It was a warm welcome for the incoming graduate students to the Elliott School late last month. The students heard from Dean Alyssa Ayres, met with their Program Directors, and attended sessions with academic advisors, career coaches and student panels. The day ended with a Welcome Reception where the new students met and mingled with faculty, administrators and fellow graduate students.
The Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Studies set up a table at the Engagement Expo. With the help of student Pablo Molina Asensi, 2nd year student in the Global Comms MA program, spoke to many students about the public diplomacy and global communications activities we organize throughout the academic year.
This year (2023-2024), IPDGC will be organizing a cultural diplomacy program primarily for students at the Elliott School and the Corcoran School for Arts and Design to teach the process and practical aspects of developing cultural diplomacy and engagement programming. There will be student career talks, film and book events, and presentations by our Visiting scholars.
Our partnership with the Public Diplomacy Council allows us to host First Monday Forums with leaders and practitioners in US public diplomacy and international engagement. As always, the Walter Roberts Endowment will support the Annual Lecture and the Award for Congressional Leadership in Public Diplomacy for 2023-2024.
If you are in the Global Communications MA program or any of the Elliott School programs and would like to participate or volunteer for these events, get in touch: ipdgc@gwu.edu
