Pardee School Graduate Students Take Annual Spring Trip to D.C.
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 6-9, 2022 to visit think tanks, non-governmental organizations, government departments, and meet with high-level policymakers and practitioners of international affairs.
The trip included visits to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Center for Global Development (CGD), the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the International Republican Institute, the American Foreign Service Association, Refugees International, the Embassy of Sweden, the Department of Defense, as well as the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Students were joined on the trip by Ambassador Mark Storella, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy at the Pardee School.
Students also had the opportunity to hear about the D.C. experiences of Pardee School alumni during a special panel and networking event. Panelists included Laura Albast, Senior Editor of Digital Strategy and Communications at the Institute for Palestine Studies (Pardee MAIA ’19), Leah Eyob, Consultant at Deloitte (Pardee MGP ’20), Paul Nathanson, Partner at Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell LLP and member of the Pardee School Dean’s Advisory Board (Pardee BA ’85), as well as Bonnie Pierce, Managing Director at Elevation Gained Partners and member of the Pardee School Dean’s Advisory Board (Pardee MAIR ’94).
This is the fifth year Pardee School graduate students have traveled to Washington D.C. during spring break. The 2020 trip was canceled due to limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic so this year marked the return of the annual trip. The goal of the trip 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.