Internship Announcements

Diana Dorman is a teaching assistant for IAFS 1000 this year and also a Master’s student in the Environmental Studies program. She recently visited Bonn, Germany to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference . Below are conference attendee remarks directly from Diana Dorman and we are pleased to have...

M any who travel to the city of Cape Town enjoy the robust, modern life of the city center, but Global Grant recipient Shane Henderson (IAFS ‘18) wanted to experience something different. He chose a summer 2017 study abroad program that not only went to Cape Town, but also offered...

For Jordan Howell (IAFS ’18), starting the summer by intensively reading an assigned textbook on the history of Nicaragua was not her first choice. However, through her experiences in Nicaragua, she came to understand how the politics and history of the country informed her work there. Howell participated in the...

When Colorado native Kate Henjum (IAFS ’17) visited Washington, D.C. on a middle school trip, she made a promise to herself: one day she’d work in one of the historical buildings on Capitol Hill. Having seen D.C.’s fast-paced, competitive edge at an early age, she realized that once she got...

Innisfree Poetry and Cafe 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder, CO 80302 September 6th from 4pm - 7pm Have informative & informal conversations with representatives from local refugee communities! The UN Association of Boulder County is hosting a fundraising event at Innisfree Poetry and Cafe. The proceeds from the Cafe’s drink and...

Benjamin R. Teitelbaum is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Affiliate Faculty in International Affairs. A scholar of music, neofascism, and radical nationalism in the Nordic countries, topics featured in his publications include white nationalist hip hop and reggae, the listening habits of Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, the rise of...

On August 10th, 2017, IAFS Director Tom Zeiler spoke at the Senate of Argentina on behalf of the Fulbright Scholarship Program - the first time a Fulbright Scholar had done so. Tom talked about nationalism in the USA at the Argentine Senate, and received an honorary appointment as Honorable Senator...

On May 12 th , the International Affairs Program honored 195 candidates for graduation during commencement in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. Student speaker Catharine Helmers urged her peers to “challenge ignorance” and be “unflinchingly certain” in their abilities to make changes for the better. Director Tom Zeiler encouraged graduates to...

Manuela Stewart Sifuentes (IAFS ‘01) didn’t know what to expect when she signed up to live in the Smith Hall International Program (SHIP) her first year at CU Boulder. She had a general understanding of university residence halls, but she didn’t anticipate the impact it would continue to have sixteen...

Kayla Malcy (IAFS ’18) knew she was going to live with a host family as part of her spring 2017 semester abroad experience, but wasn’t sure what to anticipate. After being accepted to the SIT India: Sustainable Development & Social Change program and receiving a Global Grant from IAFS, Malcy...