University of Denver Honors Bush for Work in Zambia

DU Today

For­mer U.S. Pres­i­dent, George W. Bush chat­ting with the Dean of the Kor­bel School, Christo­pher Hill.

Since leav­ing office in 2009, for­mer U.S. Pres­i­dent George W. Bush has been busy doing many things, includ­ing human­i­tar­i­an work in South­ern Africa.

Bush and his wife, for­mer first lady Lau­ra Bush, have been trav­el­ing back and forth to Zam­bia, where they have set up a clin­ic to help in the fight against cer­vi­cal can­cer in the country.

Bush is also doing work on Malar­ia and HIV/AIDS in neigh­bor­ing Botswana.

For this and oth­er human­i­tar­i­an work car­ried out while still pres­i­dent, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Den­ver (DU) Josef Kor­bel School of Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies hon­ored Bush with a Glob­al Ser­vice Award at its annu­al Kor­bel Din­ner on Sep­tem­ber 9.

Accord­ing to the Den­ver Post, the event which took place at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Den­ver, drew pub­lic protests, includ­ing pro­tects from some stu­dents and fac­ul­ty mem­bers at DU.

Accord­ing to the Uni­ver­si­ty of Den­ver the event raised more than $670,000 that will go towards schol­ar­ships and fac­ul­ty research at the university.