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Affiliations & Partnerships

Working together with organzations to achieve greater impact.

Global Learning Center

Gretchen Eick, Ph.D, President, GLC

Incorporated April 20th, 1988

501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization

The mission of GLC is to provide opportunities for learning about people and cultures of the world in order to promote a peaceful future; to engage in research, education and service in the area of global learning to involve greater numbers of people of Wichita and the surrounding area in constructive international dialogue; to help visitors from abroad more fully understand Kansans; and to involve large numbers of persons in the discovery of workable solutions to the problems of the globe.

GLC goals:

  • To establish an independent international dialogue and global learning organization;
  • To serve as a focal point for international education and exchange efforts; and
  • To become an organization capable of serving persons and groups, including those not now being helped, to gain global knowledge and international understanding.

Ali Foundation Founder, Manzoor Ali, serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Learning Center, partnering on projects of mutual interest to provide educational and career growth opportunities for individuals who choose a career path for higher learning.

Ali Foundation awards participant grants to select members of the GLC Board of Directors to attend leadership training programs in partnership with Kansas Leadership Center.