Facilitating a ‘family affair’
How Jeff Rector ’97 is making a point to involve GPS in a new venture erecting energy microgrids in off-grid communities of Sub-Saharan Africa...
2016 alumni remember their first year in the real world
As the class of 2017 hits the home stretch to graduation, we caught up with a few 2016 alumni to see where they wound up one year after earning their GPS degrees...
All in on international development at PCI
As part of an ongoing series to spotlight GPS’s top employers, we profile why PCI hires our graduates, plus why current alumni enjoy working there...
Ernst Publishes Guide to Pursuing A Career in International Development
Jessica Ernst, SU/Maxwell MPA/MA IR 2010 graduate, recently published So You Want to Save the World: A Guide to Pursuing a Career in International Development....
Time to act
For her enduring support of GPS and perseverance to address wrongs on the international stage — foremost in Syria — Tamar Koosed is GPS’s 2017 Outstanding Alumna...
Clean-tech Czar
As point person for San Diego’s Cleantech Initiative, UC San Diego alumnus Jacques Chirazi has steered city’s strides in sustainability...
Featured Alumnus: Pascal Rapillard, GICHD
Featured Alumnus: Pascal Rapillard, GICHD Developing and reinforcing Geneva’s role as a global hub for demining....
Public Diplomacy Dual Degree - A Potent Combination of International Relations & Public Relations
Alumni of our public diplomacy program are working around the globe, finding diplomatic solutions and strategically positioning their organizations....
Relief and Development Work - A True Calling for Chance Briggs. Maxwell 1997 alum
Chance Briggs often returns to Maxwell to meet with students and share his experiences in crafting a career in international development and relief work....
From Ukraine to Maxwell to the World Bank. Iryna's story, MA IR '09
Iryna attributes the professional internships she was able to complete in the Maxwell MA IR as a strong foundation for her current career as an Operation's Analyst in the World Bank....
Maxwell MA IR '01 Career bridges EU and US Policy
Christopher Skaluba was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow upon graduation of the MA International Relations program in 2001. He has taken this fellowship forward, crafting a career bridging...
Keeping the doors open for a "durable, coordinated, and humane" refugee response
In 2016, the UN Refugee Agency reported 65.3 million forcibly displaced people around the world, including 21.3 million refugees....