io specialization pres 10 14
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Facilitated by Martin S. Edwards
Associate ProfessorDirector of Graduate
Studies
• What are these meetings about?
• IO Specialization
• How YOU can get involved
• Some goals for US to build a stronger program
Agenda:
• Connect students to faculty
• Connect students to admin team
• Make the “school to work transition” more seamless
Why these meetings?
• Have to pick TWO of them
• At least 3 courses each
• I will be teaching 6002 (IO) this coming Spring, which is required
• Please review the syllabus from last fall
Specializations
• Based on two ideas:
• Course organization based more on deduction rather than induction
• A belief that good policy analytic work is good social science research
How do I structure 6002?
• Peacemaking &Peacekeeping
• Public International Law
• UN Security Council Issues
• Politics at the UN: Relevance and Reform
• UN Insider's View
• NEW for Spring! UN Field Seminar (DIPL 4205/6205)
Some other specialization classes
• Opportunities to LEARN
• Opportunities to ENGAGE
• Opportunities to CONTRIBUTE
• There are academic and non-academic components to all three of these.
What does our UN connection mean?
• How can I LEARN more?
• How can I better ENGAGEwith the UN?
• How can I CONTRIBUTE to the UN?
How can YOU get involved?
• Talk to your specialization heads during advising!
• Get involved with the UNA-USA campus chapter!• Email: Gabriela Taveras
• Sign up for updates from the Center blog!• blogs.shu.edu/unstudies
How can I LEARN more?
• Did you apply to be a UN Youth Rep?
• Attend events at the UN!
• PS: READ YOUR EMAIL!
How can I ENGAGE more?
• Talk to Fr. Brian about a guest post on the blog
• Email: [email protected]
• Learn how to write op-eds
• For more, meet me hereThursday November 3 5-6:30. Please RSVP to Patricia Mace
How can I CONTRIBUTE more?
How can I manage my own school to work transition?
• Learn about career pathways into the UN!
• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2015/08/28/so-you-want-to-work-for-the-un-some-resources/
• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2015/10/12/1855/
• Read over the specialization handout!
How can I manage my own school to work transition?
• Learn from our alumni!
• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2016/02/13/alumni-advice-thoughts-on-leveraging-your-un-internship/
• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2014/09/22/video-abagail-lawson-talk-915/
• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2014/11/06/video-roger-nokes-talk-1027/
• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2014/09/23/alumni-advice-un-young-professionals-programme-part-one/
How can I manage my own school to work transition?
• Realize that working “for” and “with” the UN are often the same in practice in country missions.
How can I manage my own school to work transition?
• Realize that working “for” and “with” the UN are often the same in practice for NGOs.
• First: I would like us to create a LinkedIn group to document and connect you to alums.
• You create the group, and I’ll help populate it.
Two goals for us
• Second: I would like every IO specializer to have published a solo-authored op-ed by graduation.• That’s eight second year
students….
• And 17 first year students…
• And this is up to you!
Two goals for us
