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World News

20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake

Activists: Syrian Assault Leaves More Than 250 Dead

Protesters Flood The Streets In Moscow

Protesting Chinese Village Elects A New Path

In Ukraine, A Daughter Takes Up Her Mother's Cause

What a wonderful event on November 11 at The Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary! We honored Ping Fu, co-founder, president and CEO of Geomagic, as the 2011 Citizen of the World! More than 150 people from all across the Triangle joined us for the special night. See pictures on the IAC Facebook fan page.

The Citizen of the World Award is given annually to the North Carolinian who has done the most for the internationalization of our state.




Purchase your tickets for the Citizen of the World Awards Dinner now:
Members $125 per Ticket
Non Members $150 per Ticket


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$10,000 Ambassador
$7,500 Envoy
$5,000 Counselor
$2,000 Consul
$1,000 Attaché
$500 Diplomat



Past Recipients

2007Dr. Jim Goodnight
CEO, SAS
2006Dr. James Peacock
Kenan Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2005Ms. Millie Ravenel
Founder and Executive Director, The North Carolina Center for International Understanding
2004Mr. James O. Roberson
Former President, Research Triangle Foundation
2003Mr. Jim Fain
Secretary, North Carolina Department of Commerce
2002Mr. Robert Ingram
Former President / CEO, GlaxoSmithKline
2001Dr. John Hope Franklin
The John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, Duke University
2000Mr. Gordon Smith
Co-founder, Exploris
1999The Honorable James B. Hunt Jr.
Former Governor of North Carolina
1998The Honorable Jeanette Hyde
Former U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
1997Mr. Kazuo Watanabe
Former President of Mitsubishi Semiconductor America, Inc.
1996Dr. Leroy Walker
President Emeritus of the U.S. Olympic Committee and President of the 1999 Special Olympic World Summer Games
1995The Honorable Terry Sanford
Former Governor of North Carolina and Founder of the International Visitors Council in 1973