Jobs with the U.S. Department of State

The U.S. Department of State is actively recruiting talented young people to join their ranks as Foreign Service officers. There are also summer opportunities for students. Go to http://careers.state.gov/index.html for complete information.

Teach in Chile deadline September 1

Council on International Educational Exchange announces the opening of applications for their second Teach in Chile program: Teach in Chile begins in late February 2008 for the Chilean academic year; the application deadline is September 1. Application information is available on the CIEE website http://www.ciee.org/teach/teach_chile/placement_chile.aspx.

CIEE is collaborating with several institutions to host Americans as English teachers for the 2008 Chilean academic school year, starting in late February and ending in mid-December. These institutions include local private schools in Santiago, the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, and DuocUC, a non-profit private institution of higher education established in 1968 by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

An exceptional opportunity for recent graduates, the CIEE Teach Chile program offers native English speakers with strong Spanish skills, who possess, at minimum, a bachelor's degree a unique and affordable opportunity to live and work in this fascinating country and to gain insight into the life and culture in a way no traveler could. Previous teaching experience is not necessary, although it's quite desirable.

CIEE program benefits include orientation by on-site CIEE staff and local experts in Santiago focused on cross-cultural issues and teaching methodologies, insurance coverage, 24 hour in-country emergency support services, pre-departure advice and support, teaching tools, and visa advising. Please go to the website listed above for details.

More Good Reading: Finance & Development

For a number of years the IMF has published a monthly magazine called Finance and Development (www.imf.org/faand ), available both on the web and in hard copy (free subscription). This magazine has evolved to become an unusually interesting (and underappreciated) forum for discussion of important issues. If you are interested in IPE you should check it out.

The current issue, for example, has several articles related to the issue's theme, which is the importance of empowering women in economic development. Other sections include several articles that look at the changes since the Asian financial crisis of 1997, examine investment problems in China and consider how to make remittances more effective in Africa. There is also a primer on microfinance and some thoughtful book reviews. The articles are fairly short, contain useful data, and are written for an informed audience (like our IPE students at Puget Sound) but try avoid technical jargon for the most part.

Recommended reading and an excellent place to look if you are having trouble coming up with a topic for your senior thesis.

Good Reading: Dani Rodrik's Blog

Dani Rodrik is Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and one of our favorite original thinkers. He isn't afraid to challenge the conventional wisdom when it comes to issues like globalization, free trade and economic development. You might have seen him quoted recently in the New York Times article about "heterodox economists."

Prof. Rodrik's started keeping a blog called"Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization" at http://rodrik.typepad.com/ If you are interested IPE Rodrik's blog is essential reading.

Alumni Survey II: What do they do?

What have our IPE alumni done since graduation? Here is a list of their activities taken from responses to the 2007 Alumni survey.

• teach Civics and Economics at a high school
• Peace Corps volunteer in Africa
• working on MA in Global Finance, Trade and Economics at the University of Denver; former Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine
• worked as sovereign risk analyst for a national bank, now working at a consulting firm
• junior partner with a non-profit consulting firm
• working for Lehman Brothers in Institutional Equity Sales
• work for an insurance company
• working on my graduate in the Masters in Development Administration, worked with AmeriCorps
• working at Friday's/Bite Me! Cookies Inc
• IES Beijing program assistant
• Columbia University environmental science grad school
• volunteering related to nursing
• working on political campaigns
• In the MA program at Iliff School of Theology
• volunteering, teaching English
• Summer Camp director - Camp Vega
• graduate school at San Diego State University, working on masters in Public Administration
• Business Development Manager for a Chamber of Commerce
• Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna
• Job: Program Assistant, Center for Sustainable Communities at the National Association of Counties
• attending community college for training in Water Treatment and Wastewater
• aide in Senator Maria Cantwell's office in Washington DC
• professional liability account manager
• attend the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver
• Peace Corps Volunteer at Zambia
• working at global business consulting firm
• working as a victim advocate for the 13th judicial district attorney
• advertising agency in NYC
• Beaver Creek Ski Patrol
• trying to start up my own real-estate investing company
• practicing law in Denver
• work at bilingual elementary school at Honduras
• working as an underwriter for a mortgage company
• Watson Fellow
• working for Boeing Co
• working at General Mills
• I am a Presbyterian Minister and an Army Chaplin
• PhD candidate in economics at University of Massachusetts
• work for State Department as Foreign Service Officer
• summer volunteer work in Greece
• teacher at the British School of Lomé
• M.A. in Government: Georgetown University (2005), Ph.D. Fellow in International Relations, Government: Georgetown University (expected 2008) J.D Yale Law School (expected 2008)
• Outward Bound trip leader
• getting ready to attend law school at the University of Denver
• Peace Corps Volunteer at Zambia
• work as bilingual case manager
• worked at Chesapeake Bay Program, now sailing to New Caledonia
• looking for work in Seattle
• working as an environmental consultant
• working at a consulting firm
• working as an Associate Attorney in Washington, DC
• working as paralegal assistant
• working as the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at a university
• Peace Corps volunteer in Moldova
• in the graduate school, working toward masters of science in global affairs
• working at Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor
• current job: C-17 Pilot, United States Air Force Reserve
• current job: a middle school teacher in China
• finishing law school at U of Idaho
• in graduate school, working as an admissions graduate intern and graduate research assistant
• current job: at a small consulting company in Seattle
• current job: program director at REACH Ministries
• grad school at California State University, working as nutrition educator at a local hospital's community outreach
• Working for Wells Fargo
• running and growing my own beverage distribution business
• job: Lehman Bros
• job: Associate with Wachovia's Wealth Management Division
• job: assistant operations manager at APM terminals
• job: working for Congressman Harry Mitcehll as a legislative assistant
• job: work for investment bank and aerospace industry advisory firm
• job: Foundation for Sustainable Development
• job: manager, financial services at a Federal Reserve Bankj
• job: intelligence analyst the Defense Intelligence Agency
• University of Virginia School of Law
• job: account manager at IT recruiting firm
• job: associate at a Washington DC law firm
• job: program Assistant, Center for Sustainable Communities
• job: policy analyst for Statewide Accountability for the Oregon Community College, also I am working on my PhD in Education in Community College Leadership
• job: Senior Management Auditor for the King County Auditor's Office
• education: masters in Environmental Policy and Land-Use Planning
• job: music business for the Coalition of Independent Music Stores
• Hansard Research Scholar, London
• job: teaching high school social studies, education: in grad school at Pace University, working on masters in teaching
• job: personal banker at US bank, education: pursing graduate degree in Urban planning from Portland State University
• job: fellowship at the National Nuclear Security Administration, education: earned two masters from UW
• education: finishing law school; on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
• fighting wildfires this summer then looking for work
• job: co-manager of a Human Resources department at a ski resort in New Mexico; former Watson Fellow
• job: systems engineer at Premera Blue Cross
• education: graduate student at Monterey Institute of International Studies
• job: real estate
• looking for job with grassroots campaign
• job: intern at Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

Alumni Survey I: Where do they go?

The IPE Program has recently completed a survey of its 300+ alumni and we will be posting information from this survey on the blog over the next week or so (this information will eventually be posted on the department web site, too). Here's the first entry:

Where do IPE majors go after they graduate? Here is a partial list taken from the survey. As you can see, they are everywhere.

• Charlotte, NC
• South Africa
• Salt Lake City / Africa
• Denver, CO
• New Caledonia
• Seattle, WA
• Aurora, CO
• Seattle, WA
• Seattle, WA
• New York, NY
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Kalamazoo, ML
• Puyallup, WA
• Beijing China
• New York, NY
• Vancouver, WA
• Tacoma, WA
• Denver, CO
• Portland, Maine
• San Francisco, CA
• Lakewood, CO
• Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Boston, MA
• Tucson, AZ
• San Diego, CA
• Portland, OR
• Bologna, Italy
• Seattle, WA
• Washington, DC
• S. California
• Washington, DC
• Salt Lake City / Africa
• Seattle, WA
• Franklin, MA
• Zambia
• Africa
• Seattle, WA
• Albuquerque, NM
• Brooklyn, NY
• Beaver Creek, CO
• Tacoma, WA
• Denver, CO
• El Zamarano, Honduras
• Vancouver, WA
• Sydney, Australia
• Washougal, WA
• Elk Grove CA
• Minnesota
• Seattle, WA
• Boulder, CO
• Amherst
• Lomé, Togo
• Glyfa, Greece
• Lomé, Togo
• New Haven, CT
• Red Lodge, MT
• Zambia
• Monterey, CA
• Seattle, WA
• Seattle, WA
• Seattle, WA
• Beaverton, OR
• Houston, TX
• Phoenix, AZ
• Seattle, WA
• Moldova
• Brooklyn, NY
• Seattle, WA
• Fircrest, WA
• Shanghai, China
• Moscow, ID
• Seattle, WA
• New York, NY
• Seattle, WA
• Tacoma, WA
• Long Beach, CA
• Tacoma, WA
• Las Vegas, NV
• Portland, OR
• Tacoma, WA
• New York, NY
• San Francisco, CA
• Seattle, WA
• Alexandria, Virginia
• Woodinville, WA
• Boise, ID
• Federal Way, WA
• Seattle, WA

Defense Intelligence Job Opportunities

This item was submitted by one of our IPE alumni who works for the Defense Intelligence Agency ...
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is conducting a "targeted" hiring event at the Sheraton Tacoma on July 19th. This isn't a traditional career fair, but more of an in-call for serious applicants. Any individuals interested in a career with the US Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense are encouraged to pre-register by July 16th. Only individuals who pre-register will be considered.
DIA is hiring "all-source" intelligence analysts, human intelligence specialists, and measures and signatures intelligence specialists. The agency is particularly interested in individuals with foreign area expertise, experience abroad, and foreign languages. Full details can be found at http://www.dia.mil/employment/fairs/event071907.htm.