Prof. DeHart: Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Latin America

Professor Monica DeHart will lead the final IPE Brown Bag discussion of the semester on Wednesday, December 3 at 1pm in the WSC Murray Boardroom.

The topic will be "Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Identity and Development Politics in Latin America," which is the subject of Prof. DeHart's forthcoming book.

Koch Summer Fellows Opportunity

An opportunity from the Institute for Humane Studies:

The Koch Summer Fellow Program is a paid, 10 week internship program that offers placements for students and recent graduates interested in federal or state public policy. All internships include participation in the Washington, DC opening and closing workshops, a $1,500 stipend, travel reimbursement, and housing (or a housing allowance). Internships are located both in Washington DC and in 40 different states. Deadline: January 31, 2009.

Please direct your students for more information to www.TheIHS.org/intern.
Also encourage them to look at our Humane Studies Fellowships, and our Spring Seminars in California and Georgia at www.theIHS.org.

Fall Senior Thesis Presentation Schedule

Here is the schedule for the Fall 2008 IPE thesis presentations (9:30-10:50 am in McIntyre 309).

Tuesday, November 25

Alexi Butler (Teaching Economic Success: A Comparison of the Japanese and US Models of Education)

Lisa Monge (Coffee and Consumer Preferences: The Future of Fair Trade Coffee in the U.S.)

Tuesday, December 2

Karen Ebeling (Why Can’t She Survive? Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa)

Jon Myers (Sustainable Empire? Biopower in the Sustainable Building Industry)

Erin Schuerer (Rural Electrification: Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries)

Thursday, December 4

Mike Jones (Cities in the Digitally Connected Global Economy: The Urban Needs of Advanced Producer Services)

Jens Pascucci (The Reverse Development Process Caused by HIV/AIDS)

Sam Seligman (Mobile is Beautiful: Mobile Telephones as an Appropriate Technology for Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria)

Tuesday, December 9

Charlie Bevis (Health and Hunger: Food Aid and Public Health in Ethiopia)

Lindsay Pollock (Overcoming Negative Externalities: International Organization Involvement in Post-Conflict Societies)

Starting an NGO: Making your MARC

The next Brown Bag discussion on Wednesday, November 19 at 1pm in the WSC Murray Boardroom will feature a presentation by Arianna Bodaghi (IPE '10) who will discuss her work to create an NGO (Music and Art in Refugee Communities or M.A.R.C.).

M.A.R.C. was created to help refugee children heal from traumatic situations and develop skills that will facilitate contributions to a healthy, productive society. M.A.R.C.'s primary goal is to instruct refugee children in art and music and provide refugee children with the opportunity for self-expression. M.A.R.C. plans to establish programs to provide refugee communities with access to musical instruments, design and develop a music and art curriculum to be applied either in workshops or community activities, and train music and art instructors within refugee communities. M.A.R.C. plans to incorporate traditional musical instruments that are relevant to the cultures of the refugee children being instructed, although as the program develops M.A.R.C. hopes to offer classical instruction as well. Furthermore, M.A.R.C. hopes to utilize adult members within refugee communities to help develop and facilitate programs.

Go to http://sites.google.com/site/marcommunities/ to learn more about Ari's project. Ari's presentation will highlight some of the practical challenges to starting an NGO as well as her motivation for this project and an upcoming benefit concert.

Bring your lunch to this IPE discussion group. [Note: no Brown Bag program is scheduled on 11/26 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.]

Women, Sugar and Trafficking in Senegal

IPE Professor Cynthia Howson will lead the next Brown Bag discussion on Wednesday 11/12 at 1pm in the WSC Murray Boardroom.

Prof. Howson will discuss her research on "Trafficking in Daily Necessities: Investigating the female cross-border traders of Senegal.

Everyone is invited to attend!

ASK Night 11/6

ASK stands for Alumni Sharing Knowledge. ASK Night (Thursday 11/6 from 7:00 - 8:30pm in WSC Rotunda) is a reception that provides Puget Sound students and alumni an opportunity to discuss life at and after Puget Sound.

As a student, you will learn about the variety of career fields our graduates enter, the voluntary associations they join, and how their lives are enriched through their liberal arts education. Alumni may have information about particular fields or advice about courses to take, extracurricular activities, the graduate school admission process, or how to conduct an effective job search. Some may have job leads. Many will also have questions about you and the campus today.

The reception allows an exchange of information between alumni and students which can benefit everyone.

Click here for details, including a list of participating alumni.