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Career Stories from Students and Alumni

Miaad Hassan: Interning at the UN Department of Political Affairs

September 4, 2009 –

Alum Miaad Hassan interned at the UN Department of Political Affairs through the International Professional Service Semester program.

Alethia Jimenez: Inside the UNDP BCPR's Small Arms, Armed Violence and Mine Action Team

September 4, 2009 –

Alethia Jimenez (MAIPS '09) interned with the United Nations Development Program-Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) in the Small Arms, Armed Violence and Mine Action Team through the International Professional Service Semester program.

Ravi Dutta: Implementing Theory and Practice at Save the Children

September 3, 2009 –

Justin Bench: Utilizing Development Management Skills in Latin America

September 3, 2009 –

Justin Bench describes his career after attending the Development Project Management Institute.

Yara Terrazas-Carafa: Reflections on the Development Project Management Institute

September 3, 2009 –

Yara Terrazas-Carafa, hailing from Bolivia, discusses what she learned from the Development Project Management Institute.

Scott Webb: Reflections from the Development Project Management Institute (DPMI)

September 3, 2009 –

MPA alum Scott Webb applies his skillset in the "real world".

Irina Shestiperova: MPA Coursework in Action

September 2, 2009 –

Irina Shestiperova (MPA '08) utilizes project design and evaluation skills in her job at the Eurasia Foundation in Kazakhstan.

Cambodia Practicum: Challenges to Peacebuilding

September 1, 2009 –

Last January, 13 students traveled to Cambodia to conduct research on the challenges of peacebuilding in a post-conflict society.

Chile Practicum: Confronting Transitional (In)Justice

September 1, 2009 –

Twenty students traveled to Chile last January to research the human rights, transitional justice, and environmental issues facing indigenous Mapuche communities.