Next week I will be traveling to colleges and universities throughout New York State to speak with students about our programs. Four other schools will also be at these information sessions. You can register for one of these events by visiting our registration page.
Just a quick reminder that the Idealist.org Graduate School Fair in Boston is scheduled for next Tuesday, September 15th at 5:00 PM on the campus of Boston University. I will be representing SIPA and would be happy to meet you. Who am I? You can visit this past entry composed last winter for more information.
As a reminder, you can view our full travel schedule for the fall by visiting our recruitment schedule page.
Registration is required for the Boston Fair but there is no cost to attend. Register by using the following link –
This message serves two purposes. One is to remind you to check out our travel schedule to see if a representative from SIPA will be in your area this fall. Two is to announce that this coming week the first few recruiting events of the fall will take place. Alumni from SIPA will be attending recruitment fairs in Bogota, Colombia and San Jose, Costa Rica this coming week.
Both fairs are sponsored by the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). Registration is required but there is no cost to attend. Please see the links below for details:
Bogota, Colombia Fair Details (September 9th)
San Jose, Costa Rica Fair Details (September 10th)
SIPA will also take part in the New York City Idealist.org Graduate School fair on September 10th. Once again, registration is required but there is no cost to attend.
New York City Idealist.org Graduate School Fair Registration Page
Each fall representatives of SIPA attend various events so that prospective students can gather more information about our programs. Generally each event is attended by a staff member from the Office of Admissions and in some cases current students and/or alumni will attend. There are two types of events we typically participate in.
First, we attend recruitment fairs. Two associations that sponsor recruitment fairs are APSIA and idealist.org. APSIA stands for the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs. Registration for APSIA fairs is required but there is no fee to attend. You can register by visiting the APSIA site.
idealist.org states their mission as:
Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
Each year idealist.org sponsors graduate school fairs and SIPA will be attending some of their fairs this fall. Registration for these fairs is also free.
Second, SIPA travels with other policy schools to visit college and university campuses. We are working on a registration page for our college/university visits and expect that it will be available in early September. No fees are charged for attending our college/university visits.
While our travel schedule still is a work in progress, I wanted to go ahead and post it to provide advanced notice on the areas we are likely to visit in the next few months. Events that are listed in black text have been finalized and if a time or location is listed in red text we are still working on the final details. You can access the proposed travel schedule by visiting our recruiting schedule page.
Please also note that SIPA does host information sessions each Monday at 6:00 P.M. and each Friday at Noon. Registration is required and in some cases (i.e. holidays) the sessions may be subject to cancellation so please register as far ahead as possible. To register simply send an email to [email protected].
The first three photos today come from Tim Shenk, an incoming MIA student.
Here are three photos from a trip that I took to Nepal in March 2009:
Rambha Maya Khamcha, her husband Yam Bahadur Khamcha and their daughter Janaki at their home near Tansen, Nepal. The couple participates in an HIV-awareness program sponsored by the organization I’ve been working for, Mennonite Central Committee.
My visit to Nepal coincided with Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. It is a great event, involving a lot of colored powder. A group of kids playfully attacked our vehicle with powder and water balloons on the road between Kathmandu and Pokhura.
Girls break rocks into gravel near Dhading, Nepal. Many families in the area rely on income from crushing and selling gravel, but the girls attend a local school that is trying to prepare them to earn a better living someday.
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The following photo comes from Zaynab El Bernoussi from Morocco, an incoming MPA student.
This picture of a view from Cabo Girão was taken by my father last summer while we were in vacation in Madeira. Cabo Girão is the second highest sea cliff in Europe after Hornelen in Norway. I loved Madeira for its wonderful weather and the beauty of the nature there.
"The most global public policy school, where an international community of students and faculty address world challenges."
—Merit E. Janow, Dean, SIPA, Professor of Practice, International and Economic Law and International Affairs
