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Alumni Spotlight: Advocating Environmental Justice in the Global Community
Brendon Thomas (GHD’15) began his international development career as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Gansu province of rural northwestern China. When he first arrived in 2011, he remembered going down the side of a mountain on a dirt road to reach his village. By the time he left in 2013, a train track to…
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MSFS 2021 Hinrich Global Trade Leader Scholar: Lianne Canarick
The Hinrich Foundation Global Trade Leader Scholarship is a scholarship established through the generous contribution of the Hinrich Foundation. Its mission is to advance mutually beneficial and sustainable global trade through research and educational programs. The Scholarship will provide one student admitted into the MSFS program with a $15,000 scholarship per year, for a total of $30,000 as…
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African and Asian Studies Programs Awarded Grant for Joint Work on Africa-China Relations
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded the African Studies Program (AfSP) and Asian Studies Program (ASP) in the Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) a grant to conduct joint work on Africa-China relations. Supporting a program titled the Georgetown Africa-China Initiative, the grant will fund events and a policy working group focused on how Africa and China engage each other in…
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MSFS Deputy Director, Professor Ashley Thomas Lenihan’s impact on UK Policy!
MSFS Deputy Director, Professor Ashley Thomas Lenihan, is having an impact on policy in the United Kingdom. She was quoted twenty times in the UK House of Commons International Trade Committee’s report on ‘Inward Foreign Direct Investment,’ released September 21, 2021, on the basis of oral testimony she gave to the Committee over the summer. The report…
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MSFS Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Advisors
Meet the newest members of the M.S. in Foreign Service Board of Advisors! The MSFS program is thrilled to welcome five of our alumni to the MSFS Board of Advisors. They will be joining a highly engaged group that provides guidance to the MSFS leadership team and is helping to expand scholarships and career opportunities for…
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Inclusive Development Starts Within
“Diversifying the aid workforce, as well as the organizations we partner with, and becoming more attuned to the voices and needs of those we aim to help, is necessary.” Administrator Samantha Power, USAID On November 4, the GHD Program, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition…
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USAID Administrator Samantha Power Discusses Vision for Global Development at SFS Event
The Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) welcomed USAID Administrator Samantha Power on November 4, 2021, to celebrate USAID’s 60th anniversary and share her vision for inclusive international development. Power’s latest visit to campus—she also spoke at Georgetown’s Own It Summit in 2020—builds on the school’s long-standing relationship with USAID and its international development and…
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Alumni Spotlight: Engineer Turned Development Practitioner – Rahul Mitra (GHD’15) Reflects on his GHD Experience
With an infrastructure engineering background, Rahul Mitra (GHD’15) approached graduate school with the hope of transitioning into the development sector, after his first-hand work experience with Engineers without Borders and seeing the impact that NGOs such as the Grameen Foundation and BRAC have made in his home country of Bangladesh. In order to break into the development and NGO sector, Rahul…
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After Helping to End “Virginity Testing” in Indonesian Army, Faye Simanjuntak (SFS’24) Continues Campaign for Women’s and Children’s Rights
Content warning: This article discusses sexual violence, trauma and human trafficking. When the Indonesian army announced in August 2021 that it would no longer subject its female recruits to so-called “virginity tests” — invasive and scientifically erroneous vaginal and cervical examinations — Faye Simanjuntak (SFS’24) was overjoyed. The women and children’s rights advocate also started planning for…
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“Not Only Possible, But Plausible”: Pelosi Scholars Work Toward Public Service Ambitions Through Internship Experiences
Many students are drawn to SFS for the school’s focus on public service and the opportunities its Washington location holds for those looking to make a difference in the world. For Hoyas in the 2021 cohort of the Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative in particular, serving others is at the core of their academic and…