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*This article was featured in the Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine, Spring 2016 edition. To read the original, please visit: http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/2016/02/world-studies-pave-way-to-a-stellar-career/ This is a not-atypical day in Alex Becker’s life: He launches a Catamaran from the warm white sand beaches of Tortola among the British Virgin Islands. He is first...

At an age when most children are just beginning to learn about the United States of America, Bre Bailey (IAFS ’17) was already fascinated with many different countries around the world. The Colorado Springs native remembers watching the movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire as a child and becoming fascinated at...

George A. Codding, son of former International Affairs Director and CU professor George Codding, Jr., has kept an interest in global issues in the family. Codding, ‘84 alum of International Affairs and Political Science and ’89 alum of the School of Law, has built a volunteer career beyond his current...

Marissa Heimler (’17) is majoring in International Affairs and Spanish, and is currently studying abroad for the Fall 2015 semester with the ISA: Hispanic Studies Program , in Granada, Spain. This program offers Spanish language courses as well as a variety of Hispanic studies courses at the advanced level. Courses...

The mission of the Peace Corps is to promote world peace and friendship by providing qualified volunteers to interested countries in need of trained manpower, by fostering a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served and by fostering a better understanding of other people on the...

Congratulations to the 2015-2016 IAFS Emerging Scholars! Earlier this year, the IAFS Program recognized the Emerging Scholars of the program. This is a merit-based recognition, for IAFS students with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. To share their achievements, the IAFS Program showcased all the names of Emerging Scholars...

Congratulations to the CU Model United Nations team (CU Model UN) for being recognized with six awards at the Fall 2015 NMUN DC Conference (October 30-November 1, 2015). This is a new record for CU Model UN! National Model United Nations (NMUN) advances understanding of the UN and contemporary international...

This article was published in the Daily Camera, October 27, 2015: Original Article By Sarah Kuta Staff Writer, Daily Camera After weeks of contention about access to the debate, nearly 100 select students with an array of academic and social interests will get to see 14 Republican presidential candidates spar...

John O’Loughlin, second from right, accepts the Semenov-Tyan-Shansky gold medal for research on Russia. Photo courtesy of the Russian Geographical Society . John O’Loughlin, CU-Boulder professor of geography, IAFS committee member and faculty associate in the Institute of Behavioral Science, has become the first foreigner in more than 100 years...

Emily at her health practicum in Gaborone In summer 2015, Emily Martin ('IAFS 16) studied abroad with the CIEE Botswana: Gaborone Community Public Health Program. She shared the following update with IAFS: Dumela from Botswana! So much has happened in the past few weeks! Our group returned to Gaborone this...