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 Since its inception, the Southern Center for International Studies has played a leading role in developing the international infrastructure that exists today in the southeastern region of the United States. Through its Peabody Award-winning annual conference series, educational materials, workshops, and other programs, SCIS promotes global awareness and understanding by placing important international issues on the national public agenda.
 In 1983 the Center began its Peabody Award-winning series of annual conferences with former Secretaries of State. Since the inception of the series, the program has grown to include former Secretaries of Defense, Education, and Treasury, former world leaders and foreign ministers, former U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nations, and other world leaders.
 In 1991, recognizing that academic institutions needed high-quality, up-to-date educational materials that reflect the rapid and important changes taking place in today's world, the Southern Center for International Studies developed a series of multimedia educational materials focusing on particular areas of the world, entitled The World in Transition Series. A unique feature of the series is the use of excerpts from the televised conferences.
 Today the Center serves as a valuable resource for state, county, and city governments, chambers of commerce and other business and professional groups. Foreign visitors, diplomats, and international delegations who visit the Center are provided with contacts and information on the national, local, political, economic, and social environment. In addition, the Center works closely with educational institutions and civic organizations throughout the United States. Members may attend events and obtain international information from the library.
 Internationally, the Southern Center has developed relationships with a broad range of institutions, including the Atlantik-Brücke in Germany, the Ditchley Foundation in the United Kingdom, and the Delegation of the European Commission of the EU. On a national level, the Southern Center works with such organizations as the World Affairs Councils of America, the American Council on Germany, the U. S. Institute for Peace, the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, the Asia Society, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the National Council for the Social Studies, and state departments of education. These relationships provide valuable resources and contacts for the Center and its members.
The annual budget of the Center varies between $2.5 and $3.0 million. Corporate and individual memberships are an important part of the Center’s undesignated funds. Other funding is received from program revenues, sponsorships and grants. Over the past five years, the SCIS educational project has attracted about 60% of the Center’s funding. This includes the production and distribution of the SCIS World in Transition multimedia materials and teacher workshops. Less than 10% of the Center's annual budget is devoted to administration, fewer than 20% to fundraising, and the remaining 70-75% to programs and other educational activities.
 The Southern Center for International Studies is governed by a distinguished Board of Trustees. In conducting the activities of the Center, a full-time staff works closely with a volunteer educational advisory board, academic and media consultants, writers, educators, technicians, and numerous international experts.
 The Southern Center for International Studies is an educational, nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) and described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code. Charitable contributions to SCIS are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Businesses may deduct any expense that is an ordinary and necessary business expense.
 The Southern Center for International Studies admits students of any race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, marital or parental status, or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students of the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, marital or parental status, or disability in the administration of its educational and admission policies, scholarship, and other school-administered programs.
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