in a variety of fields.
The Spring 2014 Mansfield Conference, "The Fight For Hope & Freedom: Human Trafficking, Montana and the World" brought together policy makers, researchers, and advocates from across the world to discuss the blight of modern day slavery.
Mansfield Center Director Dr. Abraham Kim and Confucius Institute Executive Director Suhan Chen accompanied Governor Steve Bullock on his Trade Mission to China.
The Defense Critical Language & Culture Program continued to help prepare members of the U.S. military for assignments overseas, including through Project Global Officer scholarships.
The Study of the U.S. Institute on Secondary Education: American Studies Through the Lens of Democracy and Citizenship brought 20 scholars from around the world to the University of Montana to study U.S. history, culture, and politics.
The Mansfield Center hosted a two-way SportsUnited Initiative with China focusing on Youth Sports Engagement. Six Americans delegates visited China, and eight Chinese participants traveled to the U.S.
The Mansfield Ethics and Public Affairs Program's "Our Unraveling Democracy" lecture series brought Dr. Andrew Bacevich, Dr. Molly Worthen, and Dr. Wilfred McClay to Missoula to discuss the state of American politics.
Thirteen UM students joined UM Professor Dr. Daniel Spencer for an amazing study of climate change in Vietnam during the 2014 wintersession.
Twenty Young Southeast Asian Leaders visited Montana, Louisiana and Washington DC to study global environmental issues.