MSFS News

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…

MSFS is delighted to announce Michaela Rubinfeld as the 2021 recipient of the SoldierStrong Scholarship. Michaela is the sixth recipient of this endowment, a partial-tuition…

The Hinrich Foundation Global Trade Leader Scholarship is a scholarship established through the generous contribution of the Hinrich Foundation. Its mission is to advance mutually beneficial and sustainable global…

MSFS Deputy Director, Professor Ashley Thomas Lenihan, is having an impact on policy in the United Kingdom Prof. Ashley Lenihan Thomas on Parliamentlive.TV She was quoted twenty times in the…

MSFS welcomes four new Practitioners in Residence (PiRs) for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Practitioners in Residence initiative promotes interactions between MSFS students and leading practitioners in international affairs in…

MSFS extends our welcome to Professor Jodi Vittori as the newest member of the program’s Leadership Team. Prof. Vittori will join MSFS as a Professor of Practice and co-chair of…

MSFS is thrilled to welcome SFS alumna Ashley Thomas Lenihan back to Georgetown as the new Deputy Director of the M.S. in Foreign Service program. Ashley Thomas Lenihan comes to…

Master of Science in Foreign Service and Master of Business Administration dual degree student Joey Gonzales (MSFS/MBA’23) was selected to join the inaugural cohort of the Public Policy New Voices…

Read an interview with 2020 MSFS African Student Scholar Anita Abbey as she discusses how her previous experience working at a leading bank in Ghana prepared her for MSFS and…

MSFS is thrilled to introduce the Fall 2021 recipients of the inaugural MSFS Futures Scholarship, the African Student Scholarship, and the McHenry Fellowship. These exceptional individuals were selected from a…