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Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic Year and Summer Fellowships

Languages
Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Turkish

The FLAS Academic Year Fellowships
For incoming and current graduate students. More information about eligibility, awards and access to an application can be found here.

As in previous years, Brookhaven National Laboratory will host a two week course this summer (June 15-26, 2020) for graduate students entitled “Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Security in the 21st Century”. The course will present students with critical assessments of current nonproliferation issues and provide in-depth analysis of the technical and legal framework needed to assess policy options. Exercises and demonstrations will introduce students to the techniques and technologies of international safeguards and the challenges faced by international inspectors in the field. Above all, the course aims to give participants the knowledge, analytic tools, and the motivation to contribute to the improvement of the nonproliferation regime. More information can be found at http://www.bnl.gov/nnsscourse.

Please contact nnss@bnl.gov with questions.

Sigur Center Summer Grant for Asian Field Research

The Sigur Center offers summer field research grants in Asia for George Washington University graduate students (M.A. or Ph.D.) interested in Asian affairs. These awards provide funding for travel, living, and research expenses while doing fieldwork in an Asian country.
This grant is open to all GW MA and Ph.D. students regardless of nationality. Preference is given to Ph.D. applicants who are in their third or fourth year of study, or who can otherwise demonstrate the necessity of the grant towards conducting research related to their thesis.

Career Development Drop-In Hour is cancelled.

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Academic Advising Drop-In Hours are cancelled.

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IAFF 6118.80 Social Impact & Design Thinking
CRN 78942
Mondays 5:10-7:00 p.m.
This interdisciplinary social impact innovation class puts human experience at the forefront of problem-solving and teaches quadruple bottom line (QBL) thinking. Design thinking and human centered design methodologies are engaged critically and applied to real world problem solving with social impact players, including community partners. You will acquire horizontal skills critical to be successful in the workplace and/or start you own venture. The course  is run in a lecture–studio format. Generally, the first half is devoted to content exploration and the second half, to studio time and hands-on work. Accordingly, guest faculty and experts will assist from time to time with content exploration and activities, and cross-disciplinary student teams will be ensured time to work together during the studio portion of class most periods. Each team will work with a social impact startup.

SOC 6260.10  Transnational Crime
CRN 78103

Academic Advising Drop-In Hours are cancelled for today, December 11, 2019.

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EDUC 6640.12 Migrants, Refugees, and Higher Education Issues (CRN 74455)
Prof. Bernhard Streitwieser
Tuesdays, 5:10-7:00pm 

Within the last five years, the global refugee population has increased by a staggering 65%. By the middle of 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recorded 25.9 million refugees worldwide, and 70.8 million globally displaced people, the largest numbers in the agency’s history and unprecedented since the end of World War II. While meeting urgent humanitarian needs is the primary concern of refugees following displacement, beginning or resuming education is often an immediate next step for successful integration. Returning to an educational routine is part of a larger process of providing pathways for integration into the host community and serves as a powerful counterweight to the trauma of forced migration. With renewed educational perspectives, refugees have been found to be resilient and ambitious learners, even while facing extraordinary challenges. This introductory course is intentionally wide ranging in its coverage of the issue of migration, refugees, at-risk migrants, and education at various levels. Some of the course will be based on my intensive research of the recent German and U.S. scenarios, but also look much further. Students will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to discuss and address some of the following questions: What has been the history and trajectory of migration over the past century? What defines and differentiates refugees and at-risk migrants in a range of different countries today? What impacts are different initiatives and programs in a variety of settings having? What can society, institutions, and individuals do? Students in this course will read broadly, review data and indicators to assess migration challenges, and be look at case studies comparatively in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Students will read academic literature, study reports, hear from guest speakers, and analyze media discussion as they formulate writing assignments and presentations throughout the semester.

Starting today, Tuesday, December 3, Elizabeth Lusk's Drop-In Hours will be from 11:30 am-1:30 pm.

Do you want to get involved with the Elliott School's Student Body? Apply to be a part of the 2020 Graduate Student Forum (GSF)!

GSF is a student-led organization that fosters community and opportunities among the Elliott School Student Body and is responsible for many of your fun weekly activities, such as TNOs, intramurals, hiking, community service, and more. Submit your application and join the fun!

Applications are due at midnight on Friday, December 6. Please send any questions to the email provided on the application.

GSF Board Position Descriptions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/145bNjN2no1w9s4fMqKZDlsnfUsGacvLyadndEGpDKwc/edit

2019 GSF Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekXaq3GTxCHYQg-nBqgHHGZ1g2IsIzVNP9ms3KQWh_qUiNKw/viewform