2008

U.S. Seventh Fleet Band Performance at the National Library, May 9, 2008

NASA Engineer Paul Johnson Talks to Singaporean Students at Raffles Junior College, May 5, 2008

Ambassador Herbold Discusses the U.S. Elections with 800 students at Temasek Junior College, April 30, 2008

Ambassador Herbold Tours Food and Hotel Asia 2008, April 23, 2008

Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference: Remarks by Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, April 17, 2008

U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt Visits for Talks with Singaporean Officials, April 15, 2008

President Bush Meets with Senior Minister Goh of Singapore, April 9, 2008

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Christopher R. Hill Meets North Korean Counterparts in Singapore, April 8, 2008

U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien: Interview with the Straits Times, April 3, 2008

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary Julie Myers: Interviews with Associated Press and Today, April 1-3, 2008

U.S. Chief of the Air Force General Moseley Meets with Singapore Minister Mentor Lee, April 9, 2008

Politics And Art: An Election Year Update, April 2, 2008
Consular Officer and former professor of American cultural studies John Groch gave a talk on politics and the arts at LaSalle College of the Arts.  John's talk covered the potential impact of this year's presidential election on the arts in the United States and gave an historical overview of American arts funding from public and private sources.

Fulbright Scholar Bryant Simon

• Starbucks And Its Effect On The Music Industry, March 29, 2008

• The Appeal Of Starbucks To Singapore And U.S. Teenagers, March 27, 2008

American Film Screening at Jurong Regional Library, March 29, 2008
The U.S. Embassy arranged a film screening of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" at the Jurong Regional Library to showcase the works of major American playwrights in the twentieth century.

Media In The USA: Handling Sensitive Issues, March 26, 2008
Counselor for Public Affairs Valerie Fowler spoke on "Media in the USA: Handling Sensitive Issues" as part of the Wee Kim Wee Lecture Series at the Singapore Management University, co-sponsored by the Fulbright Association of Singapore.  Ms. Fowler’s discussion included insightful perspectives on media literacy, media protocols, the U.S. Presidential Election cycle and the use of the media, and using new media, e.g.YouTube, etc.

Ambassador Herbold Hosts Gathering of Women of Influence, March 26, 2008

Ambassador Herbold Honors Singapore American Women's Association International Woman of the Year, March 14, 2008

Ambassador Herbold Recognizes Winners of Scholarships to St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, March 14, 2008

U.S. Speaker Dr. Burdett Loomis of the University of Kansas conducted six dynamic presentations in Singapore February 28-29, 2008. Dr. Loomis presented at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore Press Holdings, and the National University of Singapore on "The Changing Politics of Nomination and Election" in the current U.S. elections.

American Embassy Officer Talks About Globalization to Singaporean Youth

• Public Affairs Counselor Valerie Fowler spoke to 200 students at Temasek Junior College about important aspects of globalization and the opportunities and challenges it presents.  Ms. Fowler also answered a wide range of questions at the end of the session. (February 25, 2008)

Multiculturalism in the United States

• Assistant Public Affairs Officer Kathy Guerra gave a talk on multiculturalism in the United States to an audience of 150 students and teachers at Republic Polytechnic. The talk included current examples of multiculturalism in American schools. (January 2, 2008)

U.S. Presidential Elections 2008

• Assistant Public Affairs Officer Kathy Guerra spoke to Secondary 2 students at Hwa Chong Institution on the process of the current U.S. elections February 20. The students saw videos from YouTube's special elections channel and heard about the influence of the new media on the election. (February 20, 2008)

• Public Affairs Counselor Valerie Fowler spoke about the 2008 U.S. elections to an audience of 240 seventeen- to nineteen-year-olds at Raffles Junior College and answered a wide range of questions in the open forum that followed. (January 28, 2008)

• Consular chief Julie Kavanagh gave a talk on the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections to approximately 380 students and staff at Republic Polytechnic. (January 22, 2008)

• Political Officer Tracy Brown gave a talk on the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections at Dunman High School for approximately two hundred students. (September 12, 2007)