The Latest from MSFS

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  Fabrizio Opertti (MSFS'97) Is #3 on Nearshore Americas 'Power 50' List

  June 14, 2013
  Opertti is chief of investment and trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Nearshore Americas says he's "widely known as one of Latin America’s most visible and energetic 'true-believers.'"
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  Warren Ryan (MSFS'14) Wins Rosenthal Fellowship

  April 22, 2013
  The Fellowship provides graduate students the opportunity to spend a summer working on international relations related issues in the US government Executive Branch or the Congress. Click through to read the Rosenthal Fellowship/APSIA news release.
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• Congratulations MSFS Class of 2013!

  The 2013 Tropaia Ceremony celebrates the graduation of MSFS Class of 2013 with memorable speeches of the student, alumni and keynote speakers.
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  MSFS Launches New Scholarship for Students from Africa

  Starting in fall 2014, the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University is offering a full- tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa.
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  MSFS Link Up Program: Bringing Students Together With Alumni

  On April 30, 2013, MSFS student Sun Lee (MSFS’14) met with MSFS alumnus Mark Yarnell (MSFS’09) for coffee at Kramerbooks Café to discuss careers and life after MSFS.
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  2013-2014 Second Year Student Representative Election

  MSFS students participated in the 2013-2014 Second Year Student Representative Election last week.
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  Dr. Keohane on "Who Leads in a Democracy?"

  John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University, and The Master of Science in Foreign Service present the Inaugural Philippe Sachs Lecture in Leadership by Dr. Nannerl O. Keohane, President Emerita of Duke University.
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  MSFS: Leadership in Service to the Global Community

  The Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) is the longest-standing professional master's degree in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Its goal is to prepare women and men to be creative leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors of international affairs. In keeping with the vision of the School's founder, Father Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., MSFS seeks to instill in its students a commitment to service in the international community and an appreciation for the ethical dimension of international affairs.
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  MSFS Student Spotlight: Mary Rose Parrish

  This week we’re interviewing graduating second-year Mary Rose Parrish. Mary, a concentrator in International Development with a focus in food security, has spent the last few months balancing the rigors of her final semester at MSFS with a Short Term Consultancy at the World Bank.
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  MSFS Students Visit Israel, West Bank for Student-Run Trip

  A group of 24 MSFS students completed MSFS’s first student-run Spring Break trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The ten-day trip, organized by second-year International Relations and Security (IRS) concentrators Richard Priem and Fernando Heredia Noguer, introduced students to many different aspects of a region with an important role in international affairs.
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  VIDEO: Asian Studies Director Victor Cha Appears on 'Colbert Report'

  April 3, 2013
  Professor Cha discussed the nuclear threat and his book 'The Impossible State' with Colbert.
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  MSFS Embarks On Newseum Excursion

  MSFS students and administration enjoyed an outing to the Newseum on Thursday, March 28.
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  MSFS Holds Leadership Clinic

  On Saturday, March 23, 20 MSFS students and alumni attended a one day Leadership Clinic. Made possible by a generous gift from alumnus Phillip Sachs with the goal of supporting programming in the area of student leadership, this clinic challenged students and alumni to test their assumptions of leadership. Participants left the clinic with a new framework with which to view leadership.
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  MSFS Students Meet with Israeli Deputy Chief of Mission To Prepare for Israel Trip

  A group of MSFS students met with Barukh Binah, Israeli Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States, to discuss developments in the Middle East and the importance of the US-Israel relationship.
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  Dr. Nannerl Keohane Gives Leadership Lecture

  On Monday, February 25, Dr. Nannerl O. Keohane delivered a lecture to MSFS students and alumni entitled “Who Leads in a Democracy?” This lecture was sponsored by the Phillipe Sachs Leadership Fund, made possible by a generous gift from alumnus Phillipe Sachs, with the goal of supporting programming in the area of student leadership.
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  MSFS Game Night Brings Students Together For Food, Fun and Board Games

  Game Night brought nearly forty first-year and second-year students together for a work-free evening on the 7th floor that only required them to have fun and take a break from the semester. At their disposal were Uno, Cranium, Taboo, playing cards and other classic board games.
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  Peace Envoys Share the Stage at MSFS

  As US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Ambassador Princeton Lyman often faced obstacles in just getting the two parties to sit together at the negotiating table. “In each society there is a deep, deep mistrust and dislike of the other,” commented Lyman during a recent speaking event on campus. Lyman was at Georgetown alongside current MSFS professor and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (’81-’89) Chester Crocker to discuss their experiences as peacemakers in Africa.
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MSFS in Profile

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  Haysel Hernandez-Holzshu, MSFS'13

  "I chose MSFS because it is truly an incredible program. The hands-on focus of the curriculum challenges us to problem solve in new and creative ways. On the one hand, the faculty is amazingly knowledgable and experienced but they are more than willing to share that with the students. On the other, the staff showers students with opportunities to network and helps you put your best foot forward, be it with resume advice or helping set up meetings and interviews. You really come into a community that is invested in taking the time and energy to help you accomplish your goals."
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