Conversation with Professor Jeffrey Morton By Jaime Musso

May 26, 2020 Limei

Jeffrey Morton, Director of Leon Charney Diplomacy Program, Foreign Policy Association Fellow, Department of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University

Leon Charney, a back-door channel advisor to leaders and diplomats during the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, believed that through dialogue and diplomacy any goal can be achieved. The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program offered by Florida Atlantic University was named in his honor in 2016, starting a fruitful collaboration between the Charney Resolution Center and FAU. I’m excited to be representing the Center when I take the course in the coming fall. I’m looking forward to developing new skills and gaining experience in this field. I decided to interview the head of the course, Professor Jeffrey Morton, to have a better grasp of what is awaiting me and to hear his opinion on the current Corona-virus pandemic. By Jaime Musso

FAU Leon Charney Diplomacy Program Presents the Life and Legacy of Leon Charney

December 6, 2019 Limei

Inspired by Leon Charney’s role as a back-door channel in the Camp David Peace Accord negotiations that brought peace to Israel and Egypt, Kylie Masshardt, a member of the FAU Leon Charney Diplomacy Program, delivered a presentation about the life and legacy of Leon Charney to a freshman world politics class. According to Kylie, “Leon Charney is FAU’s hero and our role model. All the students in the Charney Diplomacy Program hope to follow in his footsteps.”

Naka Sums Up Her Experience at Florida Atlantic University

November 24, 2019 Limei

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As a CRC ambassador to the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Naka managed to make new friends, reunite with long-lost family, and as a bonus, gain a whole new family with the Burkarts.

CRC Ambassador Naka joins FAU Charney Diplomacy Program participating UMUN in Washington DC

November 8, 2019 Limei

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Atlantic University Students are in Washington DC for 2019 NMUN.

Tzili Charney visited the FAU Leon Charney Diplomacy Program students at the National Model United Nations

FAU Leon Charney Diplomacy Program Training Tomorrow's Leaders

October 8, 2019 Limei

CRC Ambassador Naka at Diplomacy Program at FAU - October 2019

First day of the program, we would like to wish our Ambassador Naka and all the participating students good luck!

Ambassador Naka is preparing for her CRC ambassadorship at FAU

September 25, 2019 Limei

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

-- Maya Angelou

I may have had no control of the many unfortunate events which had happened in my life, but I know I do have control over who I am today and who I would like to become in the future

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Atlantic University at the National Model United Nations competition

April 15, 2019 Limei

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Atlantic University received the Distinguished Delegation Award at the National Model United Nations competition in New York City. Thirty FAU undergraduates joined more than 5,000 college students from 350 universities in the annual competition where schools represent countries and students step into the shoes of diplomats to solve global problems.

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program, which trains students in world affairs, dispute resolution and debate, was established in 1996 and is a unit of the Peace, Justice & Human Rights Program. To date, the program has won thirty-three national and international awards for academic excellence.

In 2017, the program was named to honor the diplomatic legacy of Leon Charney, who played a key role in the 1978 Camp David Accords. FAU will next compete in Nationals in Washington, D.C. in November where it will defend its first place finish in 2018.

Information about the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program can be found at www.fau.edu/diplomacy.

Tzili Charney Visited the students at the competition

FAU Diplomacy Program Luncheonette

January 15, 2019 Limei

Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly hosted members of the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program to a luncheon to celebrate the program’s accomplishments. In November, the Diplomacy Program placed first overall out of sixty competing universities at the National Model United Nations simulation in Washington, D.C. The program competes this spring in Nationals in New York City and in the Model European Union simulation hosted by the University of Indiana.

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program, which trains students in world affairs, dispute resolution and debate, was established in 1996. To date, the program has won thirty-two national and international awards for academic excellence. In 2017, the program was named to honor the diplomatic legacy of Leon Charney.

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