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| The ''Honored Westarctican Awards'' are a series of honorifics that can be bestowed in one of seven categories. As a part of the [[Westarctica Civilian Corps]]' goal of recognizing citizens for exceptional acts or service that do not merit awarding of one of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Orders of Westarctica|Orders of Chivalry]], the Honored Westarctican Awards were created in 2018. Briefly called the "Honored Citizen Awards," at their inception, the name was quickly changed to avoid confusion with the Honored Citizen award.
| | [[File:Honorary Consul-Logo.jpg|350px|thumb|Logo of the Honorary Consular Corps]] |
| | The '''Honorary Consul Training Program''' is an online course of instruction created to train and educate [[Westarctica]]'s diplomats. It is part of the [[Westarctica Leadership Institute]]. |
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| These awards can be issued to any Westarctican, even citizens who are not members of the Corps.
| | Graduates of the program are entitled to apply for entry into the [[Honorary Consular Corps|Diplomatic Corps]] and may be selected as Honorary Consuls for Westarctica. |
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| ==Awards and Ribbons== | | ==History== |
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| | Honored Artist of Westarctica
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| | Significant achievement of an artistic nature.
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| | Honored Citizen of Westarctica
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| | Perform an act, accomplishment, or service that reflects positively upon them and Westarctica.
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| | Honored Conservationist of Westarctica
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| | Significant achievement in the field of conservation.
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| | Honored Diplomat of Westarctica
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| | Significant service of a diplomatic nature.
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| | Honored Innovator of Westarctica
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| | Significant achievement of a non-artistic, but still innovative or scientific in nature.
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| | Honored Servant of Westarctica
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| | Service in an appointed position that is not diplomatic, in nature.
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| | Honored Volunteer of Westarctica
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| | Significant and sustained service to the government and/or people of Westarctica that would not make them eligible for either the Service or Diplomat Ribbons.
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| ==Honored Artist==
| | * 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (United Nations) |
| The title of Honored Artist may be bestowed upon citizens who have accomplished a significant achievement of an artistic nature. This may include, but is not limited to:
| | * Protocol for the Modern Diplomat (Foreign Service Institute U.S. Department of State) |
| *'''Traditional arts:''' painting, sculpting, drawing, pottery, photography, and woodworking | | * ''[[The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica]]'' (Westarctica) |
| *'''Literary arts:''' writing and poetry | |
| *'''Performance arts:''' singing, music, songwriting, and dance | |
| *'''Technological arts:''' graphic design, and filmmaking
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| *'''Culinary Arts:''' cooking, baking
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| ===Recipients===
| | Graduates were presented with an auto-generated certificate. Once they could show proof of successfully completing the course, they became eligible to serve as Honorary Consuls of Westarctica. |
| *'''[[Lady Thurston]]''': Awarded for writing and composing [[Westarctica, Land of the Brave]]. ''(1 May 2018)''
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| *'''Esther Viola''': Awarded for being named the Citizens Selection during the [[2018 Westarctica Art Expo]]. ''(25 August 2018)''
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| *'''[[Duke of Fox Grove|His Grace, August Grappin]]''': Awarded for being named the Council Selection during the 2018 Westarctica Art Expo. ''(25 August 2018)''
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| *'''[[Duke of Moulton-Berlin|His Grace, Jon-Lawrence Langer]]''': Awarded for being named the Crown Selection during the 2018 Westarctica Art Expo. ''(25 August 2018)''
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| *'''[[Christine Wood|Dame Christine Wood]]''': Awarded for being named the Council Selection during the [[2019 Westarctica Art Expo]]. ''(10 December 2019)''
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| *'''Wyatt Hill''': Awarded for being named the Crown Selection during the 2019 Westarctica Art Expo. ''(10 December 2019)''
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| ==Honored Citizen== | | ===2022 shut down=== |
| The title of Honored Citizen may be bestowed upon citizens who have performed an act, accomplishment, or service that reflects positively upon them and Westarctica. This must be of a nature that warrants recognition, but does not merit the awarding of any other Honored Westarctican Awards.
| | In 2022, OpenLearning increased their fee for hosting platform content from $90 per year to over $5,000 per year. It was decided at this time that this increased expense was not justifiable, and the program was shuttered. Shannon Sullivan, then serving as Chancellor of the Westarctica Leadership Institute, was instructed by [[Grand Duke Travis]] to copy and paste all content from the course so it could be reconstituted on another platform. She failed in this endeavor and the content was lost forever on 28 February 2022 when Westarctica's OpenLearning account was shut down. |
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| ===Recipients===
| | After this, the training program for new consuls was abandoned. |
| *'''Kristina Sullivan''': Awarded for serving as the Captain of Westarctica's official 2019 [[GISH]] team. ''(7 August 2019)''
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| *'''August Grappin''': Awarded for being named the Citizen's Selection during the 2019 Westarctica Art Expo. ''(10 December 2019)''
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| ==Honored Conservationist== | | ===New program=== |
| The title of Honored Conservationist may be bestowed upon citizens who have performed significant service to Westarctica whose nature falls in line with our goals of environmentalism and conservation.
| | In 2025, the Deputy Foreign Minister, Captain Chris Watson, took responsibility for administering the Honorary Consul Program. In this capacity, he created new training materials which would be shared with candidates who had been vetted and selected for diplomatic service. This marked a dramatic change from the way the training program was previously administered: before, the training and testing process was open to anyone who desired to complete it; now, it is available only to candidates who have been deemed eligible Honorary Consuls. |
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| ==Honored Diplomat== | | ==External links== |
| The title of Honored Diplomat may be bestowed upon citizens who have performed significant service of a diplomatic nature. This may include, but is not limited to:
| | * [https://www.openlearning.com/courses/honoraryconsultrainingcourse Online training course] (dead link) |
| *[[Honorary Consular Corps]] service
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| *Treaty negotiations
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| *Head of state [[Foreign relations of Westarctica|visits with other nations]] or micronations
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| *Delegate service
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| ===Recipients===
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| *'''[[Grand Duke Travis|His Royal Highness, Travis McHenry]]''': Awarded for various diplomatic meetings with foreign dignitaries. ''(1 May 2018)''
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| *'''[[Duke of Goldstream|His Grace, Stefan Winkler]]''': Awarded for negotiation of various treaties and service as Minister of Foreign Affairs. ''(7 February 2020)'' | |
| *'''Francesco Alvaro Ronchi''': Awarded for service as Italian Consul ''(7 February 2020)''
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| ==Honored Innovator==
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| The title of Honored Innovator may be awarded to citizens who have accomplished a significant achievement of a technological or non-artistically creative nature. This may include, but is not limited to:
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| *Assisting in the development of Westarctica through creative ideas/brainstorming.
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| *Contributing to the technological advancement of Westarctica
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| *Invention of a significant nature to Westarctica
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| ==Honored Servant==
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| The title of Honored Servant may be bestowed upon citizens who have performed service in an appointed position that is not diplomatic, in nature. This may include, but is not limited to:
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| *Serving in a Ministry appointment
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| *Serving as the head of a non-military organization
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| *Other appointments of a significant nature
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| *'''[[Duke of Waesche|His Grace, Luis 'Wolf' Tulier]]''': Awarded for serving as the [[Prime Minister of Westarctica]] from 2010-2017. ''(1 May 2018)''
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| *'''[[Prince-Consort Dinny|His Royal Highness, Dinny Pulipati]]''': Awarded for serving as [[Minister of Technology]]. ''(1 May 2018)''
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| *'''[[Duke of the Bear Peninsula|His Grace, C Jordan Farmer]]''': Awarded for serving as [[Minister of Citizenship & Immigration]], and as Commissioner of the [[Westarctica Civilian Corps]]. ''(1 May 2018)''
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| *'''His Royal Highness, Travis McHenry''': Awarded for service to nation as Sovereign. ''(18 July 2019)''
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| *'''His Grace, August Grappin''': Awarded for service as Minister of Citizenship & Immigration. ''(7 February 2020)''
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| *'''Danitza Michelle Rivera''': Awarded for service as Minister of Communication. ''(7 February 2020)''
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| ==Honored Volunteer==
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| The title of Honored Volunteer may be bestowed upon citizens who have performed significant and sustained service to the government and/or people of Westarctica that would not make them eligible for either the Servant or Diplomat titles. This may include, but is not limited to:
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| *Event organization, planning, and execution
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| *Minor appointments not deemed appropriate for the Honored Service ribbon
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| *'''Ariella Warner''': Awarded for coordinating the Washington, D.C. area Icebreaker event in March 2019. ''(8 April 2019)''
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| *'''His Grace, August Grappin''': Awarded for coordinating the Nashville area Icebreaker event in July 2019. ''(29 July 2019)''
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| *'''Her Serene Highness, Rebecca Lower''': Awarded for work with the [[Constitutional Convention|First Constitutional Convention]]. ''(10 September 2019)''
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| *'''His Grace, Luis 'Wolf' Tulier''': Awarded for work with the First Constitutional Convention. ''(10 September 2019)''
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| *'''Her Grace, Dany-el Baker''': Awarded for work with the First Constitutional Convention. ''(10 September 2019)''
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| *'''Sir Christian Seitz''': Awarded for work with the First Constitutional Convention. ''(10 September 2019)''
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| *'''Christine Wood''': Awarded for work with the First Constitutional Convention. ''(10 September 2019)''
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| ==Future Awards==
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| A number of additional awards have been developed for areas not directly correlating to the current seven designations. These awards may be formally announced and implemented at a future date, if and when deemed prudent by the [[Grand Duke of Westarctica|Grand Duke]] and the Commissioner of the Civilian Corps.
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| [[Category:Culture of Westarctica]] | | [[Category:Culture of Westarctica]] |
Logo of the Honorary Consular Corps
The Honorary Consul Training Program is an online course of instruction created to train and educate Westarctica's diplomats. It is part of the Westarctica Leadership Institute.
Graduates of the program are entitled to apply for entry into the Diplomatic Corps and may be selected as Honorary Consuls for Westarctica.
History
The Honorary Consul Training Program was created using the online education platform OpenLearning in April 2016. The primary materials used to write the instruction modules included:
Graduates were presented with an auto-generated certificate. Once they could show proof of successfully completing the course, they became eligible to serve as Honorary Consuls of Westarctica.
2022 shut down
In 2022, OpenLearning increased their fee for hosting platform content from $90 per year to over $5,000 per year. It was decided at this time that this increased expense was not justifiable, and the program was shuttered. Shannon Sullivan, then serving as Chancellor of the Westarctica Leadership Institute, was instructed by Grand Duke Travis to copy and paste all content from the course so it could be reconstituted on another platform. She failed in this endeavor and the content was lost forever on 28 February 2022 when Westarctica's OpenLearning account was shut down.
After this, the training program for new consuls was abandoned.
New program
In 2025, the Deputy Foreign Minister, Captain Chris Watson, took responsibility for administering the Honorary Consul Program. In this capacity, he created new training materials which would be shared with candidates who had been vetted and selected for diplomatic service. This marked a dramatic change from the way the training program was previously administered: before, the training and testing process was open to anyone who desired to complete it; now, it is available only to candidates who have been deemed eligible Honorary Consuls.
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