Buildings & Grounds
Interesting Finds
Resources at NFATC
"DOS" Famous
100

I am home to the newest Koi fish at NFATC 

(hint: I'm named after a recent "FSI" Director).

Polaschik Pond

100

This exact building location serves as home to NFATC's only foosball table and tele-typewriter (which floor).

(Extra credit for the room #)

K building

(K0306)

100

This division has been known to facilitate offsites for Foreign Service Orientation and other directorates/divisions at NFATC.

Training Staff Development

100

Seated in front of F building, he is considered the nation's first diplomat.

Benjamin Franklin

200

Take a nice walk along the path and it will lead you to the home for the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST).

(Extra credit for the building letter)

The Cottages

(I building)

200

Between which two divisions is the Lego wall sculpture. 

(hint: think B building)

Student Services & Orientation

200

This space is home to the self-service photo booth.

(hint: its not a library)

The Stephen B. Low Information Center

200

This name is listed in the codebreaker advertisement recruiting women into the program, 

"Private _____ goes to Washington"

Smith

300

While not an art gallery, the wall in this building holds a Lichtenstein portrait from 1982.

F building (stairwell near the Low Center)

300

This is the exact floor and building of the full-scale replicas of the NFATC campus (and other historical DOS buildings). 

C building, 3rd floor

300

Need help with your End-of-Course Survey, or want to join the TEA Forum...reach out to this division for help. 

Evaluation and Analytics

300

This diplomat and historian is the namesake of the auditorium in C building 

(hint: he is also known as the "Father of Containment"). 

George F. Kennan

400

In a previous life, D building was referenced as the gym and had this located on the 1st floor. 

A pool

400

All buildings on main campus are connected via indoor corridors or tunnels, except?

D building

400

Courses don't just design themselves, so we help divisions redesign their offerings from small scale changes to large-scale overhauls. 

Training Design and Development

400

This Career Ambassador (highest rank) was awarded Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award...and even has the NFATC Director's conference room named after her.

Ambassador Ruth A. Davis

500

This is the name of NFATC's horticulturalist (either first or last name).

Darren DeStefano

500

The "class of ____" from the women's high school donated the benches outside of the E building.

1940

500

GTD is the acronym for this office, which is the most field focused in the TR division.

Global Training Division

500

This woman was posthumously inducted into the National Security Agency Hall of Honor in 2010 for her work breaking key codes in 1940.

Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein

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