SFS Stories
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DC Internship – Center for Social Justice
Interning in Washington, DC while enrolled in the GHD program provides an invaluable opportunity for professional growth and expanding students’ professional networks. Students who intern are able to develop professional skills, enhance their resumes, refine their career objectives, and build on lessons learned in academic coursework. GHD students are required to have at least one…
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Specialization Highlight – Climate Change, Sustainability, and Humanitarian Assistance
Did you know that you can create your own specialization at GHD? Putra (GHD’22) shares with us his self-made specialization and why he chose to create it. One of the strengths of the Global Human Development Program is the access to graduate-level courses across a wide range of disciplines within Georgetown University. We provide the…
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Afghan Refugee Resettlement Capstone
GHD gives students plenty of opportunities to gain working experiences and build hard skills needed to solve development challenges around the globe. The Capstone Project is the final step in this process, giving students the chance to put their knowledge to practice, and students can work on a variety of projects that fit their interests.…
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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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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…
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“Every Single Hour Mattered”: Graduate Students Help Evacuate Hundreds from Afghanistan
As the Taliban swept into Kabul on August 15, Timothy “Tito” Torres (IBP’21) was at a hotel in Berlin. He had just finished a course module with fellow classmates enrolled in the Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and McDonough School of Business Master of Arts in International Business and Policy (MA-IBP) program and had…
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MSFS Awards Full-Tuition Scholarships through Futures, African Student, and McHenry Scholarships
MSFS is thrilled to introduce the Fall 2021 recipients of the inaugural MSFS Futures Scholarship, the African Student Scholarship, and the McHenry Fellowship. These exceptional individuals were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, including the largest number of applicants we have received at MSFS in the past decade. The three were chosen because…
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Centennial Lab On Politics And Performance Travels To Cambodia
Students from the “Politics and Performance: Confronting the Past, Shaping the Future” course, taught by Co-Directors of the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Professor Derek Goldman, and Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, spent spring break in Cambodia learning about the role the arts play in rebuilding post-conflict societies. Hosted by Cambodian Living Arts, a local NGO…