The Peace, Conflict, and Security Program (PACS) has been approved as an affiliate campus member of the Chancellor's Center for Leadership! The center unites leadership programs across campus to support programming and research. Being an affiliate will help PACS promote events, courses, and even possible grant funding. Read more about the Center for Leadership here. 

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America’s leading foreign affairs agency that works to shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and fosters conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere. Our employees are champions of American diplomacy, using their knowledge and experience in everything from architecture to engineering and technology to medicine to achieve success as they serve with integrity and professionalism. Contribute your different perspectives, life experiences, and innovative thinking to support and advance U.S. interests worldwide. Visit careers.state.gov to learn more.

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VOLUNTEER IN HAWAIʻI, TANZANIA, THAILAND, LAOS, AND NICARAGUA WITH !  

Travel with purpose with GIVE and make a lasting impact on yourself and our world. Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to empower remote communities, experience new cultures, and explore some of the most awe-inspiring places on the planet!

We are holding information sessions on Thursday, November 10th in the Rec Center program meeting room (B241) starting at 10:15, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00 & 5:45pm about our international volunteer opportunities this upcoming winter, spring, and summer breaks. We hope to see you there! 

As a GIVE volunteer, you will get to work alongside our host communities on wildlife conservation, English education, eco-friendly infrastructure, womenʻs empowerment, regenerative agriculture, marine conservation, and forest restoration projects.

You will also get to expand your comfort zone and embark on epic adventures like an African safari, trekking with elephants, sandboarding down an active volcano, scuba diving with sea turtles, dolphins, and sharks, whitewater and bamboo rafting, whale-watching and so much more!

All of our trips are designed to ensure that your presence in our host countries and communities is environmentally conscious, economically empowering, and socially responsible. Learn what it means to be a responsible traveler and have a net positive impact on the places you explore.

Seeing is believing. Watch our  to see GIVE in action. 

Come to our meetings to learn more this Thursday, November 10th in the Rec Center program meeting room (B241) starting at 10:15, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00 & 5:45pm!

Bring your friends and feel free to stay for the whole meeting or come and go as you please.  You can also visit our website and apply online at  and, if you can’t make the meeting, check out our TikTok live info sessions every Monday-Friday @ 7pm EST / 4pm PST

Now is the time. Change your life, change the world, and Be the Roots of Change!

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Thursday, November 10th, 5-6pm (MDT)

Video available here. 

Join the International Affairs community in this Global Speaker Series presentation by Dr. Glenn E. Robinson on his recent book titled “.” The book is not a work of sensationalism but rather a sober and accessible analysis of this important topic, written in a broadly comparative way.  The book has received "Book of the Year" recognition from both Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy for 2021. Join us on November 10th!

If you are not able to attend but would like to receive notification of the video recording, register and we will let you know when it is available. 

Bio: Glenn E. Robinson is Professor of Defense Analysis at the  (NPS) in Monterey, California, and is also affiliated with the  at the .  He retired from NPS after 30 years in December 2021. He has authored or co-authored four books on Middle East politics as well as over 150 journal articles, book chapters, government reports and conference papers.  His most recent book, , was named by both Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy as a "Best Book of 2021."  He has won awards for his teaching at both Berkeley and NPS.  Robinson has been active in policy work, especially for  and , and in his professional work for the  (MESA) and (as a Founding Board Member and Treasurer) for the  (AGAPS).

 (by Lisa Anderson): "How has jihad, a Muslim religious imperative to struggle in the path of God, come to preoccupy governments around the world? Robinson provides a synthetic and remarkably comprehensive account of the evolution of political jihad since it came to global prominence in the 1980s. He sketches four waves of jihadi activity: the international call to expel the Soviets from Afghanistan during the 1980s, the anti-American focus of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, the rejection by the so-called Islamic State (or ISIS) of the international system, and the proliferation of “lone wolf” actions fueled by radicalization on the Internet. Robinson provides both an accessible history and a provocative analysis of one of the most important political movements in the world over the last half century. Wading into controversial debates, he makes the case that jihadi activity is best understood as a “movement of rage,” an apocalyptic rejection of the secular, scientific knowledge of the Enlightenment, echoing the actions of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and many other violent, book-burning mobs. What jihadi leaders have added to this mix, he argues, is the ability to project their rage and unleash their movement on a global scale."

If you require CART accommodations, please contact us at iafs@colorado.edu at least two weeks in advance with your request so we may have certified transcription for the presentation.

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Seniors and Graduate Students: Are you interested in challenging yourself in an impact-driven career? By joining Teach For America, you will become part of a majority-BIPOC network of leaders shaping our country's political, economic, and social future. 

• Want to explore if this is right for you and check out some of the inspiring ways Teach For America alumni are disrupting inequity across education, business, policy, law, medicine, and more? Grab coffee with CU representative, . 
• Want to explore the ? Submit your 2-hour application to the 2023 corps by Friday, October 21st. 
• All majors accepted. Full salary and benefits + $5k-$10k stipend + up to $12k Americorps grant.

Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmxn: Do you want to make a direct impact next semester? 

• Consider applying to to work directly with elementary or middle school students this spring. We’re seeking college students to lead virtual, small group tutoring sessions with students during the school days This is a part-time, paid opportunity to build meaningful relationships with youth, accelerate student success, and hone your leadership skills. Start your application by December 18.  
• Additionally, Teach For America’s fall events provide many opportunities to learn how leaders across the nation are catalyzing their leadership to make educational equity a reality for all students.
• Explore the above opportunities and more by visiting the for Julie Gunderson,  CU’s early opportunities representative.

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Interested in studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico?  Come find out about SURCO’s 8-week summer program focusing on social movements and environmental justice!  We will have an information session on Monday, October 3 at 11am in Guggenheim 201e. The Director of SURCO and two CU participants from the Summer 2022 program will be on hand to answer questions about the course. 

The Study Abroad page for the course has more information https://abroad.colorado.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10314 

If you have questions, please contact Joe Bryan (jbryan@colorado.edu).

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The invites all interested students to its 12th Annual Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Symposium on Saturday, October 8th. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are basic necesities for a healthy environment and a productive life. They are interrelated, but infrastructure, training and education, and project completion do not necessarily have IMPACT unless there is local capacity building and measurements in place to endure longer term sustainability for WASH in homes, communities, and regions.

This year’s event will be a hybrid format at Arapahoe Community College (In Person) & Virtual (via Zoom) with the theme of IMPACT. As always, we have a terrific line up of professional & academic speakers, and there will opportunities for networking, knowledge sharing as well as student awards.  

Thanks to a sponsorship by the , the first 40 students to register will receive FREE ATTENDANCE! Register via Eventbrite:

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Intern, study, and explore in our nation’s capital this Spring! CU in D.C. offers students the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to earn twelve credits while gaining hands-on work experience in their field of study. Join us virtually on Monday, Sept 26 at 5:00 PM to learn more.

Date: Monday, Sept 26 at 5:00 PM

Zoom:

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The series is co-sponsored by the and the Departments of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, History, Geography, and Political Science and the International Affairs Program at CU Boulder.

Schedule

• Sept. 8, 2-3:30 p.m. MT. Margarita Balmaceda, Seton Hall University. “Ukraine in Russian Energy Chains: Threat, Temptation and Learning from the Past to Understand Ukraine's and Europe's Current Energy Challenges.” Hybrid event. CU affiliates can join via Zoom.
• . Andrian Prokip, Director of the Energy Program at Ukrainian Institute for the Future & Senior Associate, Wilson Center. “The Transition of Ukraine’s Energy – from a Part of the Soviet Economy Towards a United Europe”. Join via .
• Hanna Chuchvaha, U of Calgary. Virtual. Lecture on Chornobyl and the art of trauma.
• 12/6/22 11 a.m., MT. Per Högselius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Virtual. Lecture reframing Hogselius’ book, Red Gas: Russia and the Origins of European Energy Dependence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), in light of the current war in Ukraine.
• 4/27/23 10 a.m. MT. Inna Sukhenko, University of Helsinki. Spring 2023. Virtual. Lecture on nuclear energy in literature and culture.
• TBA. Galina Babak, Humbolt University/Vienna University. Virtual. Spring 2023. Lecture on Ukrainian literature in connection with energy.

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