Deadline Reminder: October 10 for spring 2020 enrollment
Prospective applicants for January 2020 enrollment: do I correctly assume that you’re in the final stages of putting together your application?
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News roundup: Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders, alumni in climate change policy, and fun times in New Hampshire!
A bit of a smorgasbord today of interesting tidbits that haven’t quite fit in other posts in recent weeks. First, a big congratulations to our friend Monica Ruiz (F16) for her inclusion in the New America Foundation’s Latino National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders list!
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Fletcher’s most delicious conference?
The Hall of Flags is currently abuzz with a bake sale in support of November’s 5th Annual Conference on Gender in International Affairs. The bake sale, that classic, defining form of informal fundraising, may call to mind images of rickety card tables with a few plates of Rice Krispie treats, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. Leave it to the Gender Conference to remind us to check our assumptions, however.
Read MoreSweet victory for Fletcher Futbol
I like to give blog readers an occasional peek into the Social List, and this recent recap of Fletcher Futbol’s first game of the year seemed like a natural opportunity. Fletcher Futbol is a mainstay in the landscape of student organizations, and it’s fair to say that the tilt against Harvard is as hot as rivalries get in international affairs and public policy graduate school intramural sports. Congrats to Fletcher Futbol for taking the first step toward an undefeated season!
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Global Climate Strike
Reports continue to roll in from all over the world about today’s Global Climate Strike, and I’ll chip in with a quick update from our neighborhood.
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Admissions Visit Days
We always look forward to prospective students visiting us at Fletcher, particularly during the semester when guests can get a good sense of what a typical day here is like. I’ll put in a plug for the several “Visit Days” we have schedule throughout the fall, which provide a semi-structured way to spend an informative day at Fletcher.
Read MoreEvents!
It’s hard to imagine more of a toe-dipping into the admissions travel season than attending a fair here in town for my first recruitment event of the fall. That’s how the schedule worked out this year, though, and so Monday night I headed over to Boston University for the Idealist grad fair, always a pretty enormous event, given the number of universities in the Boston area.
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Odds and ends: Justice Sotomayor at Tufts, Mapping Futures, and student activities at Fletcher
Lots going on this week, as is typical with students settled in to classes and the semester in full swing. Here’s a roundup of some of the highlights.
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Spring enrollment application deadline
Things are happening quickly around here, friends. Talk of application deadlines around this time of year may seem a bit of lighthearted japery, but don’t get caught napping. Take a look at the calendar, and note that it’s already mid-September. For those interested in January 2020 enrollment at Fletcher, the clock is ticking. October 10, one short month away, is the deadline for submitting your application!
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LL.M. Executive Director Joel Trachtman on international law at Fletcher and beyond
This year the LL.M. program welcomes Professor Joel Trachtman as its new Executive Director. I’m happy to share this post from him on the renewed urgency of studying international law, and the many opportunities to do so at Fletcher.
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