MSFS News

Play Youtube Video Georgetown’s Master of Science in Foreign Service Program (MSFS) capped off its centennial year in December 2022 with a weekend of events bringing alumni, students,…

MSFS started in 1922 — 100 years ago — with a mission: to prepare our students to successfully engage with dynamic global challenges and opportunities. In this video, students and…

The MSFS Centennial Awards recognize a small group of distinguished alumni, thought to have best embodied the program’s guiding principles of leadership, creativity, ethics, service and inclusion.   The MSFS…

This week, campuses around the world are celebrating International Education Week (IEW). IEW is an initiative supported by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of…

Our MSFS student representatives (often affectionately referred to as “the reps”) are an integral part of the MSFS community. Our student reps have been key organizers for coordinating community building…

Last week, MSFS hosted key figures involved in researching and addressing the crisis in Venezuela including Secretary of the OAS, Luis Almagro, U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, Jamese Story,…

Despite our common association with the U.S. Foreign Service due to our name, an MSFS degree can be incredibly versatile and lead to a whole range of careers outside of…

As MSFS celebrates 100 years of inspiring and educating global leaders, we have chosen to  honor six outstanding leaders and members of our alumni  community who embody our …

MSFS is proud to welcome six recipients of the Oxenstierna Scholarship this year. This scholarship was established by David Oxenstierna (F ’87, MSFS ’89) to support MSFS students. Read below…

MSFS welcomes five new Practitioners in Residence (PiRs) for the 2022-2023 academic year!   The Practitioners in Residence initiative promotes interactions between MSFS students and leading practitioners in international…

MSFS would like to extend a congratulations to Brian Castro, the new president for student-led organization Diversity and Inclusion at Georgetown (DiG)! We sat down with Brian to learn more…

Did you know that 95% of MSFS students intern over the summer? But what about the remaining 5%? One other popular option is enhancing language abilities. Ability to…

  Caleb and Lady Liberty Next up in our Summer Student Spotlight Series, we talk to rising second-year Caleb Diamond.    Caleb…

For our Summer Student Spotlight series, we check in with MSFS students all over the world to see what they are up to this summer. First up, we check in…

As the Georgetown community honors Juneteenth, George E. Shambaugh–the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) Program–and Shanta Devarajan–Professor of the Practice of International Development…

MSFS is proud that the winners of this year’s Georgetown Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award were three MSFS students. Congratulations to Darren Hall, Vanessa Jarnes, and Christopher Mohr on…

The MSFS DEI Committee would like to formally congratulate and welcome Aliya Iftikhar, Esther (Hye Seung) Jung, Katie-Meelel Nodjimbadem, Michael Rea as the new DEI Student Representatives for the 2022-2023 school year! Aliya, Esther (Hye Seung), Katie-Meelel, and Michael…

As war rages on in Ukraine, we continue to send thoughts and sympathies to the Ukrainian people who relentlessly fight for their freedom. Even as the spotlight fades…

This spring, five MSFS students shared their unique experiences and insight at the UN Fragility Forum. In this first-ever student-led session, “Job for Youth, by Youth: Proposals from Future Leaders”,…

This spring, eleven MSFS students and three undergraduate students concentrating in STIA (Science, Technology, and International Affairs) visited the Brunswick Combined Cycle Gas Power Plant and Bath County Hydroelectric Power…