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James Souza (IAFS ’10) always had an interest in the Middle East, but it was his close friends in the Smith Hall International Program (SHIP) that encouraged him to switch from Chinese to Arabic studies. SHIP is the precursor of what is now known as the Global Studies Residential Academic...

CU Education Abroad Student of the Year, Natalie Hagewood (IAFS ’19), spent her Spring 2018 semester in Rabat, Morocco on the CIEE Language & Culture program . Hagewood was awarded a Rotary Scholarship for her language study in Morocco and while there, she worked diligently to improve her Arabic not...

CU Model United Nations (Model UN) club attends national conferences every year to debate topics such as climate change, foreign relations, and economic reform, however, the true grit of the club can be found in meetings on campus. “In our weekly meetings we discuss issues in today’s headlines and I...

On March 22, 2017, a terror attack occurred at the Palace of Westminster in London, England. For Global Grant recipient Fallon Porter (IAFS, CMCI ’18), this felt too close to home—she was sitting at a desk, less than three miles from the palace. For her spring 2017 semester, Fallon took...

Source: The Atlantic, Sept 12, 2018 Written by Benjamin R. Teitelbaum Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Ethnomusicology, CU Boulder The Sweden Democrats party leader, Jimmie Åkesson TT NEWS AGENCY / REUTERS Never mind the headlines: Sunday’s election in Sweden was a major setback for the far right. The populist-nationalist...

Maya Friedli-Schroeder Jordan Thomas Congratulations to Maya Friedli-Schroeder and Jordan Thomas for being recipients of the Fulbright Scholarship for AY 2018-2019 . Ten CU Boulder students and alumni have been honored with prestigious awards to study and conduct research in locations around the globe. Eight CU students have been offered...

When Rachael Willihnganz (IAFS ‘20) came to CU Boulder, she had one goal above the rest: graduate with Spanish language fluency for a career in Hispanic human rights and environmental policy. After being accepted into the ISA Spain: Granada Hispanic Studies program and receiving a Global Grant from IAFS, Willihnganz...

When it comes to job searching, the process takes persistence as well as skill. Upon graduating in spring 2017, Erin Neale (IAFS) relocated to Washington, D.C., determined to make a career in one of the most competitive cities in the United States. Currently, Neale is a research assistant at the...

Learning and Living in Senegal With more than 50 countries available, Global Grant recipient Rachael Mattson (IAFS ’18) had a daunting task of choosing where to study abroad. With her academic interests in politics and environmental issues in West Africa, she chose the Dakar Development Studies program in Senegal during...

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of one of the most significant events of the Vietnam War. In late January 1968, during the Vietnamese New Year holiday (Tết), communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army forces launched a surprise attack on multiple targets in South Vietnam. The attack ultimately...