Pardee Students Take Second Annual Spring D.C. Trip
Graduate students and faculty from the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University took a spring trip to Washington D.C. from March 5-8, 2017 to visit think tanks, non-governmental-organizations, government departments and meet with high-level policy makers and practitioners of international affairs.
In addition to stops at the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Institute of Peace and World Bank, the MA candidates also had the opportunity to meet a number of Boston Univeristy and Pardee School alumni working in the Washington D.C. area. Students were joined on the trip by Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of the Practice of International Relations Amb. Robert Loftis.
The trip included visits to the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Institute of Peace, Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey’s office on Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, EU Commission, World Bank, Atlantic Council and RAND Corporation.
Students also had the opportunity to network with Boston University and Pardee School alumni based in the D.C.-area at a reception hosted by the BU Washington D.C. Programs office. Mike Bruni, Director of Talent Acquisition at SC3, led a “Networking in D.C.” workshop for the students.
This is the second year Pardee School graduate students have traveled to Washington D.C. during spring break in what has become an annual trip. The goal of the Spring Break visit to Washington is to enable Pardee School students to get a better sense of career and practice options available to those pursuing higher education in global affairs.