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PACS Named Center for Leadership Affiliate

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:01:49 +0000

PACS Named Center for Leadership Affiliate Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 04/12/2023 - 13:01

The Peace, Conflict, and Security Program (PACS) has been approved as an affiliate campus member of the Chancellor's Center for Leadership! The center unites leadership programs across campus to support programming and research. Being an affiliate will help PACS promote events, courses, and even possible grant funding. Read more about the Center for Leadership here.

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Careers with the U.S. Department of State Event 3/15

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:49:48 +0000

Careers with the U.S. Department of State Event 3/15 Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/07/2023 - 13:49

America’s leading foreign affairs agency that works to shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and fosters conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere. Our employees are champions of American diplomacy, using their knowledge and experience in everything from architecture to engineering and technology to medicine to achieve success as they serve with integrity and professionalism. Contribute your different perspectives, life experiences, and innovative thinking to support and advance U.S. interests worldwide. Visit careers.state.gov to learn more.

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Volunteer Opportunity

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 16:52:59 +0000

Volunteer Opportunity Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/07/2022 - 09:52

VOLUNTEER IN HAWAIʻI, TANZANIA, THAILAND, LAOS, AND NICARAGUA WITH GIVE!

Travel with purpose with GIVE and make a lasting impact on yourself and our world. Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to empower remote communities, experience new cultures, and explore some of the most awe-inspiring places on the planet!

We are holding information sessions on Thursday, November 10th in the Rec Center program meeting room (B241) starting at 10:15, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00 & 5:45pm about our international volunteer opportunities this upcoming winter, spring, and summer breaks. We hope to see you there!

As a GIVE volunteer, you will get to work alongside our host communities on wildlife conservation, English education, eco-friendly infrastructure, womenʻs empowerment, regenerative agriculture, marine conservation, and forest restoration projects.

You will also get to expand your comfort zone and embark on epic adventures like an African safari, trekking with elephants, sandboarding down an active volcano, scuba diving with sea turtles, dolphins, and sharks, whitewater and bamboo rafting, whale-watching and so much more!

All of our trips are designed to ensure that your presence in our host countries and communities is environmentally conscious, economically empowering, and socially responsible. Learn what it means to be a responsible traveler and have a net positive impact on the places you explore.

Seeing is believing. Watch our video to see GIVE in action.

Come to our meetings to learn more this Thursday, November 10th in the Rec Center program meeting room (B241) starting at 10:15, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00 & 5:45pm!

Bring your friends and feel free to stay for the whole meeting or come and go as you please. You can also visit our website and apply online at www.givevolunteers.org and, if you can’t make the meeting, check out our TikTok live info sessions every Monday-Friday @ 7pm EST / 4pm PST

Now is the time. Change your life, change the world, and Be the Roots of Change!

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Global Speaker Series: Global Jihad by Dr. Glenn E. Robinson

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:21:21 +0000

Global Speaker Series: Global Jihad by Dr. Glenn E. Robinson Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/05/2022 - 10:21

Thursday, November 10th, 5-6pm (MDT)

Video available here.

Join the International Affairs community in this Global Speaker Series presentation by Dr. Glenn E. Robinson on his recent book titled “Global Jihad: A Brief History.” The book is not a work of sensationalism but rather a sober and accessible analysis of this important topic, written in a broadly comparative way. The book has received "Book of the Year" recognition from both Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy for 2021. Join us on November 10th!

If you are not able to attend but would like to receive notification of the video recording, register and we will let you know when it is available.

Bio: Glenn E. Robinson is Professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, and is also affiliated with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He retired from NPS after 30 years in December 2021. He has authored or co-authored four books on Middle East politics as well as over 150 journal articles, book chapters, government reports and conference papers. His most recent book, Global Jihad: A Brief History, was named by both Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy as a "Best Book of 2021." He has won awards for his teaching at both Berkeley and NPS. Robinson has been active in policy work, especially for USAID and DOD, and in his professional work for the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and (as a Founding Board Member and Treasurer) for the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS).

Foreign Affairs Review (by Lisa Anderson): "How has jihad, a Muslim religious imperative to struggle in the path of God, come to preoccupy governments around the world? Robinson provides a synthetic and remarkably comprehensive account of the evolution of political jihad since it came to global prominence in the 1980s. He sketches four waves of jihadi activity: the international call to expel the Soviets from Afghanistan during the 1980s, the anti-American focus of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, the rejection by the so-called Islamic State (or ISIS) of the international system, and the proliferation of “lone wolf” actions fueled by radicalization on the Internet. Robinson provides both an accessible history and a provocative analysis of one of the most important political movements in the world over the last half century. Wading into controversial debates, he makes the case that jihadi activity is best understood as a “movement of rage,” an apocalyptic rejection of the secular, scientific knowledge of the Enlightenment, echoing the actions of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and many other violent, book-burning mobs. What jihadi leaders have added to this mix, he argues, is the ability to project their rage and unleash their movement on a global scale."

If you require CART accommodations, please contact us at iafs@colorado.edu at least two weeks in advance with your request so we may have certified transcription for the presentation.

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Teach for America

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:55:27 +0000

Teach for America Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/05/2022 - 09:55

Seniors and Graduate Students: Are you interested in challenging yourself in an impact-driven career? By joining Teach For America, you will become part of a majority-BIPOC network of leaders shaping our country's political, economic, and social future.

Want to explore if this is right for you and check out some of the inspiring ways Teach For America alumni are disrupting inequity across education, business, policy, law, medicine, and more? Grab coffee with CU representative, Gaby Johnson, here.
Want to explore the application? Submit your 2-hour application to the 2023 corps by Friday, October 21st.
All majors accepted. Full salary and benefits + $5k-$10k stipend + up to $12k Americorps grant.

Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmxn: Do you want to make a direct impact next semester?

Consider applying to Teach For America’s Ignite Fellowship to work directly with elementary or middle school students this spring. We’re seeking college students to lead virtual, small group tutoring sessions with students during the school days This is a part-time, paid opportunity to build meaningful relationships with youth, accelerate student success, and hone your leadership skills. Start your application by December 18.
Additionally, Teach For America’s fall events provide many opportunities to learn how leaders across the nation are catalyzing their leadership to make educational equity a reality for all students.
Explore the above opportunities and more by visiting the linktree for Julie Gunderson, CU’s early opportunities representative.

Ukrainian Energy Studies: 2022-2023 Lecture Series

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:11:56 +0000

Ukrainian Energy Studies: 2022-2023 Lecture Series Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 09/09/2022 - 13:11

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has confirmed not only the centrality of energy to the war, but also the importance of Ukraine to global energy policy, with its far-reaching economic, environmental, and cultural consequences. This interdisciplinary series, co-organized by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at NYU and the East European, Russian, Caucasian, and Central Asian Faculty Network at the ��, will explore the concept of energy as a shaping force in Ukrainian cultural and political history; the aesthetics of particular energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear energy, renewables) in Ukrainian literature, film, and other media; the Russia-Ukraine energy nexus; Ukrainian energy markets; and environmental effects of energy production, consumption, and catastrophe.

The series is co-sponsored by the Jordan Center at NYU and the Departments of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, History, Geography, and Political Science and the International Affairs Program at ��.

Schedule

Sept. 8, 2-3:30 p.m. MT. Margarita Balmaceda, Seton Hall University. “Ukraine in Russian Energy Chains: Threat, Temptation and Learning from the Past to Understand Ukraine's and Europe's Current Energy Challenges.” Hybrid event. CU affiliates can join via Zoom.
Sept 13, 2-3:30 p.m. MT. Andrian Prokip, Director of the Energy Program at Ukrainian Institute for the Future & Senior Associate, Wilson Center. “The Transition of Ukraine’s Energy – from a Part of the Soviet Economy Towards a United Europe”. Join via Zoom.
Nov. 29 2 p.m., MT. Hanna Chuchvaha, U of Calgary. Virtual. Lecture on Chornobyl and the art of trauma.
12/6/22 11 a.m., MT. Per Högselius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Virtual. Lecture reframing Hogselius’ book, Red Gas: Russia and the Origins of European Energy Dependence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), in light of the current war in Ukraine.
4/27/23 10 a.m. MT. Inna Sukhenko, University of Helsinki. Spring 2023. Virtual. Lecture on nuclear energy in literature and culture.
TBA. Galina Babak, Humbolt University/Vienna University. Virtual. Spring 2023. Lecture on Ukrainian literature in connection with energy.

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Kavya Kannan - IAFS, PSCI, and ECON Outstanding Graduate

Anonymous — Mon, 09 May 2022 22:01:43 +0000

Kavya Kannan - IAFS, PSCI, and ECON Outstanding Graduate Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/09/2022 - 16:01

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