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News and Events : News 03-04
Press Release
September 30, 2003
NMH Alumna Presents "Afghanistan : The Forgotten War"
NORTHFIELD , Mass.--Laura Brooks, chief of the Joint Staff Afghanistan
Intelligence Crisis Cell at the Pentagon, will return to her alma mater to
inaugurate the 2003-04 Northfield Mount Hermon State of the World lecture
series. Brooks, a member of the class of 1992, will speak on “ Afghanistan
: The Forgotten War” at 6:30 pm , Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Rhodes Room,
Beveridge Hall, Mount Hermon campus. The event is free and open to the
public.
After graduating from NMH, Brooks attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of
Foreign Service at Georgetown University , graduating with a bachelor’s
degree in 1996. She has been an Afghanistan analyst for the Department of
Defense since Sept. 11, 2001 .
Brooks is the daughter of NMH faculty members and former chaplains Edwin
and Virginia Brooks. She will hold a question-and-answer session following
her talk. The State of the World lecture series began after the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
Northfield Mount Hermon School is an independent, coeducational college
preparatory school in western Massachusetts . NMH enrolls up to 900
boarding and 200 day students in grades 9 to 12 and postgraduate, and is
known for its diverse and talented students, innovative academic programs,
tradition of putting values into action, and innumerable opportunities for
growth.
Contact: Steve Spiegel, 413-498-3251, Steve_Spiegel.nmhschool.org
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