By Emily Morin

Women Working Abroad in Public Health: A Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Dec. 9th

November 21st, 2013 in Fellowships

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IH Concentrator’s Meeting: The Culminating Experience Dec. 4th

November 21st, 2013 in Fellowships

CE Insights Fall 2013

IDEO Fellowship applications open, due January 6th

November 21st, 2013 in Fellowships

A note from IDEO staff...

"IDEO.org is accepting applications for our fourth class of Global Fellows! Over the past three years, you have helped us find and cultivate future leaders in the social sector with incredible success. Today, we invite you to apply, spread the word, and support us in selecting a new team to improve the lives of people in low-income communities around the world.

We are looking for leaders in the social sector who have demonstrated professional experience improving lives in low-income communities.

The IDEO.org Fellowship Program enables future global leaders from the business and social sectors to spend a year working full-time with experienced designers on social impact challenges in the United States and around the world. Fellows will create solutions for nonprofits, social enterprises, and foundations on an array of topics, like agriculture, water and sanitation, health, financial inclusion, unemployment, and more. Collaborating in small multidisciplinary teams, Fellows learn, grow, and innovate to make the world a better place. If you’re ready to join a team that’s passionate about ending poverty and have the experience and skillset to make it a reality, this is exactly what you’ve been looking for...

Because you’ve always wanted to...

  • Tackle poverty-related challenges  and see real impact from your work.
  • Gain expertise in human-centered design and work with world-class designers.
  • Travel the world while connecting and designing with individuals and communities firsthand.

We're a match if...

  • You have applied your skills to real-world problems. You are grounded in insights about challenges communities face and have worked on the ground with a nonprofit or social enterprise.
  • You are able to demonstrate key components of the design process and you can easily switch from macro to micro thinking
  • You are an excellent communicator with great instincts about how to synthesize and tell a captivating story, build a deep rapport, and give honest feedback.
  • You are used to working across industries and disciplines and comfortable embedded in multidisciplinary teams.

Have what it takes?

  • Minimum of five years of professional full-time work experience; or, an advanced academic or professional degree related to business, public policy, international development, economics, finance, or a related field, plus three years of work experience.
  • English fluency (written and spoken). Additional language capabilities are preferred.
  • Ability to work from September of 2014 - October 2015  in San Francisco (IDEO.org can help support visa applications).
  • Think you're the perfect candidate? Find out What it Takes to be an IDEO.org Fellow.
  • Frequent travel, getting your hands dirty, and changing the world are required.

Read more about the Global Fellowship and apply here by January 6 at 5:00 pm PST, or help us spread the word to your social network on Facebook or Twitter by clicking here."

Software Deployment Manager in East Africa

November 21st, 2013 in Jobs

Learn more here: Software Deployment Manager - East Africa Region

Global Health Corps Fellowship applications are now open!

November 21st, 2013 in Fellowships

Applications for the 2014-2015 Global Health Corps fellowship are now open! Global Health Corps is creating a new breed of leaders that develop innovative solutions to the world's most challenging health problems. Please help us find our next class of emerging leaders.

Part two of the application will be posted on December 6, 2013. Applications close January 26, 2014.

 

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Global Health Corps places talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in high impact roles in NGOs and government agencies in sub-Saharan Africa and the US in a 1-year, paid fellowship. Through intensive training, professional development, mentorship, and thoughtful community building, we ensure that fellows are equipped to be global health changemakers during their fellowship and beyond.

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Ayokunle Abogan

Lorraine Kabunga

Colin Gerber

Ayokunle "Ayo" Abogan recently received his Master’s degree in Public Affairs with a certificate in Health and Health Policy from Princeton University. He previously worked in asset management at Goldman Sachs before returning to Nigeria to work in government and volunteer with Clinton Health Access Initiative. This year, Ayo is serving as a Health Policy Fellow at the City of Newark in the US, where he is working to strengthen local healthcare systems and reduce health disparities.

Lorraine Kabunga has worked to strengthen the Ugandan pharmacy system at central institutions such as the Mulago Hospital, the Kadic Hospital, and the Infectious Diseases Institute, strengthening supply chains, logistics analysis, and pharmaceutical care. This year, she is working with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in Uganda as an Access to Medicine Analyst, developing and implementing CHAI's drug-intervention program to address mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Colin Gerber brings a diverse background and skillset to his position as Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Partners In Health in Rwanda. He has studied rural empowerment through land management in Mali, worked on rural health improvement projects for safe drinking water and sanitation in Uganda, and led a small group of American high school students on a cultural exchange and service-learning trip in Ghana.

Fellows work in teams of two – an international fellow paired with a local fellow– creating a partnership that is central to Global Health Corps’ work building a community of leaders that reach across sectors, disciplines, and borders to effect change. From project management to monitoring and evaluation, engineering, communications, and architecture, our fellows bring diverse skillsets and experiences to the movement for health equity.

Please join us in spreading the word that our applications for the next fellowship class are now open!


Sincerely,

 

Barbara Bush and the Global Health Corps Team

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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Careers in International Education panel discussion Nov. 22nd

November 20th, 2013 in Conferences/Seminars

Careers in International Education
Friday, November 22, 2013
12:00-1:30PM
Center for Career Development, 100 Bay State Road, Sixth Floor (Room 613A)
Lunch and refreshments will be provided


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Panel discussion with leaders from BU Study Abroad, International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO) and the Center for English Language & Orientation Programs (CELOP) about their careers in international education. They will discuss joys and challenges as well as give an overview of employment opportunities in the industry and recommend available resources. This event is brought to you by BU Study Abroad, ISSO, CELOP and the Center for Career Development as part of International Education Week, a university-wide celebration of BU's global engagement.

Fundraising and Program Development Officer at SIHA

November 20th, 2013 in Jobs

Job opening for SIHA in Kampala! Deadline 25 Nov

http://www.awid.org/Get-Involved/Jobs-Around-the-World/Fundraising-and-Programme-Development-Officer

The Fundraising and ProgrameDevelopment Officer is a strategic post within SIHA regional secretariat; this post will be directly overseen by the SIHA Regional Director. The Position will focus on development of proposals, conduct research on the SIHA priorities, develop a formal fundraising strategy and identify most suitable donor agencies and funding trends.

Interested in the BUSPH Arts Society? Take this quick poll!

November 20th, 2013 in Outside Announcements

A request from our potential Arts Society at BUSPH. They would like your feedback!

"We're a group of BUSPH students aspiring to initiate a group that aims to unify students and faculty to create a space for health leaders that incorporates knowledge and appreciation of The Arts in Public Health. Our proposed BUSPH Arts Society will endeavor to promote the arts as a means to create better public health interventions. It will incorporate dance, music, photography, culinary arts, visual arts, theater as a method to cultivate understanding and tolerance of public health issues through awareness and education.

We would like to get a better idea of the interest among students and faculty before launching this group. We have been collaborating with Moises Fernandez from the Arts Outreach Initiative within the BU School of Medicine Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Office. He has requested that we run an interest poll to see where key interest lies within the School of Public Health as part of our collective mission.

Here is a link to our SurveyMonkey. (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BYLRY2V). Thank you!"

Fulbright Scholar Program Information Session today, Nov. 18th at 12 in R103

November 18th, 2013 in Conferences/Seminars

Fulbright Scholar Program Workshops

Medical Campus Information Session

Monday, November 18th

12:00PM

BU School of Public Health, 715 Albany St., Room R103


Charles River Campus Information Session

Monday, November 18th

3:00PM

BU Castle, 225 Bay State Road

As part of BU’s International Education Week, Debra Egan, Director of Scholar Academic Partnerships at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) will offer a workshop on the Fulbright Program for Faculty and Professionals:

Learn about teaching and research opportunities in more than 125 countries

Get Advice on selecting countries for application & making contacts abroad

Explore how your campus can host visiting foreign Fulbright scholars

Get Tips on how to prepare the Fulbright application

There is no charge for the workshop. Space is limited.

Fulbright campus representatives and interested faculty are encouraged to attend.

 

Interested in the CGHD Ethiopia Internship opportunity for Summer 2014? Apply by Nov. 22nd!

November 15th, 2013 in Practicums/Internships

Applications and CV's are due to Elizabeth DeMare at edemare@bu.edu by November 22nd.

You can find the application form here: Ethiopia_Internship_Application_Form_2014.

For those who missed the information session, please find attached the slides that were presented: 2013 Info session presentation.

You can learn more about the scope of work and logistics of this project here: CGHD-Ethiopia internship information.