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Bill Clinton to come to campus in April for Global Initiative meeting

Bill Clinton and other leading topic experts and celebrities will aim to empower 1,000 students from around the world at Washington University on April 5-7.

Chelsea Clinton announced the University will be the site of next year’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting Tuesday afternoon at the group’s annual conference in New York City.

As a result of hosting the conference, Washington University will be able to have 200 of its undergraduate and graduate students participate in the weekend of workshops. The Gephardt Institute for Public Service will be heavily involved in promoting and putting on the event, which will include live streaming speeches for students unable to get seats in the Athletic Field House.

Check back to read the full story on Thursday.

More information on the CGI program is available here.

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  • conscience says:

    So a man who has used, assaulted, and abused women his entire life comes to town to promote the huge profits of big pharma and the abortion industry he is going to score for them in poor countries. Maybe their preterm birth rate will double also. Maybe their breast cancer rate will triple also. Women are useless to guys like Bill once they are 30 anyway..

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  • Anonymous says:

    It is important to note that this is not the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, but rather the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) annual meeting. The two are significantly different. This year, the former includes individuals such as Barack Obama, newly elected Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and many more. In contrast, the latter, which was held this year at George Washington University, featured Jon Stewart, Usher, Biz Stone, and more. Nevertheless, this is absolutely INCREDIBLE news for WashU and I could not be more thrilled!

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