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- When Tropical Storm Nate hit Costa Rica in October 2017, Global Grant recipient Kathryn McConnell (IAFS 鈥20) was taken by surprise while studying abroad in San Jose. The day of the storm was chaotic鈥攑ower outages, flooding, and
- Diana Dorman is a teaching assistant for IAFS 1000 this year and also a Master鈥檚 student in the Environmental Studies program. She recently visited Bonn, Germany to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Below are conference attendee
- M any who travel to the city of Cape Town enjoy the robust, modern life of the city center, but Global Grant recipient Shane Henderson (IAFS 鈥18) wanted to experience something different. He chose a summer 2017 study abroad
- For Jordan Howell (IAFS 鈥18), starting the summer by intensively reading an assigned textbook on the history of Nicaragua was not her first choice. However, through her experiences in Nicaragua, she came to understand how the politics and history of
- When Colorado native Kate Henjum (IAFS 鈥17) visited Washington, D.C. on a middle school trip, she made a promise to herself: one day she鈥檇 work in one of the historical buildings on Capitol Hill. Having seen D.C.鈥檚 fast-paced,
- Benjamin R. Teitelbaum is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Affiliate Faculty in International Affairs. A scholar of music, neofascism, and radical nationalism in the Nordic countries, topics featured in his
- On August 10th, 2017, IAFS Director Tom Zeiler spoke at the Senate of Argentina on behalf of the Fulbright Scholarship Program - the first time a Fulbright Scholar had done so. Tom talked about nationalism in the USA at the Argentine Senate,
- On May 12th, the International Affairs Program honored 195 candidates for graduation during commencement in the Glenn Miller Ballroom.Student speaker Catharine Helmers urged her peers to 鈥渃hallenge ignorance鈥 and be 鈥
- Manuela Stewart Sifuentes (IAFS 鈥01) didn鈥檛 know what to expect when she signed up to live in the Smith Hall International Program (SHIP) her first year at 缅北禁地. She had a general understanding of university residence
- Kayla Malcy (IAFS 鈥18) knew she was going to live with a host family as part of her spring 2017 semester abroad experience, but wasn鈥檛 sure what to anticipate. After being accepted to the SIT India: Sustainable Development