The SIPA Office of Alumni and Development is excited to share A View from the Class, a SIPA stories series, featuring current SIPA students, recently graduated alumni, and SIPA faculty.
Fall 2017 New Students Series: Lan Hoang
In today’s installment of our New Students Series, we’re welcoming Lan Hoang, from Hanoi, Vietnam. Lan’s interest in international affairs began with a senior thesis project about Vietnamese refugees while studying at the University of Hong Kong. After graduation she spent some time with the United Nations in Bangkok, where she worked on migration-policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Lan’s background pairs nicely with her chosen concentration, Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy. Attending SIPA has been a lifelong ambition, as she grew up flipping through the pages of Columbia University publications. How’d she get access? Well, Lan’s father is actually a 1995 SIPA graduate. Despite her preparedness for the program, she said she was surprised to read her acceptance letter and jumped for joy upon reading the good news. Lan, we’re happy to have you here, too!
It’s time…
The Spring and Fall 2018 application round is officially open. Here’s how the Office of Admissions recommends you prepare for the application process.
Common SIPA stresses and their cures
Graduate school is tough enough without having to worry about everyday life stressors, such as personal budgets, homesickness, and the like. SIPA graduate Adriana Popa, MIA 2016, shares her advice for quelling your own anxieties as a new graduate student (from 2016).
Fall 2017 New Students Series: Poorvi Goel
In today’s installment of our New Students Series, we’re welcoming Poorvi Goel from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Poorvi studied economics at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi. She also earned a degree from the London School of Economics and she’s been working as an economist at the Planning Commission of India and the UNDP. She’s nervous about readjusting to life as a student, but looks forward to getting her “hands dirty” in the development process instead of just being an onlooker. Welcome Poorvi!
