New Graduate Program at UCSB

The University of California at Santa Barbara is annoucing a new Master's program that may be especially interesting to IPE students. Here is an excerpt from an email from UCSB Professor Benjamin J. Cohen (the scholar who coined the term "unholy trinity").

I'm contacting you to ask your help in sending promising students our way. The two-year degree is intended to help prepare students for careers in international organizations -- primary civil society NGOs, but also business and government.

While the full details of the program are described on its website (http://www.global.ucsb.edu/magis/), in brief it combines social science and humanities courses with practical training and real-world experience. Students typically will spend the summer of their first year and fall quarter of their second year abroad, taking courses and doing internships with NGOs, or public or private sector organizations. Students will also take policy-oriented workshops designed to simulate real-life decision-making situations, as well as learn about such practical matters as grant writing and organizational financing. Internships (and eventual job placement) will be provided by the Program's Graduate Advisor/Placement Officer.

If you know of any students who might be interested in applying to the program, please have them contact Jessea Gay Marie, the program's graduate advisor and internship placement officer, at (805) 893-4668 or by email at jmarie@global.ucsb.edu. The formal application process should be initiated at UCSB's Graduate Division website (https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp/).

What's the word? Thunderbird.

A fairly high proportion of our IPE grads eventually go on to graduate school (see earlier posts about upcoming graduate school fairs). Some go to law school, others to international development or global affairs programs, others to public administration/NGO programs, and some get an MBA.

For those of you who are thinking about the MBA option, you might consider the Garvin School of International Management at the Thunderbird Graduate School in Glendale, Arizona (www.thunderbird.edu). The Thunderbird MBA was highlighted in today's Wall Street Journal rankings of MBA programs for its strong academics, multinational student body and distinct international focus. The Journal's survey respondents ranked Thunderbird as "the top school in the world for teaching global business skills."

Thunderbird takes a strong IPE approach to business education. A number of our graduates have attended Thunderbird over the years with considerable success.

Thunderbird is just one of many options you should consider if you are interested in advanced study of international business.

Peace Corps comes to UPS

Chan Pongkhamsing, Regional Recruiter for the Peace Corps (www.peacecorps.gov ), will be on campus on Wednesday, October 11 to make contact with students who are interested in the opportunity to be a Peace Corps Volunteer.

Information Table
Wednesday - Oct. 11, 2006
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Wheelock Student Center Lobby

Video/Slide/Q&A Presentation
Wednesday - Oct. 11, 2006
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Location TBA (check at info table)

IPE Event Calendar Update

Here is an updated list of IPE-related events for September.

Port of Tacoma Maritime Fest 2006

The Port is a key link in Tacoma's IPE. Have fun and learn about the Port of Tacoma. Train rides, boat rides, harbor tours, salmon bakes, bike rides, dragon boats and more.

Saturday September 16 and Sunday September 17.

Details at http://www.maritimefest.org/

IPE Steering Committee (a.k.a. the Ministry of Hegemony)

Agenda: IPE Global/Local initiatives including possibility of organizing a Slow Food movement chapter on campus and the Virtual "IPE of Tacoma" Walking Tour project, with special focus on the Port of Tacoma. Interested IPE students are invited to attend and participate.

Wednesday September 20 at 5 p.m. in Mc213.

Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) Night

Puget Sound Alumni return to campus to talk with students about jobs and careers.

Thursday, September 21 from 7-8:30 pm in Marshall Hall

View the list of alumni participants at https://cascade.ups.edu/cascade/asknight.main

Bail-out or Wash-out: An Evaluation of IMF Conditionality From a Post-Crisis Perspective

IPE Junior Tristan Orford reports on his summer research at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, September 27 at 5pm in Wyatt 109.