Our Alumni – Page 4 – Admissions Blog

Commencement!

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 Daniel Birdsall

And just like that, members of the Fletcher Class of 2019 are officially alumni! It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were busy convoking the academic year, and here we are already recapping the season’s most anticipated finale outside of Westeros. On the weather side of things, there’s mixed news to report. For Saturday’s Class Day festivities, we lucked into probably the nicest day we’ve had all spring. Sunny, warm, and just generally the kind of day that makes you want to hang around outside. For Commencement itself on Sunday, less so. While the big tent provides good protection from the vicissitudes of the sky, the ground makes itself felt in a downpour, too, and there are likely a few muddy pairs of Maglis and Manolos due for a cleaning this week.

About Fletcher Our Alumni Our Faculty

Spring news roundup

May 16, 2019 Daniel Birdsall

There’s so much going on at Fletcher, particularly during the last few weeks of the academic year, that it can sometimes feel impossible to keep up. It’s certainly impossible to highlight on this blog every newsworthy item I come across. A few bits of news from the past month or so, unmentioned until now in this space, that are well worth highlighting.

About Fletcher Our Alumni

Dean Stavridis’ portrait is unveiled

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Daniel Birdsall

The official portrait of former Fletcher Dean James Stavridis was recently unveiled in a ceremony here, which the Dean himself attended. While I wasn’t able to make it to the event, I did get a chance to check out the latest addition to the Ginn Library Reading Room recently, before it gets hung to join other Deans past. It’s a good likeness, as we’d of course expect an official portrait to be. Having had the opportunity to get to know Dean Stavridis relatively well, I immediately noticed a few details and artistic choices that capture his particular bearing and personality.

Our Alumni

Fletcher on Broadway

March 22, 2019 Daniel Birdsall

I wrote not too long ago about some recent publications by Fletcher faculty and alumni, and just stumbled upon a unique addendum to that post. With occasional exception, most Fletcher authors tend to focus on policy-related work, or at least lean heavily toward non-fiction. Not so with alumnus Christopher Demos-Brown, whose play American Son recently concluded its Broadway run.

About Fletcher Our Alumni Our Faculty

Talking books with Fletcher book talks

February 14, 2019May 18, 2021 Daniel Birdsall

As a house of learned doctors, Fletcher regularly gets to celebrate the release of major books by our faculty. There’s Prof. Chris Miller’s Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia, Prof. Alex de Waal’s Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, and Prof. Sulmaan Khan’s Haunted by Chaos: China’s Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, to name a few of the more recent publications. It’s common for faculty to give “book talks” on campus in support of their latest work, and they’re among the most popular events during the academic year. Late March will see Prof. Kelly Sims Gallagher discuss her just-published Titans of the Climate: Explaining Policy Process in the United States and China.

Our Alumni

Five-Year Update: Margot Shorey, F13

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Jessica Daniels

Like Ana, whose Five-Year Update appeared yesterday, Margot’s path since graduating has also been featured in the blog. She followed Ana as the second graduate to write a First-Year Alumni update. I shared news about an article she had written, and she has helped out a couple of times when I’ve been in Washington, DC for a graduate school fair. Margot spent two years on the Admissions Committee and I always enjoy a chance to reconnect! Today she’ll tell us about her path since completing the MALD in 2013.

Our Alumni

Five-Year Update: Ana Garcia, F13

July 31, 2018August 2, 2018 Jessica Daniels

Today’s Five-Year Update comes from a MALD graduate who has been well represented on the Admissions Blog over the years. Ana Garcia, F13, wrote the inaugural First-Year Alumni update, back when I was still trying to figure out what that feature would look like. She appeared again among the Fletcher Couples one Valentine’s Day. I’m excited to be able to continue featuring her story.

Our Alumni

Five-Year Update: Peter Rough, F13

July 30, 2018August 2, 2018 Jessica Daniels

Continuing with Five-Year Updates from the Class of 2013, today we’ll read about Peter Rough, a MALD graduate whose time at Fletcher was bracketed by stints in Washington, DC.

Our Alumni

Five-Year Update: Amanda Mortwedt Oh, F13

July 26, 2018August 2, 2018 Jessica Daniels

Today’s Five-Year Update is from Amanda Mortwedt Oh, who completed the LLM program in 2013. She enrolled at Fletcher directly after completing her JD and was able to apply the knowledge acquired through her Fletcher coursework immediately after graduating.

Our Alumni

Five-Year Update: Felix Hofmann, F13

July 25, 2018August 2, 2018 Jessica Daniels

Kicking off the Five-Year Updates from the Class of 2013, MALD graduate Felix Hofmann describes his long path from an early unsuccessful application to a successful career.