Student Stories
Lisa’s fall semester wrap-up
It’s time to check in with our first-year student bloggers, now with a full Fletcher semester behind them! First up is Lisa
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Gary’s fall semester wrap-up
As the spring semester gets underway, it’s time to check in with our student bloggers about highlights from this past fall. First up is Gary, who had the opportunity to take part in some unique events at Fletcher.
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Fletcher, the first few months: Meet Manaved
Our next new student blogger is Manaved, who reflects on settling into the busy rhythm of his first semester at Fletcher.
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New First-Year Student Bloggers: Meet Lisa
Our next first-year student blogger is Lisa, the rare Fletcher student actually looking forward to winter! She describes her path to Fletcher via Washington, DC, from her native Ukraine.
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New First-Year Student Bloggers: Meet Gioia
It’s time to meet our new first-year student bloggers! First up is Gioia, making the transition from longtime blog reader to contributor.
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Summer report from Akshobh: Mr. Giridharadas Goes to Washington
Our next summer report comes from continuing student Akshobh, who realized a long-held goal of working in Washington, DC with a summer position with the Atlantic Council.
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Kaitlyn’s Parisian summer with the Department of State
Have I mentioned how nice it is to have students back on campus? Among the many pleasures of a fully-populated Fletcher is the return of our Student Stories bloggers. In the coming months you’ll be introduced to our group of new first-year blog contributors; in the meantime, it’s nice to catch up with what our continuing student writers have been up to over the summer. First up is Kaitlyn, whose summer in Paris with the Department of State is enough to cause a pang of jealousy in even the most stoic reader.
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A busy summer, and fall, for Amanda and Caroline
While it may seem paradoxical at first glance, it’s quite common to find Fletcher students with deep interests in local and domestic public policy. Perhaps it’s all those “Think Globally, Act Locally” bumper stickers yielding dividends. I tend to think it’s more the result of the interdisciplinary mindset of our students, with which they can see the international dimensions of local policy, and vice versa (contextual intelligence, as Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context would characterize it).
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An exciting reunion at Fletcher
To paraphrase recent Fletcher grad and former student blogger Mariya, the Fletcher community is everywhere. Every so often, some members of our community turn out to have a pre-Fletcher history, and this year brings us a particularly unique instance of a longstanding friendship continuing into the academic year.
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