One of the highlights of working in our office is seeing the flow of visitors to the Capitol, not only from our state but from around America and the world.

The latest example is a group of 20 female student leaders from five Central Asian nations who stopped by our office Wednesday morning during their daytrip to Olympia . The students, from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are in Washington to participate in the 2013 Study of the United States Institute on Women’s Leadership. The five-week leadership program, hosted by Green River Community College, focuses on providing a deeper understanding of the U.S., while enhancing the students’ leadership skills. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

During their tour of the Capitol, the future leaders visited Secretary Wyman’s office and saw firsthand how our state seal machine works. In the photo above, the students hold up the souvenir state seal cards that most made themselves.

In addition to spending five weeks studying and sightseeing here in our Washington, the group will fly east for a five-day stay in Washington, D.C.